14 Facts About David Yow

David Lambeth Yow is an American musician and actor born in Las Vegas, Nevada and best known as the vocalist for the noise rock bands Scratch Acid and the Jesus Lizard.

Anderson was kicked out of the band early in their career, prompting David Yow to move to vocals and Sims to move to bass.

David Yow achieved wide notoriety for playing shows completely drunk and incoherent.

In 1995, David Yow collaborated with Helmet on a cover version of "Custard Pie" for Encomium: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin.

In late 2006, David Yow officially joined the two-piece Los Angeles band Qui as a full-time member, after playing several shows as a "special guest".

David Yow was released from hospital a few days later.

In 2015, David Yow performed two shows with Flipper, substituting for vocalist Bruce Loose who had to retire from live performance due to health issues.

David Yow has appeared live with other bands, including Cop Shoot Cop, Shellac, the Dicks, the Melvins, Girls Against Boys and has contributed vocals to various albums and recordings by Helmet, Pigface, and others.

David Yow is known in his field for retouching photographs and is a former employee of Upshot, an advertising agency.

David Yow recorded a commentary track for Tool's DVD single "Schism" in 2005.

David Yow appears as an actor in a few movies, including I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore, Southbound, Entertainment, Dinner in America, Under the Silver Lake and Big Money Rustlas, with Insane Clown Posse.

In 2013, David Yow released a solo album that had been in production for almost 15 years on Joyful Noise Recordings.

David Yow stated that he'd been inspired to do the album by Mike Patton, and described his compositional process in an amusing anecdote:.

David Yow is an avid cat lover and has drawn cats for the last 30 years.