DAN BIEDERMAN

I grew up in Massachusetts about 30 minutes outside of Boston, depending on traffic and stuff. My first memories of being "turned on" by music are of a crappy radio tuned to WERS late at night, dialing in a spotty feed of techno music. I loved raves and rock n' roll at a very young age, probably too young. After dealing with taking the garbage out in the snow for 19 winters, I opted for Arizona States University's music program instead of Boston.

In college is where I found myself in frequent jazz combos and jam sessions with Adrian Goldenthal, rarely in the same setting twice. Ben Combe and I first found ourselves playing together in our preschool playground, getting yelled at by various teachers for doing various stupid things. Not much changed when we got into high school. Our first band together was Ego Ally. It rocked, if you're into wicked cheesy '80s metal. I played guitar. And sucked. Our second band together, "Intrepid Travels," rocked too. I played piano and found that I didn't suck as much. Our drummers were long time friends Dave Tanzi and James D. Rufo-Hill. It was in high school that I truly developed my love for music, but it wasn't until college that I developed the discipline to bring my ideas to fruition. I graduated with a degree in music from ASU, and have since lost it in under a pair of socks somewhere, I think. After many years of "home for a visit" jam sessions with Ben living in Boston and me in AZ, Ben decided to try his luck in the desert with me, at which point we formed "Badshoe."
We had many different changes in Badshoe's lineup over the first year, and we still hadn't found the perfect fit. I had not spoken to Adrian in quite some time but called him anyway per a friend’s suggestion. After Adrian's voice mail prompted me to leave a message, I said "Adrian, call me back if you want to be a rock star." Adrian called back an hour later and said "Dan, I want to be a rock star." We had a laugh and put together some plans.

I met Julian (Adrian’s older brother) in 2001. We played in a groove-oriented band together and found that we shared the same sense of music, and humor.

When the four of us got together the band’s chemistry was immediate. Two brothers, and two “brothers.”