Mike Davenport

Mike Davenport
Birth name	Michael Sean Davenport
Born	September 13, 1968 (1968-09-13) (age 43)
Genres	Punk rock, hardcore punk, pop punk
Occupations	Musician, songwriteru
Instruments	Bass, guitar, backing vocals
Years active	1990-present
Labels	Fat Wreck Chords, Kung Fu
Associated acts	The Ataris Versus the World Cave Mummy

Michael Sean Davenport (born 1968 in Orcutt, California) is a musician. Davenport was bass guitarist, for The Ataris,^[1] joining the band in 1995 prior to the album Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits in which Davenport co-wrote the song "In Spite Of the World". He also played bass on the album End is Forever and the EP Look Forward to Failure on Fat Wreck Chords. After numerous recordings, tours, and a major label release with The Ataris, So Long Astoria in which he co-wrote the song “The Hero dies in this One” Davenport played bass on Live at the Metro. In 2004 Davenport left the band after the Ataris headed in a different musical direction. In 2005 Davenport appeared in the documentary movie Punks Not Dead www.punksnotdeadthemovie.com Punk's Not Dead

Davenport went on to form the band Versus the World with the employees of The Ataris record store Down on Haley. Versus the World put out a self titled album on Kung Fu Records in 2005. in 2005 which had a top twenty hit in Europe after touring extensively thru the US, Canada and Europe. Their song "Forgive Me" is featured on WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 They have also made a music video for one of their songs "Is There No End.^[2] Davenport later began to play with business partner and friend Brian McVicar on drums and Cave Mummy^[3] was formed in 2009. After several successful shows Cave Mummy added Guitarist Chris Flippin From the band Lagwagon to the band. Cave Mummy disbanded in July 2010. In August 2010 Davenport and Flippin Chris Flippin joined Versus The World singer Donald Spence Donald Spence and Crooks and Liars Drummer Brian Charleson in a revamped version of Versus The World. The band is currently playing shows and working on material for their upcoming second album due out 2011.

Personal life

Davenport lives in Santa Barbara, CA with his wife Susan and baby daughter Fiona. They have one dog , an Arabian show horse and two miniature horses on their urban ranch. Davenport has an older daughter, Falan 16 years old.

References

1. ^ Cornelius, David. "Biography: The Ataris". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p203674/biography. Retrieved 1 June 2010. 
2. ^ "YouTube - ‪Versus the World - "Is There No End?" Kung Fu Records‬‏". Uk.youtube.com. 2007-05-04. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xiMg6l3EeQ8. Retrieved 2011-07-06. 
3. ^ "Santa Barbara". CaveMummy. http://www.cavemummy.com/. Retrieved 2011-07-06. 

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