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Dale Henderson Born 8 January 1966 Origin Venice, California, United States Genres Alternative metal
Crossover thrash
Hardcore punk
Thrash metalOccupations Musician, Songwriter Instruments Vocals
GuitarYears active 1981-present Associated acts Black Sheep
Beowülf
Kool-WhipDale Henderson (born January 8, 1966[1][2]) is an American musician. He is best known as the frontman and guitarist of the crossover thrash band Beowülf where he is the only constant member. He composed the music and wrote the lyrics on all of Beowülf's albums.
Biography
Henderson's musical career began in 1981 when he joined the local punk band Black Sheep. The band also consisted of former Neighborhood Watch former Mike Jensen, Paul Yamada on bass and Mike Jensen's cousin, Roger DeGiacomi, on drums. The band played many parties, bars and clubs in Venice in 1981-1982 before DeGiacomi became the band manager and was replaced by Michael Alvarado on drums in 1983, changing the name of the band to Beowülf or BWF (The F being inverted) as they wrote it in Venice "graffiti slang".
Beowülf recorded two albums in the 1980s: Beowülf (1986) and Lost My Head... But I'm Back on the Right Track (1988). They had achieved small success with those albums, but difficulty keeping his bandmates together caused them to disband around 1989; it was the first of many splits. Henderson restarted Beowülf some time later with a renewed lineup. The band signed with Restless Records in 1992 to release two more albums, Un-Sentimental (1993) and 2 Cents (1995), before breaking up once again in 1995. After that split, Henderson started Kool-Whip, who played clubs and released two albums The Now (2000), which was nominated for best rock album at the 2002 L.A. Music Awards, and Dirty Movie (2007).
In the early 2000s, Henderson resurrected Beowülf once again and continues to record and perform with them.
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Dale Henderson • Stephan Mark Anthony • Louiche Mayorga • Rich Rowan
Mike Jensen • Clint Schuyler • Buckit • Gimmi • Paul Yamada • Kevin Sullivan •Dug Mug Swanson • Sean Otero • Roger DeGiacomi • Michael Alvarado • Denish ChaudhuriStudio albums Beowülf (1986) • Lost My Head... But I'm Back on the Right Track (1988) • Un-Sentimental (1993) • 2 Cents (1995) • Westminister & 5th (2007) • Jesus Freak (2010)Other releases Welcome to Venice (1985) • The Re-Releases (2004) • Farewell to Venice (2006) • Welcome 2 Venice (2007)Related articles Related bands Categories:- 1966 births
- Living people
- American rock singers
- American rock guitarists
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