Rock guitarist/singer Dan Sheehan first gained regional prominence in the Northeast via the traditional route of playing the region's famed venues with underground Boston avatars Banter, whose SIDE ONE EP garnered the group its first airplay on the college airwaves followed by TV placements of the critically acclaimed single, "Springtime in February." By Banter's 2002 release, URBAN PASTURES, Sheehan and co. were getting commercial airplay and harnessing the power of the web with frequent chart placements on mp3.com and Soundclick as well as France's Vitaminic.fr and regular band features on Zebox.com and in mags THE NOISE and METRONOME. Despite Banter's indefinite hiatus since 2004 Sheehan has kept himself busy back in his hometown of New York, working on a solo album featuring Morrissey drummer Spencer Cobrin and production work by ex-Toadie Darrel Herbert. Although yet unreleased, several of the songs have already charted across genres as rough mixes on Soundclic.com

The Sordid Tale of Dan Sheehan

Rock guitarist/singer Dan Sheehan first gained regional prominence in the Northeast U.S. during the late 90s via the traditional route of playing the region's famed venues with underground Boston legends Banter, whose SIDE ONE EP garnered the group its first airplay on the college airwaves followed by TV placements of the critically acclaimed single, "Springtime in February" and its b-side, "Go Outside." By Banter's next release, 2002's URBAN PASTURES, Sheehan and company were getting commercial airplay and harnessing the power of the internet to its fullest, with frequent chart placements on mp3.com and soundclick.com as well as a #4 placement in France's Vitaminic site and regular band features on Zebox.com and in rock mags THE NOISE and METRONOME. Despite Banter's indefinite hiatus since 2004 Sheehan has kept himself busy back in his hometown of New York, working on a solo album featuring Morrissey drummer Spencer Cobrin and production work by ex-Toadie Darrel Herbert. While the album, titled THE DAN SHEEHAN CONSPIRACY, defies traditional music industry wisdom by infusing seemingly disparate music styles ranging from folk-rock to progressive rock with tinges of jazz, funk, and hip-hop, the songs have proven their individual appeal by managing to get top-ten placements as "rough mixes" across various genre charts on Soundclick.com as Sheehan sets the stage for the album's 2007 release.