Daniel Robert Anderson (born March 3, 1986) is an American

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and

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, and one of the founding members of the

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band

Idiot Pilot Idiot Pilot is an alternative rock duo from Bellingham, Washington, consisting of Michael Harris and Daniel Anderson. History After their previous band, pop-punk outfit Azero Cherry, broke up, high schoolers Michael Harris and Daniel Anderso ...

and dance/electronic band Glowbug. He is a multi-instrumentalist and

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History

In 2010, Anderson officially held the fifth highest score ever recorded on Nintendo's ''

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''. He has a brief cameo in the season 8 episode of '' CSI: New York'', "Kill Screen", which is about competitive gaming. Recently, Anderson recorded guitar on rapper

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's upcoming album, ''

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''. On October 14, 2010, Anderson released an EP of electronic and dance music under the moniker, Glowbug.Glowbug continues to release music almost every half-yea
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/ref> In late 2013, Anderson announced a musical collaboration with Lourdes Hernández of

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, called Spectorize.

Discography

With Idiot Pilot

Studio albums *''

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'' (2005) *''

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'' (2007) *''Blue Blood'' (2019)

With The Ghost and the Grace

Studio albums *'' Behold! A Pale Horse'' (2009)

With Glowbug

Studio albums *''Mr. Plastic'' (2011) *''Suit of Swords'' (2012) *''Wordless'' (2014) *''Headhunters'' (2015) *''Fantasma Del Tropico'' (2017) *''Weezing'' (2018) *''Vampire Empire'' (2020) *''The Bumblebee King'' (2021) *''Your Funeral'' (2022)

With Ancient Lasers

Studio albums *''You In The Future'' (2013) *''In Quicksand'' (2015) *''Artifact Wavs'' (2016) *''No Photos on God Mode'' (2018)

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* * * (Archived) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Daniel 1986 births Living people 21st-century multi-instrumentalists American multi-instrumentalists American punk rock guitarists American rock guitarists American male guitarists American rock singers Singers from Washington (state) Record producers from Washington (state) People from Bellingham, Washington 21st-century American guitarists Guitarists from Washington (state) 21st-century American singers 21st-century American male singers