26 Facts About Dave Kerman

David Kerman was born on August 24,1959 and is an American experimental rock drummer and composer, best known as the founder and member of the Los Angeles avant-rock group 5uu's.

Dave Kerman is a member of the Belgian progressive rock band Present and the Israeli avant-rock band Ahvak.

Dave Kerman has been a member of the United States bands U Totem and Thinking Plague, and the Dutch band Blast.

Dave Kerman has collaborated with several musicians, including Bob Drake, Chris Cutler and Fred Frith.

Dave Kerman lived in Israel between 2000 and 2003 and holds dual American and Israeli citizenship.

Dave Kerman established ReR USA in 2003, the North American distributor of the British independent record label, Recommended Records, and ReR USA's own record label, AD Hoc Records in 2006.

Dave Kerman was born in Torrance, California, south of Los Angeles.

In spite of failing the audition, Grateful Dead keyboardist Keith Godchaux, family friend and neighbor, recognised potential in Dave Kerman and suggested to Dave Kerman's parents that they buy him a set of drums.

In high school, Dave Kerman formed a garage band with guitarist Greg Conway and bassist Jon Beck.

Dave Kerman modified his drum kit to extend its capabilities, including adding telescoping metal tubing that changed pitch, and stringing the bass drum shell with heavy-gauge strings that produced an un-tuned zither sound.

Dave Kerman started using a variety of objects to strike his drum kit with, including kitchen utensils, golf clubs and Barbie dolls.

In 1976 Dave Kerman's band named themselves "Farmer Fred Genuflects to A-440" and played at a Greenpeace Festival in San Diego, California.

Dave Kerman composes most of the music for this group.

Dave Kerman joined Present and has remained with the band ever since, appearing on their 2009 DVD and on five of their albums.

Dave Kerman has toured Europe and North America with them several times.

Dave Kerman had been interested in Thinking Plague's music and moved to Denver in 1989 to join the band.

Dave Kerman remained with Thinking Plague for eleven years, performed live with them at NEARfest 2000 and is featured on three of their albums.

When U Totem broke up in 1993, Dave Kerman reformed the 5uu's with Drake and Sanjay Kumar.

In 1996 Dave Kerman joined the Dutch avant-garde band Blast, recorded one album and toured Europe and North America with them.

Dave Kerman spent much of his time working as a composer for the Israeli Batsheva Dance Company.

Dave Kerman moved back to Denver in 2003 where he guested on Thinking Plague's A History of Madness.

Dave Kerman established ReR USA in Denver in 2003, the North American distributor of the Chris Cutler's British independent record label, Recommended Records.

In 2007 Dave Kerman joined Bob Drake's Cabinet of Curiosities, a live band comprising Drake, David Campbell and Dave Kerman, plus a few guest musicians for each performance.

In September 2009, Dave Kerman became a member of Aranis, a critically acclaimed, Flemish chamber-rock group, which played frequent concerts in Europe, and at NEARfest in the USA.

In Summer 2013, Dave Kerman joined the Zurich-based band, Stepmother, which includes Bill Gilonis, Jeroen Visser and Lukas Simonis.

Dave Kerman plays drums for the Basel-based bands, Dave From Hollywood, Aie Ca Gicle, Mrs Understanding, and Ludwigs Mondlichtkapelle.