Dan Vapid (also known as Danny Vapid), was born Daniel Schafer, and grew up in the Chicago area of the United States. As an adult he has played guitar and bass guitar for a number of punk rock bands including Screeching Weasel, The Riverdales, The Queers, Even in Blackouts, The Mopes and Sludgeworth. He is currently the frontman of The Methadones. Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Screeching Weasel was an American punk band from Chicago, Illinois. ... The Riverdales are an American punk rock music group. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Even in Blackouts, known occasionally by the acronyn EiB, are an acoustic pop-punk band from Chicago, Illinois. ... The Methadones were formed by Dan Schafer (Danny Vapid) of Screeching Weasel, Sludgeworth, and The Riverdales in the mid 1990s as a side project. ...

He is also the subject of a Queers song titled "Danny Vapid".