Danny Whitesides is drummer in The Used. He replaced former drummer and founder of the band Branden Steineckert who left the band in the summer of 2006.



Before joining The Used, Dan Whitesides was the drummer for numerous Salt Lake City bands including The New Transit Direction (for about seven years), Tiger Kant, Mich!gan, Sandkicker, Fale, Adherence, Fahrenheit 451, The Federation, Sprinklerhead, The Kill, The Wolfs, Form of Rocket and Young Blood.



Dan Whitesides began playing drums when he was 14: "I remember my dad bought me a drum set one year for Christmas."



Danny Whitesides was involved with school music briefly. "I took snare drum lessons in seventh grade. I learned how to hold my sticks, learned stick technique. I still do the same warm-ups that the teacher had us do. I still do those to this day. It helped me out and really opened the door to new ideas."