History Creator / DanielJohnston

* NewSoundAlbum: Daniel's earlier albums mainly featured songs that were played on a piano. 1991's ''Artistic Vice'' did not feature any piano at all.

* OneOfUs: Saying that Daniel really likes comic books would be an understatement.

* AuthorAppeal: Comic Books, unrequited love, Satan and [=McDonald's=].

* ColbertBump: Received one after Creator/KurtCobain wore the famous "Hi, How Are You" t-shirt to the VMAs.
* {{Deconstruction}}: His entire oevre is about what it actually means to be a {{Woobie}} and a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.

* Rockumentary: ''The Devil and Daniel Johnston''.

* TheUnintelligible: Daniel mumbles so much on the track ''Hot Water'', from the 1979 tapes, that it seems that he isn't even singing in English.

* TheUnintelligible: Daniel mumbles so much on the track ''Hot Water'', from the 1979 tapes, that it seems that he isn't even singing in English

* VocalEvolution: Dan's voice changed a lot over the years. In the early 80s, his singing voice was almost boyish (listen to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOLNJ5s-S4c this recording of "To Go Home"]] off 1982's ''The What of Whom'', in which he sounds like a 12-year-old, he was 21 during the recording of the song.). By the late 90s, his voice had changed dramatically, probably due to chain smoking.

-->I walked up to this psychological man
I said I got this problem about this coffin

* ArchivePanic: The man has a giant library of released music.
* AuthorAppeal: Comic Books, unrequited love, Satan and McDonald's
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Some tracks off his older albums are pretty out there, IE, ''Something More'', from ''Don't Be Scared'' which is a 3 minute long audio collage of various noises, background chatting, etc. Also, the random keyboard fills from the ''Fun'' album.

* CrazyAwesome
* CultClassic

* VocalEvolution: Dan's voice changed a lot over the years. In the early 80s, his singing voice was almost boyish (listen to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOLNJ5s-S4c this recording of "To Go Home"]] off 1982's ''The What of Whom'', in which he sounds like a 12-year-old, he was 21 during the recording of the song.). By the late 90s, his voice had changed dramatically, probably due to chain smoking.
* TheWoobie: If you read about the man's life, you'll be thankful that you have it easier.

* Deconstruction: His entire oevre is about what it actually means to be a {{Woobie}} and a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.

Daniel Dale Johnston (born 1961) is an American musician and artist. Although he is not too well known, he has a strong cult following. Johnston is usually known for his lo-fi recordings from the 1980s, his most popular album being ''Hi, How Are You?'', released in 1983.

* VocalEvolution: Dan's voice changed a lot over the years. In the early 80s, his singing voice was almost boyish (listen to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOLNJ5s-S4c this recording of "To Go Home"]] off 1982's ''The What of Whom'', in which he sounds like a 12-year-old). By the late 90s, his voice had changed dramatically, probably due to chain smoking.

* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: On guitar, Daniel pretty much only plays the A, A minor, E, E minor, G,C and D chords.

* VocalEvolution: Dan's voice changed a lot over the years. In the early 80s, his singing voice was almost boyish (listen to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOLNJ5s-S4c this recording of "To Go Home"]] off 1982's ''The What of Whom'', in which he sounds like a 12-year-old). By the late 90s, his voice had changed dramatically, probably due to chain smoking.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Some tracks off his older albums are pretty out there, IE, ''Something More'', from ''Don't Be Scared'' which is a 3 minute long audio collage of various noises, background chatting, etc. Also, the random keyboard fills from the ''Fun'' album.
* CarefulWithThatAxe: in "Don't Play Cards With Satan",(1990 version) Daniel, shouts at the top of his lungs for 2 instances of the word
"Satan"

* CarefulWithThatAxe: in "Don't Play Cards With Satan",(1990 version) Daniel, shouts at the top of his lungs for 2 instances of the word "Satan"

* VocalEvolution: Dan's voice changed a lot by the late 90s, probably due to chain smoking.

Along with writing music, he is also an artist/cartoonist. Johnston has been diagnosed with both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, and has been in and out of mental institutions.

* NewSoundAlbum: Daniel's albums mainly featured songs that were played on a piano. 1991's ''Artistic Vice'' did not feature any piano at all.

* NewSoundAlbum: Daniel's albums mainly featured songs that were played on a piano. 1992's ''Artistic Vice'' did not feature any piano at all.

* VocalEvolution: Dan's voice changed a lot by the late 90s, probably due to chain smoking.

* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth On guitar, Daniel pretty much never plays a chord that isn't A, A minor, E, E minor, G,C and D.

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