User:Beauburdett/Dave Witte

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Dave Witte
Dave Witte playing drums with Municipal Waste
Dave Witte playing drums with Municipal Waste
Background information
GenresHardcore, Thrash, Grindcore
Occupation(s)Professional drummer
Instrument(s)Percussion, drums
Years active1999 - present
LabelsFerret Records, Relapse Records, Earache Records
Website[1]

Dave Witte is a professional drummer currently living in Virginia[1]. Dave Witte usually drums in heavy metal bands, or in grindcore bands. Dave Witte has been the drummer for many very successful, critically acclaimed underground bands. He is currently the drummer for the thrash metal band Municipal Waste. Along with Municipal Waste he is currently involved with three other bands: Birds of Prey, King Generator, and Burnt by the Sun. He has also been the drummer for several other bands, and made appearances on many other albums.

Biography[edit]

Dave Witte is a New Jersey native. He relocated to Richmond, Virginia to join Municipal Waste. He has been the drummer for numerous albums since 1990. He plays many styles of drumming while retaining the heavy aspect of music in all his projects. Witte was introduced to drumming in grade school by his Uncle Victor[2]. Before he graduated high school he was studying many performances, and had already formed his first band, Human Remains. On his off time from recording and touring he works in the kitchen of a catering company[3]. He is a self proclaimed beer lover, with Belgian beers being his favorite. He also finished his first triathlon in 2003[1]. Dave Witte is also a fan of cats. He has two cats, Eddie and Linda.

Drumming[edit]

Dave Witte is a professional drummer who is known for playing in, or with numerous bands. He often plays with multiple bands at once. He is known for his speedy playing, and technical drumming. Witte says he "loves the speed aspect of drumming[3]".

Dave Witte plays Trick drums, Paiste cymbals, and Vic Firth drumsticks.

Bands[edit]

Dave Witte has been in numerous bands since the early '90's. He has never been in just one band, and he has been in up to five or six bands at once[4]. He has recorded many studio albums with bands, toured with many other bands, or formed his own bands always keeping busy playing music.

Current Bands[edit]

Municipal Waste[2004-Present][5][edit]

Dave Witte joined Municipal Waste in 2004, after previous drummer Brandon Ferrel left the band. In 2005 Municipal Waste released their first album with Dave Witte on drums, Hazardous Mutation. Since then they have released The Art of Partying in 2007. Their most recent album, Massive Aggressive came out in 2009. According to Dave Witte it is the best album the band has done to date.[6].

Burnt by the Sun[1999-Present][7][edit]

Dave Witte formed Burnt by the Sun in 1999 along with friend John Adubato[8]. Witte's reason for forming the band was because he was tired of buying records "that failed to deliver what they promised[9]" so they formed their own style of metal using what Witte and the other members felt were missing from heavy music. The band released a demo on Ferret records. After the demo they released several albums on Relapse Records. After a hiatus Witte claimed it was time to make a third record, but stated the band "can not and will not be full-time[1]". He also stated this will be the last release from Burnt by the Sun.


Birds of Prey[2006-Present][10][edit]

King Generator[2007-Present][11][edit]

Past Bands[edit]

  • Melt Banana

Dave Witte toured with Melt Banana for four years.

  • Discordance Axis

Dave Witte's Second band that gained much critical attention after the band had broken up.

  • Human Remains

This was Dave Witte's first band.

  • Exit-13
  • Black Army Jacket

Dave Witte has also collaborated with numerous artists to create:

  • Hex Machine
  • Candria
  • Redrum
  • Major-burns
  • Atomsmasher
  • Phantonsmasher
  • Anodyne
  • East West Blade Test
  • Hope Collapse

Discography[edit]

Dave Witte has a drumming career spanning over a decade. He has recorded over 50 albums with several bands. Below his albums are listed by band.

Anodyne[edit]

Atomsmasher[edit]

Birds of Prey[edit]

Black Army Jacket[edit]

Burnt by the Sun[edit]

Candiria[edit]

Discordance Axis[edit]

East West Blade Test[edit]

Exit-13[edit]

Hex Machine[edit]

Hope Collapse[edit]

Human Remains[edit]

King Generator[edit]

Major Burns[edit]

Melt Banana[edit]

Phantomsmasher[edit]

Redrum[edit]

Municipal Waste[edit]


References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Dave Witte Interview. lambgoat.com, 3/4/2006, 10/20/2009.
  2. ^ Dave Witte Biography paiste.com, 10/25/2009
  3. ^ a b Dave Witte Interview club.kingsnake.com, 4/10/2008, 10/23/2009
  4. ^ Dave Witte Interview with Decibel decibelmagazine.com, 9/24/2009, 10/24/2009
  5. ^ Municipal Waste Website facethewaste.com, 10/19/2009
  6. ^ Municipal Waste Interview roadrunnerrecords.com 03/13/2009, 10/20/2009
  7. ^ Dave Witte's Blog blog.davewitte.com, 10/20/2009
  8. ^ Burnt By the Sun Wikipedia wikipedia.org, 10/19/2009, 10/21/2009
  9. ^ Burnt By the Sun Relapse Records Page relapse.com, 10/22/2009
  10. ^ Birds of Prey Myspace Page myspace.com/birdsop 10/23/2009
  11. ^ King Generator's Myspace Page myspace.com/kinggenerator, 10/22/2009
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