Daniel Greaves

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Daniel Greaves is a Canadian rock vocalist and songwriter. He is commonly referred to as "Danny".

He was the lead singer of The Watchmen, one of Canada's most successful alternative rock bands of the 1990s. Following The Watchmen's breakup, he scored Trevor Cunningham's feature film The Pedestrian (2003), then formed Doctor with Rob Higgins. That band's debut album, High Is As High Gets, was released in 2004 but obtained little to no success critically or commercially.

Greaves contributed vocals to the track "This Longing" on the Neverending White Lights debut CD Act 1: Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies in 2005.

In 2006, he contributed to Winnipeg producer Darcy Ataman's new tune "A Song for Africa" which was a benefit project to raise funds for African AIDS relief.

Also in 2006, he composed the soundtrack to a new drinking and driving commercial commissioned by Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI). The commercial premiered in December 2006 during the holiday season.

Greaves still occasionally plays with former Watchmen bandmate Ken Tizzard in the duo Audio Playground High + Wide.

His brother, David Greaves, who has dual Canadian-Israeli citizenship, is a member of the Israeli Bobsled Team. Their goal was to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics but they did not qualify.