Dave started playing guitar at 9 years of age and grew up near Berkeley, California. His main musical influences are Guns ‘n’ Roses, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Metallica, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Living in the SF bay area, Dave attended SFSU for a history major, but left school to pursue his music career instead. As it turns out Dave was a huge fan of TESLA’S “5 Man Acoustic Jam” album when he was a kid, but it was Guns ‘n’ Roses’ “Appetite for Destruction” that made him want to rock and be the axe shredder he is today.

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