MEICHEL, DAN

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MEICHEL, DAN (1949-2009) -


Dan Meichel was a free improv, jazz & noise musican based in Calgary, Canada. Meichel performed live constantly through out his life, and was an active musician for nearly 40 years. A central part of the Calgary experimental music scene, he performed solo as Jazz Snob: Eat Shit, as well as in various free improv/noise groups, such as Street of Crocodiles, Scum de Terre, The Musk Cup, Bumtrash, Chinpira, and collaborated with notable Canadian artists such as The Nihilist Spasm Band. Meichel died of a heart attack in the summer of 2009, while on tour in Japan.