Dan Clements

Daniel Clements (born March 25, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter from Venice, California, best known as the lead vocalist of crossover thrash band Excel, and the only member that remained in the group since its formation until its dissolution. Currently he is a member of Against, the group formed with his very close friends from No Mercy and Suicidal Tendencies.

History

Dan started singing at a young age, taking his first heavy metal and punk inspirations from Black Sabbath and The Police respectively. In 1983, at the age of 16 years he left home and went to live with a friend at Venice High, soon after Dan's friend cousin, Adam Siegel, moved in. Then Clements recorded a tape to give it to Adam, and they started talking about forming a band. The group was called "Chaotic Noise" with Evan Warech on drums and some temporary bassists during 1984, they played a lot of shows around L.A. with different bands of the same scene like No Mercy, Suicidal Tendencies, Beowülf and Cryptic Slaughter. They became very good friends of all those musicians and adopted each other as early influences.