Dan Estrin (Guitar)hi. my name is dan estrin. i was born in los angeles ca and grew up 20 min north of there in a nice little town called calabasas. there is nothing that i enjoy more than getting sweaty playing an amazing rock show for all the little boys and girls. when i am not involved in music, i usually spend time with friends talking about music. i also am a professional Frisbee thrower. i grew up listening to 70's and 80's music with my parents. my dad had a huge record collection (not cd's or tapes but real records) and i would always go sit in the room with him and listen for hours. when i was like 11 or 12 i bought my first record. guns n roses appetite for destruction. holy shit, did that change my life. they did have tapes then but i was fuckin punk rock and bought the record. a few years after that i started learning guitar then moved on to bass and drums. when i was a freshman in high school, i started playing music with some of the juniors and seniors at my school. they introduced me to bands like fugazi, the red hot chili peppers, fishbone and a whole bunch of other stuff. i played my first show when i was around 14 in front of like four or five hundred people for a talent show. i was so scared to get up on stage. i almost didn't do it. since that night all i've wanted to do is play music.
- written by Dan Estrin of Hoobastank
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