“People were afraid to get involved, but I’ve no regrets. Giacomo was being a dipstick”: Danny Sapko on social media scandals, his 80’s-inspired AI-generated rock band – and how the ‘Dipstick Lick’ broke America

Bassist Danny Sapko.

To paraphrase Frank Sinatra, 2020 was a very good year – good for Bassist of the Year winner Danny Sapko anyway. Sapko has since enjoyed an ascent to YouTube superstardom thanks to the wit and skill he displays in his videos, over 900 of them so far.

“I spent eight years getting nowhere with my YouTube channel,” says Sapko. “It wasn’t until I got that award, and I also became more talkative on camera, that people started to notice me.”