# Dan Druff (musician)

Daniel James Irving (born April 16, 1969), better known as Dan Druff, is a guitar technician and musician who has worked with various artists in the studio and on tours, including Queens of the Stone Age, Guns N' Roses, Tool, Sum 41, Wolfmother, The Distillers, Coheed and Cambria, Monster Magnet and Madrugada. Druff is best known for his work with Queens of the Stone Age, which saw him work as a technician on three studio albums and join the band for a stint as touring bassist. He has worked as a studio technician on over 30 albums throughout his career.

## Career

Druff was born in New Haven, Connecticut and formed the St. Louis rock band Shagnaps in 1991. The band consisted of Druff as guitarist and co-vocalist along with bassist and co-vocalist Otis London and drummer Tony Mack. The Shagnaps broke up in 1995, but played reunion shows in 1996 and 1998. Druff had a brief stint with the punk band Butt Trumpet in 1995, before abruptly quitting the band onstage at a New York City concert. He appears in the band's video for the song "I'm Ugly and I Don't Know Why."
Druff started working with Queens of the Stone Age on their 2000 album Rated R and subsequently worked on their follow-up album Songs for the Deaf. In early 2004, bassist Nick Oliveri was fired by frontman Josh Homme and replaced by Druff. Druff worked on the band's following album, Lullabies to Paralyze, as a technician and appears in the "Little Sister" promotional video. He left Queens of the Stone Age in 2005 and later toured as a tech with Guns N' Roses on the Chinese Democracy Tour. In 2019, Druff worked as technician on Tool's Fear Inoculum album.

## Discography

| Year | Artist | Title | Notes |
| 1988 | The Essence | A Mirage | Additional percussion |
| 1996 | d.b.s / Anti-Flag | North America Sucks!! | Backing vocals |
| 1996 | Anti-Flag | Die For The Government | Backing vocals |
| 1998 | Anti-Flag | Their System Doesn't Work For You | Backing vocals |
| 1999 | Chlorine | Primer | Guitar technician |
| 2000 | Queens of the Stone Age | Rated R | Guitar technician |
| 2000 | Monster Magnet | God Says No | Guitar technician |
| 2000 | Treble Charger | Wide Awake Bored | Assistant producer, guitar technician |
| 2000 | The Drowners | Is There Something On Your Mind? | Guitar technician |
| 2001 | Betty Blowtorch | Are You Man Enough? | Guitar technician |
| 2001 | 40 Below Summer | Invitation To The Dance | Guitar technician |
| 2001 | The Benjamins | The Art Of Disappointment | Guitar technician |
| 2001 | Backyard Burial | The $2 Pe-ep | Performer (bass) |
| 2002 | Queens of the Stone Age | Songs for the Deaf | Guitar technician |
| 2002 | Treble Charger | Detox | Guitar technician |
| 2002 | Project 86 | Truthless Heroes | Guitar technician |
| 2003 | The Distillers | Coral Fang | Guitar technician |
| 2003 | Powerman 5000 | Transform | Guitar technician |
| 2003 | Element Eighty | Element Eighty | Guitar technician |
| 2004 | Burning Brides | Leave No Ashes | Guitar technician |
| 2004 | Monster Magnet | Monolithic Baby! | Performer (guitar), guitar technician |
| 2004 | Sum 41 | Chuck | Guitar technician |
| 2005 | Madrugada | The Deep End | Guitar technician |
| 2005 | No Warning | Suffer, Survive | Guitar technician |
| 2005 | Sunnshine | No More Forever | Guitar technician |
| 2005 | Queens of the Stone Age | Lullabies to Paralyze | Guitar technician |
| 2009 | Wolfmother | Cosmic Egg | Guitar technician |
| 2010 | Coheed and Cambria | Year of the Black Rainbow | Guitar technician |
| 2018 | Dizzy Reed | Rock 'n Roll Ain't Easy | Performer (bass) |
| 2019 | Tool | Fear Inoculum | Guitar technician |
| 2021 | Chevelle | NIRATIAS | Guitar technician |