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No. 01
ALEX
BASS · THE LOW END
Jaco Pastorius aesthetic, cargo-shorts execution. The bassline does the talking.
LOS ANGELES, CA · 34.05°N 118.24°W · EST. ON A DREAM
your dad band’s favorite dad band
Four dads. Two mommies. A rotating cast of front men with genuinely famous voices. Recapturing the songs of your youth — and dragging the songs of today back to the garage where they belong.
★ AS SEEN HEADLINING MILWAUKEE PRIDEFEST ★
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WE HEADLINED
PRIDE. yes, us.
The Daddies backing Brian Justin Crum, headlining Milwaukee PrideFest, in front of a very large number of people who did not expect dads to go this hard.
more FROM MILWAUKEE (the vault is a stage now)
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BUILT IN L.A.
ON A DREAM.
Somewhere between school drop-off and a 9 a.m. meeting, four dads looked at each other and said: we’ve still got it. Nobody asked us to prove it. We booked the gig anyway.
The Daddies are a Los Angeles institution (self-declared) with one mission: recapture the songs of your youth, recast the songs of today, and leave every dance floor slightly better parented than we found it. The lineup rotates. The commitment doesn’t. Somebody always brings extra cables.
“Dads are out here playing music. It’s sick.”
— JOSH, DADDY No. 04
- 4CORE DADDIES
- 2MOMMIES
- ∞BIG DADDIES
- 1DREAM
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THE personnel
A rotating cast of dads, mommies, and the occasional legitimate celebrity. Tap a card. Read the file.
THE CORE DADDIES
THE DADS WHO PLAY THE THINGS
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No. 02
JOSH
DRUMS · VOCALS
Yes, he owns a Phil Collins–style head mic. Yes, it’s plugged in.
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No. 03
SETH
GUITAR · VOCALS
Plays guitar. Sings. Maybe the face of the band — many people are wondering.
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No. 04
JOSH
GUITAR · VOCALS
Shreds the axe. Convinces you the Valley isn’t that far. His new boutique pedal is gonna sound “epic.”
THE MOMMIES
THE REASON WE SOUND GOOD
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No. 05
AMY
VOCALS · THE VOICE OF REASON
Vocal coach to the stars. Lead singer of L.A.’s most notorious dad band.
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No. 06
ERIN
VOCALS · CROWD’S FAVORITE PARENT
Soaring lead vocals, epic banter, and the “audacity.”
THE BIG DADDIES
THE FRONT MEN. THE MAIN EVENT. THE REASON YOUR AUNT IS SCREAMING.
The Daddies back a rotating cast of celebrity and celebrity-adjacent voices. You bring the star (or borrow ours) — we bring the wall of sound behind them.
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BIG DADDY No. 001
BRIAN
JUSTIN
CRUM
FRONT MAN · THE VOICE
Broadway. America’s Got Talent. Global stages. Now fronting your dad band’s favorite dad band — like the night he headlined Milwaukee PrideFest with us and suddenly we were all better looking.
BIG DADDY No. 002 — OPEN
THIS COULD
BE you.
Are you a celebrity? A pseudo-celebrity? A voice with a dream and reasonable availability? The front mic is warm.
Apply to be a Big Daddy04 / RUN OF SHOW
THE evidence
Live clips. Unmixed. Sonic proof, straight from the board.
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SAMPLE setlists
Three ways a night with The Daddies can go. Requests honored. Slow songs deployed strategically.
THE DADDIES — SET A — “THE 90s SET” — flannel optional, angst included
- MY NAME IS JONAS — Weezer the sweater song is a different song
- HARD TO HANDLE — The Black Crowes
- DAMMIT — blink-182 well, we guess this is growing up
- ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY — Lenny Kravitz leather pants sold separately
- MR. BRIGHTSIDE — The Killers technically 2004. spiritually 90s.
- 1979 — The Smashing Pumpkins some daddies remember it firsthand
- SEMI-CHARMED LIFE — Third Eye Blind doo doo doo. you know the rest.
- WHAT’S UP? — 4 Non Blondes group scream therapy
- WHAT I GOT — Sublime
- UNDER THE BRIDGE — Red Hot Chili Peppers slow-burn closer. lighters up.
THE DADDIES — SET B — “THE SWEAT SET” — festivals, prides, main stages
- CREEP — Radiohead the Brian Justin Crum arrangement. bring tissues.
- DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME — Elton John & George Michael two mics, zero restraint
- CRAZY IN LOVE (REMIX) — Beyoncé
- INTO YOU — Ariana Grande as seen on the milwaukee tape
- ONLY LOVE CAN HURT LIKE THIS — Paloma Faith
- OOPS!… I DID IT AGAIN — Britney Spears we did it again
- PINK PONY CLUB — Chappell Roan dedicated to los angeles
- SECRET LOVE SONG — Little Mix ft. Jason Derulo
- SHOW ME LOVE — Robin S. the organ riff. you know the one.
- SO EMOTIONAL — Whitney Houston also on the tape
- UNINVITED — Alanis Morissette the milwaukee headliner
- GYPSY — Lady Gaga
THE DADDIES — SET C — “THE 80s SET” — the decade that made us daddies
- JUST WHAT I NEEDED — The Cars handclaps: mandatory
- EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD — Tears for Fears
- A LITTLE RESPECT — Erasure the falsetto is a group risk
- HURTS SO GOOD — John Mellencamp the knees disagree
- I LOVE ROCK ’N’ ROLL — Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
- BACK IN BLACK — AC/DC schoolboy shorts not included
- SULTANS OF SWING — Dire Straits 1978. rounds up.
- HOT FOR TEACHER — Van Halen HR has been notified
- WITH OR WITHOUT YOU — U2 slow song, deployed strategically
- PURPLE RAIN — Prince the full eight minutes. yes, all of them.
* all sets subject to knee availability
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BOOK THE
DADDIES, now.
We book really cool gigs. Festivals. Weddings. Prides. Brand parties. Birthdays. Divorce parties (celebratory). Your backyard, if the vibes are right.
- A full band that shows up early. Always.
- A setlist tuned to your crowd, your decade, your chaos.
- Front-person options up to and including the genuinely famous.
- Festival-proven. Wedding-tested. Neighbor-disapproved.
allergic to forms? →
thedaddiesforever@gmail.com
we reply faster than your dad texts back. so: same day.
Anyone can be
a daddy.
You don’t need kids. You don’t need the minivan. You need the spirit: show up early, bring extra cables, believe in the encore.
Audition for the band
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THE GROUP
CHAT.
We post. We reply. We overuse the fire emoji.
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