History Music / DanBull

He first attained notoriety on the Internet for his unusual stance on the DigitalPiracyIsEvil debate: he actually supports filesharing software, and writes musical open letters to various English politicians and musicians on the other side of the debate. His first such letter, to musician and (in the vein of Music/{{Metallica}}'s Lars Ulrich) anti-piracy crusader Lily Allen, was linked on The Pirate Bay, Piratbyrån, and various other major filesharing sites and his popularity skyrocketed in a very unusual (but large!) demographic.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: His rap called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XfLv8xPLpQ "20 Years of Resident Evil"]] gives a description of the story-line in rhyme for the first five games. For the ''sixth'' game...
-->"Resident Evil 6 is an action-adventure third-person shooter video game developed and published by Capcom. That is all I wish to say about Resident Evil 6 at this point in time. Thank you."

* DoubleEntendre: A non-sexual example in his Minecraft spider rap. The spider mentions he told the dentist that his tooth stings and then he says they were unamused. He even says “double entendre.”

* DoubleEntendre: A non-sexual example in his Minecraft spider rap. The writer mentions he told the dentist that his tooth stings and then he says they were unamused. He even says “double entendre.”

** He appeared in WebVideo/FreshyKanal's Fairytale Rap Cypher as [[Literature/AliceInWonderland Cheshire Cat]].

* ParentalLoveSong: "The God Father", a ''VideoGame/GodOfWarRagnarok'' song about Kratos and Atreus's bond, which also derives from Dan's own experiences as a father. The song is dedicated to Dan's son, George.

* ParentalLoveSong: "The God Father", a ''VideoGame/GodOfWarRagnarok'' song about Kratos and Atreus's bond, which also derives from Dan's experiences as a father. The song is dedicated to Dan's son, George.

** The stanza of [[https://youtu.be/OdONLaVFKYo "Busy Buzzy Bees"]] riffs on Music/CarlyRaeJepsen's "Call Me Maybe". Later on, Music/{{Aerosmith}}'s "Dream On" is also referenced:

->'''[[TheStinger DAN BULL!!]]'''\\
[[TheStinger (douglby)]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: The fisherman you play as in ''VideoGame/{{Dredge}}'' is generally portrayed as a decent man with tragic HiddenDepths possessed of a keen interest in learning more about bargaining techniques. The crewmates in "I’m heading out (of my mind)" brag openly about being StrawNihilist gaslighters that fish in dangerous waters to feast on aberrant undersea mutants and satisfy their bile fascination. They’re seem vaguely aware of the corruption under the sea and are taking the reveal with unhealthy gusto.

** He collaborated with Music/TheStupendium [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOPQ-AKbhhY for a rap song]] about ''Videogame/FrostPunk''. Later on, 11 Bit Studios sponsored him and The Stupendium in making a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADwUlpdR_PA another Frostpunk Song]]. He also collaborated with both The Stupendium and [[WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory ERB]] on a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Ir5app9l0 Minecraft vs. Lego rap battle]]. The sequel to "Dive into the Madness", titled "Tune into the Madness", is a joint effort between him and The Stupendium as well.

* SanitySlippage: "I'm Heading Out (Of My Mind)" is a song about a group of fishermen slowly losing their minds and taking it rather well, all things considered. Enforced, given the song is a tribute to ''VideoGame/Dredge'', a CosmicHorror game.

* AdaptationalVillainy: The fisherman you play as in ''VideoGame/{{Dredge}}'' is generally portrayed as a decent man with tragic HiddenDepths possessed of a keen interest in learning more about bargaining techniques. The crewmates in "I’m heading out (of my mind)" brag openly about being StrawNihilist gaslighters that fish in dangerous waters to feast on aberrant undersea mutants and satisfy their bild fascination. They’re seem vaguely aware of the corruption under the sea and are taking the reveal with unhealthy gusto.

* AdaptationalVillainy: The fisherman you play as in ''VideoGame/Dredge'' is generally portrayed as a decent man with tragic HiddenDepths possessed of a keen interest in learning more about bargaining techniques. The crewmates in "I’m heading out (of my mind)" brag openly about being StrawNihilist gaslighters that fish in dangerous waters to feast on aberrant undersea mutants and satisfy their bild fascination. They’re seem vaguely aware of the corruption under the sea and are taking the reveal with unhealthy gusto.

* {{Gaslighting}}: One of the last stanzas of “I’m Heading Out (Of My Mind)” reveal that the fishermen singing the song engage in this.

* He appeared in WebVideo/FreshyKanal's Fairytale Rap Cypher as [[Literature/AliceInWonderland Cheshire Cat]].

* OncePerEpisode: Every episode of Dan's ''Rap Roasts'' series has a part where he makes {{Significant Anagram}}s of phrases using Scrabble. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0BIJfGiZmE His rap roast of KSI]] even has ''a whole verse'' made with only anagrams.

[[TheStinger (douglby)]]

* FoeRomanceSubtext: The video for his ''VideoGame/EvilGenius2'' song "The Man with a Hand Instead of a Gun", featuring Music/TheStupendium (who previously covered the game in his song "Fiend Like Me") as the Evil Genius, has the two of them in a wrestling sequence that looks like it might be... something else entirely.