Early Years
Danny and his brother Richard (guitarist) grew up in the village of Bailiff Bridge, near Bradford, Huddersfield and Halifax, in West Yorkshire, England.
Aged 11, he passed his 11+ exam and gained entry to Hipperholme Grammar School, near Halifax. When he left school, he studied psychology at Manchester University, but eventually quit to concentrate on the band, and having become tired of commuting.
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