History Music / DanielAmos

* TemporaryNameChange: Music/FearfulSymmetry, ''Darn Floor-Big Bite'', and ''Kalhöun'' were all released under the shorted band name DA as opposed to Daniel Amos. The band reverted to their original name for ''Motor Cycle'' and have kept it ever since.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their first two albums are spiritual country-rock, coming off as kind of Christian version of the Music/{{Eagles}}. ''Horrendous Disc'', mostly recorded in 1979 but not released in 1981, heralded their GenreShift to other rock styles that was solidified on ''Music/{{Alarma}}''.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their first two albums are spiritual country-rock, coming off as kind of Christian version of the Music/{{Eagles}}. ''Horrendous Disc'', mostly recorded in 1979 but not released in 1981, heralded a GenreShift to a more PowerPop sound, but that one also counts too, as ''Alarma!'' and further albums follow a more AlternativeRock and PostPunk style they mostly stuck with from there one out.

** SomethingCompletelyDifferent: 1993's ''[=MotorCycle=]'', a PowerPop and neo-psychedelic record, was followed a year later by ''Bibleland'', an album of NoisePop.

* NotSoDifferent: After brutally mocking televangelists and crooked preachers in several songs on ''Alarma'' and ''Doppelganger'', "Big Boys" and "Here I Am" have DA admitting that they're just as guilty in their own way.

DA started off in 1974 as a folk group, and signed to Maranatha Records in '75. Needing to come up with enough material for a debut album, they settled on a style that was easy to write and would give them a wide appeal: country-rock. Almost immediately, their ambitions pushed them to the boundaries of the genre, and they soon abandoned the country sound altogether. Unfortunately, while advertising hyped how [[NewSoundAlbum "bizarre" and "multifaceted"]] their upcoming ''Horrendous Disc'' was, the album itself languished in pre-release limbo for three years, due to some equally-bizarre behind-the-scenes record label shenanigans that, to this day, no one really understands. During this period, DA managed to accidentally run afoul of the über-conservative Christian scene of the '70s several times; this, and their focus on new material over the old country songs at live shows, alienated most of their fans and forced DA to rebuild their fanbase almost from scratch.

* ElvisLives: In the song "Outdoor Elvis", the Swirling Eddies make the search for Elvis Presley sound like the hunt for {{Bigfoot}}... and like the wait for Jesus Christ's return.

* CoverAlbum: The Eddie's ''Sacred Cows'', featuring parodic covers of the most popular Christian rock songs of the moment.

-->-- "Terry Tyler Rides a New Wave", ''7-Ball Magazine'', July/August 1998

* Tim Chandler (''Doppelganger'' - present): bass, occasional trombone

* WordSaladTitle: "Donna Nietche and Her Super Race of Kickboxing Uber Parrots", a mashup of actor Don Ameche, Creator/FriedrichNietzsche, the {{Ubermensch}}, and a real flock of feral parrots in Pasadena, CA. The actual song lyrics just involve an invitation to a realm of mystery, and a list of the strange things one would find there.

* ContinuityNod: "Hollow Man" uses the rhythm section from the previous album's song "Ghost of the Heart", looped backwards. "Travelog" briefly features a vocal sample from ''ThePriceIsRight'' that was used extensively on the previous album's song "New Car!"

The 90's saw DA reunite and resume recording new material. In the 2000's, their productivity slowed down quite a bit, but Terry Scott Taylor is still writing music and none of his bands have officially called it quits. The band's most recent album is 2013's ''Dig Here Said the Angel'', funded through Kickstarter and showcasing the band's interest in modern indie rock and PostRock.

Daniel Amos was a genre-pushing rock, [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]], and alternative band fronted by Terry Scott Taylor (yes, [[VideoGame/TheNeverhood that]] Terry Scott Taylor), notable for their huge influence on ChristianRock's underground scene, and later influence on some not-so-underground Christian rock acts of the '90s and later. Even outside that scene, they are critically acclaimed by secular music critics and the members of Music/{{U2}} were fans, and Music/CollectiveSoul have cited them as an influence.

Daniel Amos was a genre-pushing rock, [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]], and alternative band fronted by Terry Scott Taylor (yes, [[VideoGame/TheNeverhood that]] Terry Scott Taylor), notable for their huge influence on ChristianRock's underground scene, and later influence on some not-so-underground Christian rock acts of the '90s and later. Even outside that scene, the members of Music/{{U2}} were fans, and Music/CollectiveSoul have cited them as an influence.

The 90's saw DA reunite and resume recording new material. In the 2000's, their productivity slowed down quite a bit, but Terry Scott Taylor is still writing music and none of his bands have officially called it quits. The band's most recent album is 2013's ''Dig Here Said the Angel'', funded through Kickstarter and showcasing Taylor's interest in modern indie rock and PostRock.

The 90's saw DA reunite and resume recording new material. In the 2000's, their productivity slowed down quite a bit, but Terry Scott Taylor is still writing music and none of his bands have officially called it quits.

** ''Music/VoxHumana'' (1984)
** ''Fearful Symmetry'' (1986)