Dave Witte

Dave Witte
Dave Witte playing drums with Municipal Waste
Background information
Origin	Richmond, Virginia, United States
Genres	Death metal, grindcore, powerviolence, hardcore punk, metalcore, noise rock, thrash metal, crossover thrash, sludge metal
Occupations	Drummer
Instruments	Drums, percussion
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Pulp, H.G. Fact, Slap-a-Ham, Relapse, Devour, Hydra Head, Earache, Ipecac
Associated acts	Human Remains, Discordance Axis, Black Army Jacket, East West Blast Test, Phantomsmasher, Burnt by the Sun, Melt-Banana, Municipal Waste, Birds of Prey
Website	blog.davewitte.com

Dave Witte is a professional drummer currently living in Virginia.^[1] He is known for his work in numerous extreme metal or hardcore punk bands including Municipal Waste, Discordance Axis, Black Army Jacket, Birds of Prey, and Burnt By The Sun among others. He has also played as a session drummer for many other acts.

Biography

Dave Witte is a New Jersey native. He relocated to Richmond, Virginia to join Municipal Waste. He has been the drummer on numerous albums since 1990. He plays many styles of drumming while retaining heavy aspects of music in all his projects. Witte was introduced to drumming in grade school by his Uncle Victor.^[2] Before he graduated high school he was studying many performances, and had already formed his first band, Human Remains. On his off-time from recording and touring Witte works in the kitchen of a catering company.^[3] He is a self proclaimed beer lover, with Belgian beers being his favorite. He also finished his first triathlon in 2003.^[1] Dave Witte is also a fan of cats. He has two cats, Eddie and Linda.

Drumming

Dave Witte is a professional drummer who is well known for playing in with numerous bands. He often plays with multiple bands at once. A renowned drummer in the underground scene, he is known for his precise blast beats and rolls, technical fills and overall speedy playing. Witte says he "loves the speed aspect of drumming^[3]".

Dave Witte plays Trick drums, Paiste cymbals, and Vic Firth drumsticks.

Bands

Dave Witte has been in numerous bands since the early '90's. He has never been in just one band, and he has been in up to five or six bands at once.^[4] He has recorded many studio albums with bands, toured with many other bands, or formed his own bands always keeping busy playing music.

Current Bands

Municipal Waste[2004-Present]^[5]

Dave Witte joined Municipal Waste in 2004, after previous drummer Brandon Ferrel left the band. In 2005 Municipal Waste released their first album with Dave Witte on drums, Hazardous Mutation. Since then they have released The Art of Partying in 2007. Their most recent album, Massive Aggressive came out in 2009. According to Dave Witte it is the best album the band has done to date.^[6]

Burnt by the Sun[1999-2009]^[7]

Dave Witte formed Burnt By the Sun in 1999 along with friend John Adubato.^[8] Witte's reason for forming the band was because he was tired of buying records "that failed to deliver what they promised^[9]" so they formed their own style of metal using what Witte and the other members felt were missing from heavy music. The band released a demo on Ferret records. After the demo they released several albums on Relapse Records. After a hiatus Witte claimed it was time to make a third record, but stated the band "can not and will not be full-time^[1]". He also stated this will be the last release from Burnt by the Sun.

Birds of Prey[2006-Present]^[10]

King Generator[2007-Present]^[11]

Past Bands

• Melt-Banana

Dave Witte toured with Melt Banana for four years.

• Discordance Axis

Dave Witte's Second band that gained much critical attention after the band had broken up.

• Human Remains

This was Dave Witte's first band.

• Exit-13
• Black Army Jacket

Dave Witte has also collaborated with numerous artists to create:

• Hex Machine
• Candria
• Redrum
• Major-burns
• Atomsmasher
• Phantomsmasher
• Anodyne
• East West Blast Test
• Hope Collapse

Discography

Dave Witte has a drumming career spanning over two decades. He has recorded over 50 albums with several bands. Below his albums are listed by band.

