Daniel Philip Carter (born 16 November 1972) is a British musician and radio DJ. He is the former singer and guitarist for

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band Hexes, the former bassist for A, the former lead guitarist for

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band

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and current guitarist for

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group Krokodil. Carter is also the host of

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's Rock Show.

Career

A (1997–2007)

Born in

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, England. Carter joined the rock band ' A' in 1997, replacing original bassist Stevie Swindon.A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DAN CARTER
,

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Collective

Matt Willis Mathew James Willis (born 8 May 1983), also previously known as Mattie Jay, is an English musician, singer, songwriter, television personality and actor. He is known as co-founder, bassist and the co-vocalist of the pop rock band, Busted. Will ...

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McFly McFly are an English pop rock band formed in London in 2003. The band took their name from the '' Back to the Future'' character Marty McFly. The band consists of Tom Fletcher (lead vocals, guitar, and piano), Danny Jones (lead vocals, har ...

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Star Girl

Friday Night

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Other work

The Lucky Nine The Lucky Nine were an English Rock music, rock band that features members of some other top British rock bands, for instance A (band), A, Hundred Reasons and (the now defunct) Cable (British band), Cable and Sunna (band), Sunna/earthtone9. Th ...

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and Cable. The band released their five-track self-titled EP on

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, followed by the debut album ''True Crown Foundation Songs: Hymns of Hidden History and Ritual'' on

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later the same year. After several tours and festival shows in support of the album, they disbanded. Over 2005 and 2006, Carter briefly became a member of

live band after playing bass and guitar on the album ''

''. He played bass with Matt Willis at a Radio One ''Live Lounge'' session, V Festival, ''

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'', Popworld Childline Concert and a UK tour. He did not feature with the band on the "

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" video because of other commitments. He wrote the guitar parts for " Stargirl" by

, which was the first song to be broadcast from space. 2009 saw the debut release of British

band Hexes debut album ''White Noise / Black Sound'' via Undergroove Records. Carter was main songwriter in the band and played guitar and vocals. The release of the album saw them play shows with

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The Ghost of a Thousand The Ghost of a Thousand were an English five-piece punk rock band from Brighton, England. Career The Ghost of a Thousand formed in the Winter of 2004 in Brighton and began touring extensively, playing alongside Blood Red Shoes, Poison the We ...

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and

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. In 2009, Carter joined former 'A' bandmate Adam Perry in the

, replacing former guitarist Matt Stigliano, who had left due to issues with the other members. From June 2011, Carter became the official voice of

Scuzz Scuzz was a British 24-hour rock and metal music television channel owned and operated by Sony Pictures Television. It was launched on 17 April 2003 and went on to be the highest-rated rock TV station on the Sky satellite platform, available i ...

TV, a rock and metal music TV station based in the UK. In 2014, Carter formed the metal band Krokodil with James Leech and Dan Foord of Sikth, Laurent Barnard of Gallows, Alessandro "Vman" Venturella formerly of Cryforsilence (now Slipknot) and Simon Wright of Liber Necris. The band toured in support of their debut album ''Nachash'' which was released on

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. The album was listed in

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as one of its top 20 metal albums of that year, writing "The six-piece's first full-length — the most arresting metal debut of 2014 — revels in the blood and thunder of early

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, the burly groove-core of

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and, occasionally, the calm-before-the-storm chill-outs of

Mogwai Mogwai () are a Scottish post-rock band, formed in 1995 in Glasgow. The band consists of Stuart Braithwaite (guitar, vocals), Barry Burns (guitar, piano, synthesizer, vocals), Dominic Aitchison (bass guitar), and Martin Bulloch (drums). Mogw ...

." Writing for the follow-up album was started but has yet to see the light of day. As well as work as a broadcaster and musician, Carter is a painter and illustrator who studied at

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school of art in London. As well as various gallery shows, he has provided album artwork for bands such as HIM,

The Dillinger Escape Plan The Dillinger Escape Plan was an American metalcore band. The band was formed in 1997 in Morris Plains, New Jersey by guitarist Ben Weinman, bassist Adam Doll, vocalist Dimitri Minakakis, and drummer Chris Pennie. The band's use of odd time sign ...

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, Behemoth,

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, Krokodil, Bossk, Black Foxxes,

Vision of Disorder Vision of Disorder is an American hardcore punk, hardcore/metalcore band from Long Island, New York, that initially released three albums before disbanding in 2002. The band garnered attention for blending melody and groove into a traditional ha ...

and Hang the Bastard.

References

External links

''Radio 1's Rock Show with Daniel P Carter''
(BBC Radio 1) {{DEFAULTSORT:Carter, Daniel P. 1972 births Living people People from Reading, Berkshire English rock bass guitarists Male bass guitarists English DJs BBC Radio 1 presenters Bloodhound Gang members 21st-century English bass guitarists