Daniel Davies (musician)
Daniel Davies is a British-American composer, musician and songwriter. He is best known for his contributions to horror director John Carpenter's "Lost Themes" and "Lost Themes II" albums, and for his work with rock bands Year Long Disaster, Karma to Burn, and CKY. Davies is the son of guitarist Dave Davies of The Kinks, and the godson of John Carpenter. Early life. Davies was born in London, England to The Kinks guitar player Dave Davies and his wife Nancy. His first nine years were in part spent on the road touring with his father. Davies  moved to Los Angeles, California with his parents at the age of 11. His godfather, horror director John Carpenter, helped to raise Davies during a portion of his high school years. Davies attended Tomales High School near Inverness, California. It was during this time that Davies began learning guitar and drums, finally settling on guitar as his main instrument. Davies later graduated from Hollywood High School in Hollywood. Music career. With Year Long Disaster and Karma to Burn. Davies met Karma to Burn bass player Rich Mullins in a Hollywood grocery store in 2003. The two became friends and formed  the stoner rock band Year Long Disaster with Third Eye Blind drummer Brad Hargreaves in 2004. Year Long Disaster were signed to Volcom Entertainment in 2007, and released two albums, "Year long Disaster" (2007) and "Black Magic; All Mysteries Revealed" (2010). The band toured with Motörhead, The Cult, Velvet Revolver, and Foo Fighters amongst others. In 2009, stoner rock band Karma To Burn reunited, and in 2010 announced an American tour with Year Long Disaster. Over the course of the year, both Davies and Mullins confirmed that the two bands were merging. Davies went on to sing vocals on Karma  to Burn's next albums, "Appalachian Incantation" (2010) and "V" (2011). With CKY. In 2012, rock band CKY announced that they were hiring Davies to replace founding vocalist Deron Miller after disagreements with Miller had put the future of the band in uncertainty. Davies fronted the group as a touring member in 2012, and fronted the group again in 2015 for a performance at Amnesia Rockfest in Montebello, Quebec. The band initially stated their intentions to record with Davies as vocalist, however announced in 2016 that they would be recording a new album as a trio, presumably without Davies. On  November 26th, 2021, a song was released with Davies on vocals entitled “Lost in Departures”. <ref name="YouTube">