Dan Hoerner is the guitarist and former lead vocalist for the band Sunny Day Real Estate

Sunny Day Real Estate

Sunny Day Real Estate is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington. In the 1990s, the group expanded upon the grunge style that was popular in the local scene to make a more melodic sound. While not the first band to be classified as emo, they were instrumental in establishing the genre. In...

. However, the band was not yet named Sunny Day Real Estate at the time he was lead vocalist.

Hoerner was one of the founding members of SDRE, who formed in 1992 as Empty Set. The band recorded a two song demo as Empty Set, then changed their name to Chewbacca Kaboom and recorded a six song demo. Afterwards, the band changed their name to One Day I Stopped Breathing. Later, the band changed their name to SDRE. From the band's founding as Empty Set until the band changed their name from One Day I Stopped Breathing to SDRE, Dan Hoerner was the band's lead vocalist as well as guitarist. When the band changed their name to SDRE, Jeremy Enigk

Jeremy Enigk

Jeremy Enigk is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist known for being the front man of the Seattle band Sunny Day Real Estate.-Biography:...

 took over on lead vocals from Dan Hoerner. However, Dan Hoerner remained the band's guitarist.

After releasing two albums, the group disbanded. During this time, Hoerner had moved to a farm in rural Washington. The group reformed in 1998 (minus original bassist Nate Mendel

Nate Mendel

Nathan Gregor "Nate" Mendel is an American bassist for the bands Foo Fighters, The Jealous Sound, Sunny Day Real Estate, and The Fire Theft.-Biography:...

, now of Foo Fighters

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), releasing two more albums, before disbanding again. Hoerner once again retreated to his farm.

In June 2009, it was confirmed that the band will be reuniting once again.

Hoerner can be heard on the EP So Impossible

So Impossible

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by Dashboard Confessional

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He wrote The Little Monkey Chronicles, ISBN 0-9707273-0-5, a collection of short stories illustrated by Chris Thompson and published by Clearly the Underdog Publishing. In addition, he and John Despirito co-founded the online art community called The Art Conspiracy.

Hoerner scored a short film by Rohit Colin Rao called "Someone and Someone, Inc".