Dan Avidan

Dan Avidan (born March 14, 1979) is an American Billboard-Topping musician, comedian, and internet personality. He is best known for his musical collaborative project/duo - Ninja Sex Party, which has over 1.37 million followers on YouTube. This group has been disrupting the American Entertainment Industry for the past decade, becoming the 2018 Billboard’s #1 selling comedy act with over 290 million YouTube views.
Avidan is a renowned entertainer and musician who is currently a member of the Starbomb, a group highly acclaimed for its video game parodies. He has gained popularity for creating humorous content that resonates with the modern-day public becoming a YouTube sensation, amassing over 325 million views on Youtube.
In addition to his successful career as a musician, Avidan has been in several films and online series, including A Heist with Markiplier, DJs in PJs, Good Mythical Morning, Dick Figures, and Game Grumps, to name a few. Some formerly associated acts of Avidan include Steel Panther, Skyhill, The Northern Hues, and TWRP. 
==Early life and education==
Avidan was born on March 14, 1979. Avidan’s father, Avigdor, was an Israeli who served in the Yom Kippur War. Upon migrating to the US, he married Debra Schwartz and became a father to Dan and Dana. Avidan’s maternal grandfather played an integral role in the invention of the body electrode.
Avidan graduated from the Jonathan Dayton High School in 1997 and then enrolled in Boston University, where he pursued a course in advertising. During his senior year at college, Avidan participated in a student exchange program and went to Tufts University satellite campus in Talloires, France, where he studied Botany and Epidemiology.
==Career==
===The Northern Hues===
Avidan started his career in 2002 when he joined the Northern Hues, an indie rock band from Philadelphia. Avidan became the lead singer of this band consisting of five other members, namely Aron Brand, Jeff Rains, Alex Yaker, Justin Earley, and Ian Creech. During his time with this band, apart from his role as a lead singer, Avidan also did songwriting. Three years later, after he joined the Northern Hues, the band released a self-titled EP, followed by one live track shot at World Cafe Live. In the same year (2005) after the band split up due to personality conflicts and creative differences.
===Skyhill===
A year after his exit from the Northern Hues, Avidan collaborated with Peter Lennox to start a Duo - Skyhill, specializing in alternative rock. He once again took the role of a lead singer and lyricist, and by 2007 they released the debut album for the duo titled Run With the Hunted. The following year, this Brooklyn-based duo did a music tour across New York but unfortunately split up the very same year due to lost passion. Later, in 2015 Skyhill collaborated for old times sake to release a single titled Firefly which received a great reception from the audience. In 2020, the Skyhill once again came together to release yet another single titled Howling at the Moon on Youtube.
===Ninja Sex Party===
In 2009, Avidan became a member of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in order to study and explore storytelling and improv. Under the guidance of his mentors Zach Woods and Margot Leitman<re></ref> at this theatre, Avidan decided to embark on yet another musical journey and started the Ninja Sex Party project with Brian Wecht, a music director. For this project, Danny Sexbang became Avidan’s character and Ninja Brian became Wecht’s character. The duo rose to prominence after appearing as musical guests on Leitman's improvisational comedy show Stripped Stories. Ninja Sex Party is a creative project that revolved around the major character following a set performance theme, wherein a Jewish superhero who wears a unitard with his closest friend, a ninja, and together they perform songs about dicks and try, unsuccessfully, to hit on ladies. Since its inception, Ninja Sex Party has released several five original albums, three cover albums, and multiple singles, many of which have charted on Billboard. The duo has also performed at various film festivals such as Dragon Con, SXSW, and the now-defunct LACS.
===Game Grumps and other web-series’===
In 2013, Avidan became a co-host for Game Grumps, a web series created by Arin Hanson. Eventually, he gained recognition after a series of contempt from the audience of the show which resulted in him co-hosting Steam Train, Game Grumps spin-off show. Avidan remained a co-host of the show until its discontinuation. Apart from that, Avidan has also co-hosted several other shows such as Grumpcade, Table Flip, and Steam Rolled, as well as providing narration for Hunting Monsters.
===Starbomb===
Avidan in 2013 also started a side project band named Starbomb with Wecht and Hanson where he served as the lead singer. Starbomb is noted for its video game parody songs, which echo Avidan's sexually aggressive music stylings from his project Ninja Sex Party and Hanson's video game-based comedy. As of 2021, the group has released three albums, all of which have been placed on various Billboard charts.
===Other Collaborations===
In 2009 Avidan collaborated with William J. Sullivan and released multiple themes and background tracks for various shows such as Power Rangers RPM, and White Collar. Some of his other collaborations include hosting Dirty Shorts, co-creating DJs in PJs, composing Dick Figures: The Movie: The Song, and others. He has also appeared on various YouTube web series as a guest, including Did You Know Gaming?, and Good Mythical Morning. Avidan has even performed and collaborated with numerous other artists and bands including Steel Panther, Super Guitar Bros, and two miniseries with Mondo Media. He also co-created the podcast Balls in Your Ear, where he and co-host Josh Sprague discuss football-related issues.
