17 Facts About Dave Bickler

Dave Bickler would go on to provide the vocals in advertisements, including Bud Light's "Real Men of Genius" TV and radio commercials.

Dave Bickler was born in North Dakota, moved to Willmar, Minnesota, and then graduated from Benet Academy in Lisle, Illinois.

Dave Bickler's career began in 1968 as one of two lead singers and a musician in the early 1970s American rock group Jamestown Massacre.

Dave Bickler met Jim Peterik while doing commercial jingles in the mid-1970s, leading to their future partnership in the band Survivor.

Dave Bickler is best known as an original member of Survivor from 1978 to 1983.

Dave Bickler rejoined with co-founders Frankie Sullivan and Jim Peterik in 1993, staying until early 2000.

Dave Bickler was a part of the group for their first four albums: Survivor, Premonition, Eye of The Tiger, and Caught in the Game.

Dave Bickler left the band in late 1983 after he developed polyps on his vocal cords and required surgery and voice rest, a condition that would take a year and a half to recuperate from.

Dave Bickler rejoined Survivor in early 1993 as lead vocalist for a Greatest Hits album on Scotti Bros.

Dave Bickler recorded new music with the band in hopes of a new album, but ongoing lawsuits and trademark ownership issues with his initial successor in the band, Jimi Jamison halted the release.

Dave Bickler was fired in early 2000 after a brief string of tour dates.

Dave Bickler is credited with co-writing two songs on the Survivor album Reach with Frankie Sullivan: "I Don't" and "One More Chance".

Since 2000, Dave Bickler has continued his venture in recording commercials and video advertisements.

Dave Bickler's singing is featured in the successful Budweiser Light "Real American Heroes" and "Real Men of Genius" ad campaign singing plaintively in counterpoint to the wry commentary of voice actor Peter Stacker.

The release, according to a Pop Culture Tonight: with Patrick Phillips February 2016 interview with Dave Bickler, sold 400,000 copies.

In 2009, Dave Bickler posted several new songs he was writing and recording for a future solo project via his Twitter account and website.

In October 2017, Dave Bickler appeared at Rockingham Festival at the Nottingham Trent University, UK.