Dan Roberts is the bassist

Bassist

A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...

 for the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 rock band

Rock Band

Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...

, Crash Test Dummies

Crash Test Dummies

The Crash Test Dummies is a Canadian folk rock/alternative rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, widely known for their 1993 single "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm".The band is most identifiable through Brad Roberts and his distinctive bass-baritone voice...

, and brother

Sibling

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 of their lead singer, Brad Roberts

Brad Roberts

Bradley Kenneth "Brad" Roberts is the lead singer and guitarist for the Canadian folk-rock band Crash Test Dummies. He sings in the bass-baritone range.-Career:...

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Biography

Roberts joined Crash Test Dummies just before they began putting together their first album, The Ghosts That Haunt Me

The Ghosts That Haunt Me

The Ghosts That Haunt Me is the 1991 debut album by Crash Test Dummies. It featured their hit "Superman's Song".The artwork featured on the cover, and throughout the liner notes, is by 19th-century illustrator Gustav Doré and is from 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge...

. He got interested in joining after he heard the five song demo

Demo (music)

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He is known to enjoy photography

Photography

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, and his work was used on the album artwork for I Don't Care That You Don't Mind

I Don't Care That You Don't Mind

I Don't Care That You Don't Mind is the fifth studio album by Crash Test Dummies. The album began as a solo album for Brad Roberts, while he was recuperating in the town of Argyle, Nova Scotia after suffering a near-fatal car accident in the fall of 2000. Crash Test Dummies' name was put on the...

and Jingle All the Way.

In 2002 Dan played guitar for Ellen Reid

Ellen Reid

Ellen Reid provides backing vocals, piano, keyboards and accordion for the Canadian rock band Crash Test Dummies....

 on her Cinderellen

Cinderellen

-Track listing:#"Make You Mine" – 3:32#"Everything" – 4:26#"Bullet" – 4:34#"Send Me Home" – 3:50#"Mirror" – 3:47#"Anybody Will Do" – 3:29#"Get Into" – 5:35#"Force Field" – 4:14#"In Defence of the Wicked Queen" – 4:48#"True Love" – 3:47...

tour and on that same year was involved with the recording of the Dummies' Christmas album titled, Jingle All The Way

Jingle All the Way

Jingle All the Way is a 1996 American family comedy film directed by Brian Levant and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson, Jake Lloyd, James Belushi and Robert Conrad...

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"I live a very normal type life. When I get off the road I'm usually busy catching up on stuff around the house, and hanging out with my wife. I'm interested in photography, so I do some of that. I'm a big hockey fan, so I try to catch some games. It's kind of hard to get into too much, as there always seems to be some sort of Dummy related thing to do just around the corner."

More recently Roberts was involved in the Crash Test Dummies' album, Puss 'n' Boots

Puss 'n' Boots (album)

Puss 'N' Boots is the sixth studio album by Crash Test Dummies, released in 2003. The album began life as a Brad Roberts solo project. While the lyrics were written by Brad Roberts, most of the music was written by Stuart Cameron. Perhaps not coincidentally, this album is, musically-speaking, more...

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A keen amateur cook

Cook (profession)

A cook is a person who prepares food for consumption. In Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Canada this profession requires government approval ....

, he won Canadian Living

Canadian Living

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magazine

Magazine

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's 'Cook of the Year' in 2006.