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8 Clackamas Print ArtsX Wednesday, March 7, 2007 Dan Band brings laughs, ‘girl’ son Tayo Stalnaker A&E Editor “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” “No Scrubs,” “Shoop” and “Genie in a Bottle” used to bring back memories of growing up in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Now, after seeing The Dan Band, they con jure up images of a man dressed as an auto mechanic, and his two friends wearing business suits, pole dancing and rubbing their nipples. They recently performed at the Roseland Theater in Portland and, I must say, it was quite an experience. I’m not usually a fan of cover bands, but the Dan Band is more than that: They’re a comedy cover band. Their gimmick is singing songs by popular female singers with their own twist. It’s not only funny; it works and makes for a highly entertaining evening. The Dan Band is fronted by former Stomp cast member Dan Finnerty. He received notoriety in Los Angeles for singing “girl” songs in karaoke bars and, unbe knownst to him, formed a band in the process. “I had no intention of forming a band when I moved to L.A.,” Finnerty said in an after-concert interview with The Clackamas Print. “[...] I sang ‘I Am Woman’ drunk at karaoke, and I opened for my friend’s band, and this booker for The Viper Room came up and was like, ‘If you add a few songs to your set, I’ll book you at The Viper Room,’ and I was, like, ‘Okay.’ He was, like, ‘Do you have a flyer?’ and I was all, ‘For what?’ and he goes, ‘When’s your next show?’ and I was all, ‘Fuckin’ never!’” “I’m really an actor. This whole thing started to promote my lame acting career,” Finnerty continued. “A Couple years ago, we did a pilot for ABC, and it was a sit-com ... there was a lot of ‘sit’ and no ‘com.’” It’s worked well for him. Since then, his band has been in two movies (Starsky and Hutch, Old School), filmed a concert special on the Bravo network and performed on daytime and night time television talk shows. He’s also working with Tenacious D’s Kyle Gass on a film entitled Parental Guidance Suggested. “It’s like a porno musical,” Finnerty said when describing the film. All photos by Jeff Sorensen Clackamas! Finnerty belts out another classic pop-tune originally performed by a female artist at The Dan Band’s Feb. 22 show at the Roseland Theater. Portland was one of their last stops on their West Coast Tour. “[The Bravo special] was sup posed to come out on DVD, but Finnerty freak dances behind his back-up singers during their cover of TLC’s “No Scrubs.” This was one of the many humorous, homo-erotic moments that took place during the show. there was all these problems ... full of piss and vinegar as t so we’re just gonna re-shoot it,” original albeit, more sexual th Finnerty said. “That was a really the original ~if that’s even pc sible. slick special, Besides th and this one songs, the othi we’re gonna highlights of th re-shoot at a “This whole show were th women’s pris thing started onstage antic on ... it’ll be to promote my between Finnert this show, but and his backu at a women’s lame acting prison.” singers. Finnert; career. ” using his hat Some of their crowd wit, was coi favorite songs stantly goofing o theyperformed people in the aud included an F- ence. His backu Dan Finnerty bomb-riddled The Dan Band guys engage version of in dry-humpin “Total Eclipse each other, pol of the Heart” dancing, jumj by Bonnie ing through hul Tyler, a rendition of Christina hoops during a Britney Speai Aguilera’s “Genie in a Bottle” cover, and one of them wore that changed the song’s meaning pair of an audience member to be about mutual masturba panties on his head. tion and their staple encore song “Basically, the band wa “You Oughta Know” by Alanis a giant mistake,”- Finiiert Morrisette, which was just as concluded. LEFT: The Dan Band appears from behind a white curtain to a crowd of cheering Portlanders, singing a medley of En Vogue’s “Free Your Mind” and Helen Reddy’s “I Am Woman.” ABOVE: Back-up singer John Kozeluh shares a touching mo ment with the other back-up singer, Gene Reed, by placing a Dan Band sticker on his bare chest and then rubbing his nipple; . „ RIGHT: Gene Reed pole dances while singing the back-up vocals for Eryka Badu’s “Tyrone.” k I
