Chris Brackett and Marshall Bogue met in Columbia, SC at the legendary Rockafellas' during a Treadmill Trackstar show. Chris and Marshall discovered a mutual love of strong songs and harmony vocals and formed an acoustic duo. Eight months later, Chris relocated to Birmingham Alabama to tour as the drummer for the Suburban Love Junkies. After three years of non stop touring, Chris tired of road life and felt his own creativity was being stiffled. Chris left SLJ, to start work on his solo record in Charlotte,NC, under the pseudonym 'Shuteye.' In 2001, Chris moved to Los Angeles, CA, to start work on a new project called, 'Crown', which featured Josh Pascowitz from the Flys. Though the project never quite made it off the ground, living and working in LA had led Chris to start making mental moves toward forming his own band of musicians. Chris moved back to the east coast and started tossing around the idea of putting together another project with Marshall. They came together in late 2003 in the quaint, little southern town of Summerville, SC, to record their ep, 'S.O.S', at Chris Grigg's studio, Bassix. After the sessions were over, Marshall and Chris found another element to be added to the band, Chris Grigg(bass). Playing acoustic dates, the trio longed for the last missing link: a great drummer. Marlon Slater, a master percussionist, formerly with the Greenville SC group Seconds Flat proved to be the last missing piece of the Diffrent Daniel puzzle. Diffrent Daniel continues on a musical journey to create pop gems immersed in lush harmonies, raw guitars, and colourful lyrics.