In 2015, Avidan got the opportunity to star as eSports coach Alex Taylor in several untitled comedy web series for YouTube Premium created by Jesse Cox and Michele Morrow. Two years later the series was named Good Game after gaining mass public recognition.
==Discography==
S. No. 	Title 	Year 	Type
1 	Dan Avidan & Super Guitar Bros 	2020 	Album (Solo)
2 	The Northern Hues EP 	2004 	EP
Ninja Sex Party	Ninja Sex Party 	Ninja Sex Party	Ninja Sex Party
3 	NSFW 	2011 	Album
4 	Strawberries and Cream 	2013 	Album
5 	Attitude City 	2015 	Album
6 	Under the Covers 	2016 	Album
7 	Under the Covers, Vol. II 	2017 	Album
8 	Cool Patrol 	2018 	Album
9 	Under the Covers, Vol. III 	2019 	Album
10 	The Prophecy 	2020 	Album
Starbomb 	Starbomb 	Starbomb 	Starbomb
11 	Starbomb 	2013 	Album
12 	Player Select 	2014 	Album
13 	The TryForce 	2019 	Album
As a guest 	As a guest 	As a guest 	As a guest
14 	William J. Sullivan – "Backside" 	2014 	
15 	Kyle Carrozza – "Mighty Magiswords" 	2015 	
16 	Night Runner – "Magnum Bullets" 	2017 	
17 	TWRP – "Starlight Brigade" 	2018 	
18 	Skyfactor – "A Thousand Sounds" 	2019 	
19 	TWRP – "Black Swan" 	2020 	
20 	NateWantsToBattle – "My Own Worst Enemy (Lit cover ft. Dan Avidan)"	2020 	
==Filmography==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Role
2019	A Heist with Markiplier 	Alien 2
TBA 	The Players' Score: A Video Game Music Documentary	Himself
===Television===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2018	Mighty Magiswords	Dan (voice)	Episode: "Changeable Terraingable"
2018	Conan 	Himself 	Musical guest (as Ninja Sex Party)
===Web series===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
2012 	Dirty Shorts 	Himself 	12 episodes
2012 	DJs in PJs 	Slice (voice) 	2 episodes
2013–present	Game Grumps 	Himself 	Co-host
2013–2014 	Nacho Punch 	Uncredited 	2 episodes
2013 	Idiots Always Ask 	Himself 	3 episodes
2013 	The Indoor Kids 	Himself (voice)	Episode: "Getting Grumpy With The Game Grumps"
2014 	Dick Figures 	Danny Sexbang 	Episode: "DFTM Fan Music Video feat. Ninja Sex Party"
2014 	Co-Optitude 	Himself (voice)	Episode: "Twisted Metal"
2015 	Did You Know Gaming? 	Himself (voice)	Episode: "Guitar Hero"
2015 	Red vs. Blue 	Lap Fed (voice)	2 episodes
2015 	On the Spot 	Himself 	Episode: "RTX 2015 (ft. Game Grumps)"
2015 	Your Grammar Sucks 	Danny Sexbang 	"YOUR GRAMMAR SUCKS #100"
2015–2017 	Good Mythical Morning	Himself 	2 episodes
2016 	Jash 	Waiter 	Episode: "#DoYourJob"
2016 	MatPat's Game Lab 	Himself 	Episode: "Can Gamers Defuse BOMBS?"
2016 	The Legacy Music Hour	Himself (voice)	Episode: "Technical Difficulties"
2017 	Harmontown 	Himself (voice)	Episode: "Down with Sighty"
2017 	Good Game 	Alex Taylor 	6 episodes
2018 	YouTubers React 	Himself 	Various episodes
2018 	SuperMegaCast 	Himself 	Episode: "Dan's Big Secret"
===As writer===
Year	Title 	Notes
2012	DJs in PJs 	2 episodes
2013	The Mythical Show 	3 episodes
2013	"Have You Ever" 	Co-writer; The Mythical Show music video
2013	"CLOWN SHARK SONG" 	Co-writer; The Mythical Show music video
2013	"YO MAMA BATTLE (of Compliments)" 	Co-writer; The Mythical Show music video
2013	"Famous Last Words 2" 	Co-writer; The Mythical Show sketch
2013	"Breaking Bad: The Middle School Musical"	Co-writer; The Mythical Show music video
2013	"Epic Rap Battle: Nerd vs. Geek" 	Co-writer; Rhett & Link music video
===Video games===
Year	Title 	Role
2016	Pulsar Arena 	Danny Sexbang
2017	Pinstripe 	Daniel the Monster
2017	Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator	Robert
2018	Monster Prom 	Fellow Student
2019	River City Girls 	Billy Lee
2020	House Party 	Dan
TBA 	Hex Heroes 	Danny
==In the media==
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==References==
==External links==
* Official Website
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* Dan Avidan on Spotify
Category:1979 births
Category:Living people
Category:American musicians
Category:American comedians
Category:American Internet personalities
Category:Boston University alumni
Category:American people