Dan (Drummie Dan) Heatley is a British musician. He played drums for a band called
Shane MacGowan and The Popes
The Popes are a band originally formed by Shane MacGowan (of the Pogues) and Paul "Mad Dog" McGuinness, who play a blend of rock, Irish folk and Americana.
Shane MacGowan and The Popes released two studio and one live album in the 1990s, perfor ...
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Musical history
Previously, Dan Heatley played drums for The Satellites,
The Exploited
The Exploited are a Scottish punk rock band from Edinburgh, formed in 1979 by Stevie Ross and Terry Buchan, with Buchan soon replaced by his brother Wattie Buchan. They signed to Secret Records in March 1981, The Boothill Foot-Tappers,
The Men They Couldn't Hang
The Men They Couldn't Hang (TMTCH) are a British folk punk group. The original group consisted of Stefan Cush (vocals, guitar), Paul Simmonds (guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, keyboards), Philip "Swill" Odgers (vocals, guitar, tin whistle, melodic ...
, Blubbery Hellbellies, Lucky Saddles, Auntie & The Men From Uncle, Cat People, Brian James Dripping Lips, Shane MacGowan & The Popes,
The Pogues
The Pogues were an English or Anglo-Irish Celtic punk band fronted by Shane MacGowan and others, founded in Kings Cross, London in 1982, as "Pogue Mahone" – the anglicisation of the Irish Gaelic ''póg mo thóin'', meaning "kiss my arse". T ...
, DubCats, Creation Rockers, and many more besides. Currently living in Lyttelton, New Zealand. , he is playing drums with various Lyttelton and Christchurch NZ musicians, has two sons and is working on his own material.
Heatley is currently playing drums with bands in New Zealand.
Dan Heatley is the son of
Spike Heatley
Brian John Heatley (17 February 1933 – 10 November 2021), better known as Spike Heatley, was a British jazz double bassist.
Early life
Heatley was born in Muswell Hill, North London in February 1933.
Career
He appeared with Vic Ash's sextet ...