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Daniel Alan Spitz (born January 28, 1963) is a three-time Grammy-nominated〔https://www.grammy.org〕 American musician best known for his work as the lead guitarist, principal songwriter and co-producer of the American heavy metal band Anthrax from 1983 to 1995 and from 2005 to 2007. More recently, Spitz has founded the Christian music group Red Lamb, the first to bring autism awareness into any genre of music or music video. Spitz has earned some of the most coveted Swiss and American degrees in watchmaking and micro mechanical engineering〔http://danspitz.com/watchmaking-credentials/〕 and is a global advocate for autism awareness.〔https://www.autismspeaks.org/news/news-item/autism-speaks-ambassador-and-lead-guitarist-anthrax-dan-spitz-featured-rock-revolt-ma〕〔RED LAMB: DAN SPITZ/DAVE MUSTAINE SUPERGROUP RELEASES DEBUT ALBUM WITHOUT FANFARE OR, UH, DAVE MUSTAINE http://www.metalsucks.net/2012/02/06/red-lamb-dan-spitzdave-mustaine-supergroup-releases-debut-album-to-zero-fanfare-or-uh-dave-mustaine/〕 ==Personal life== Spitz was born in a small town in Rockland County, New York as the second son of a lawyer and a high school substitute teacher. His older brother is former White Lion and Black Sabbath bassist Dave Spitz. His parents were interested in music, his father liked big band and jazz music of Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Tal Farlow, but Miles Davis〔Miles Davis〕 was a huge influence on Spitz. his mother was into classical music and ballet. In the early 1980s, his brother David played bass and guitar. Dan Spitz got his brother's guitar and started playing. When he reached seventh grade, his mother bought him his first guitar. Spitz reached 12th grade, went to college but left it after a few weeks without graduating〔 and co-founded the band Overkill and later Anthrax. Spitz comes from a pure Levite tribe Jewish family and converted to Christianity / Messianic Judaism in 1993. Spitz has identical twin boys who were born in 2007. They were diagnosed with autism at 16 months of age. The Spitz twins were in numerous movies and television commercials before their autism diagnosis and 12-month vaccines. They starred in the film "Away We Go",〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1176740/combined〕 which also starred Maggie Gyllenhall and was directed by Academy Award Winning Director (Best Director award) Sam Mendes.〔http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005222/awards〕 In June 2009, Spitz had a massive heart attack, causing him to undergo an emergency triple bypass, from which he fully recovered, but had to have stents placed in his main ventricular implementation and many other smaller arteries.〔http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/29/16102/Former-Anthrax-guitarist-Dan-Spitz-still-among-the-living-following-heart-surgery.html〕 In March 2014, Spitz's ex-wife, Candi, announced their separation and her immediate engagement to Johnathan Mazzeo, a bug exterminator.〔http://www.gossipextra.com/2014/05/21/anthrax-guitarist-dan-spitz-wife-new-man-3666/〕 On July 19, 2015, Spitz proposed to his personal manager and girlfriend Beth Thom.〔http://bravewords.com/news/former-anthrax-guitarist-dan-spitz-engaged〕 Spitz and his fianceé are on a global mission to spread autism awareness through music and other venues. He also has two daughters from a previous marriage. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dan Spitz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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