Dan Beehler was drummer, vocalist and co-founder of Exciter. The band was formed in 1979 by Beehler, bassist Allan Johnson and guitarist John Ricci. An early recording, "World War III", was picked up by Mike Varney's Shrapnel Records and the rest is history.



In 1990 the original line-up joined forces again and made the album "Kill After Kill", then triumphantly returned to Europe for another successful tour. The band returned to Canada and recorded their first official live album, "Better Live Than Dead"; this would be the last collaboration that would mark the end of the legendary Exciter line-up.



Dan Beehler also formed the Ottawa-based project Beehler featuring original Exciter member Allan Johnson (bass), along with guitarists Sean Brophy and Scott Walsh.



Early September 2005 saw Dan Beehler's project Beehler officially disband. The drummer/vocalist stated:

""The last thing I was involved with was [putting together] the EXCITER re-releases with Jeff Waters [Annihilator]. I have laid the Beehler project to rest and have moved on. I would like to use some Beehler tracks as bonus tracks in the future. I'am writing some heavier material right now with a death metal guy, Paul Champagne."