Danny Heifetz

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Danny Heifetz
Danny Heifetz, circa 1998
Background information
Birth name	Daniel Mark Heifetz
Also known as	I Quit, 26Valencia, AtlasFace, Back-It-Up Dan
Born	1964 (age 59–60) New York, NY
Genres	Experimental rock, country, jazz, avant-garde metal
Occupation(s)	Musician, teacher
Instrument(s)	Drums, percussion, trumpet, piano, guitar
Years active	1981–present

Danny Heifetz (born 1964 in New York City) is an American musician who is perhaps best known for being the drummer for American experimental rock group, Mr. Bungle from 1989, until their disbandment in 2000. Heifetz also plays trumpet, guitar, bass and piano and currently teaches music lessons in Sydney, Australia. He is the grandson of the late violinist Jascha Heifetz.

Played with

• Embryo (with Ryan Mallory)
• Snowblind (with Blair Hatch and Hector Nunez)
• Persuasion (with Matt Johnson, Gregor Verbinski and BlairH)
• The Drivers (1981–1983; with GregorV, John Thum, RyanM and Rick MacDonald)
• The Cylon Boys Choir (1981–1982; with John Nau, Gerald Gates, Michael Cronin, Andrew Harvey, John Hench and GV)
• Barn (1987–1988; same minus MW)
• Mr. Bungle (1989–2000)
• Dieselhed (1989–2000)
• Link Wray (1997–2002)
• Merle Morris (2004–2007)
• Umlaut (2022-present)

Currently active

• Neil Hamburger and the Hungry Man Band
• Old Man River
• Secret Chiefs 3 (most recently on Winter 2012 U.S. West Coast Tour)
• The Curse of Company
• The Exiles
• The Tango Saloon
• Virgil Shaw
• Umlaut

Collaborations

• Andrew Covell
• Badly Drawn Boy
• Corduroy
• Darren Stratti
• Delia Obst
• Granfaloon Bus
• Harry Vanda
• John Paul Young
• Nations by the River
• Paul Greig
• Phillip Johnston
• Plainfield (band)
• Robi DelMar
• The Cutters
• The Holy Soul
• Youth Group
• Zip Code Rapists

Personal life

As of September, 2013, he lives back in Sydney, Australia (after spending 2011 in the US). Grandson of Jascha Heifetz.

External links

• Official website
• Exiles Website Archived 2006-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
• theHEAD Bandcamp Site
• Mr. Bungle Fansite
• The Danny Heifetz Gallery