Daly was born in Passaic and
raised in Prospect Park. Early
bands included Nightwing,
Mixed Company, The Fuse, and
Every Damn Day. The bands
mainly played a couple of Daly’s
originals alongside classic rock
covers and popular hits. This is
more or less a second stage of
Daly’s musical career. He actual-
ly stopped playing music for sev-
eral years in his twenties due to
frustrations with an ever-chang-
ing drum core (a situation remi-
niscent of Spinal Tap without the
spontaneous combustion) and
lack of commitment from others.
“My experience at that time was
that drummers were the hardest
to find - especially good ones,”
said Daly. “And if you have a
bad drummer, you have a bad
band; there’s no mistaking that.
So, it got to the point where it
was like everybody else seems
to be thinking this way and I’ve
hit adulthood; maybe it’s time to
discard childish things and just
go get beaten down by the man
as quickly as humanly possible.”
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