Anodyne

• Red Was Her Favorite Color (2001, Happy Couples Never Last Records)
• The First Four Years (2004, Black Box Recordings)

Atomsmasher

• Atomsmasher (2001, Hydrahead Records)

Birds of Prey

• Weight of the Wound (2006, Relapse Records)
• Sulfur and Semen (2008, Relapse Records)
• The Hellpreacher (2009, Relapse Records)

Black Army Jacket

• Black Army Jacket/Agathocles (1998, Deaf American Recordings)
• 222 (1999, Chainsaw Safety Records)
• Closed Casket (2004, Black Box Recordings)

Burnt by the Sun

• Burnt by the Sun/Luddite Clone (2000, Ferret Records)
• Burnt by the Sun EP (2002, Relapse Records)
• Soundtrack to the Personal Revolution (2002, Relapse Records)
• The Perfect Is the Enemy of the Good (2003, Relapse Records)
• Live from the Relapse Contamination Festival (2003, Relapse Records)
• Burnt by the Sun/Car Bomb Split (2007, Relapse Records)
• Heart of Darkness (2009, Relapse Records)

Candiria

• Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1997, Too Damn Hype Records)

Discordance Axis

• Discordance Axis/Cosmic Hurse (1992, Pulp Records)
• Discordance Axis/Hellchild (1993, H.G.Fact Records)
• V/A World H.C. Compilation (1993, Discrete Records)
• Discordance Axis/Capitalist Casualties (1994, Pulp Records)
• Discordance Axis/Def Master (1994, H.G. Fact Records)
• Ulterior(1995, Devour Records)
• Discordance Axis/Putocracy (1995, Slap A Ham Records)
• Discordance Axis/Melt Banana (1995, H.G. Fact Records)
• V/A Oh Great Blue Thing Compilation (1996, Oh Great Blue Thing Records)
• Jouhou (1997, Devour Records)
• Necropolitan (1997, H.G. Fact Records)
• The Inalienable Dreamless (2000, Hydrahead Records)
• Discordanace Axis/Corrupted/324 (2001, H.G. Fact Records)
• Our Last Day (2005, Hydrahead Records)

East West Blast Test

• Popular Music for Unpopular People (2006, Ipecac Recordings)

Exit-13

• Exit-13/Hemdale (1995, Visceral Productions)
• Exit-13/Multiplex (1996, H.G. Fact Records)

Hex Machine

• Hex Machine (2006, Relapse Records)

Hope Collapse

• Year of The Leper (2005, Ink Blot Records)

Human Remains

• Demo (1990)
• Demo (1991)
• Admiration Most Deep and Foul (1992, Cenotaph Records)
• Spoint of Beauty V/A Midnight Offerings (1992, With Your Teeth Records)
• Patterns in the Grass (1995, Happy Days Records)
• Using Sickness As A Hero (1996, Relapse Records)
• Where Were You When Discography (2002, Relapse Records)

King Generator

• King Generator (2008, Tankcrimes Recordings)

Major Burns

• Korea (1999, Now or Never Records)

Melt-Banana

• Peel Session (2001, Unreleased)

Phantomsmasher

• Phantomsmasher (2002, Ipecac Recordings)

Redrum

• Ghettoblaster (1997, Antichrist Propaganda)

Municipal Waste

• Hazardous Mutation (2005, Earache Records)
• The Art of Partying (2007, Earache Records)
• Massive Aggressive (2009, Earache Records)

Circle of Animals

• Destroy The Light (2010, Relapse Records)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Dave Witte Interview lambgoat.com, 3/4/2006, 10/20/2009.
2. ^ Dave Witte Biography paiste.com, 10/25/2009
3. ^ ^{a b} Dave Witte Interview club.kingsnake.com, 4/10/2008, 10/23/2009
4. ^ Dave Witte Interview with Decibel decibelmagazine.com, 9/24/2009, 10/24/2009
5. ^ Municipal Waste Website facethewaste.com, 10/19/2009
6. ^ Municipal Waste Interview roadrunnerrecords.com 03/13/2009, 10/20/2009
7. ^ Dave Witte's Blog blog.davewitte.com, 10/20/2009
8. ^ Burnt By the Sun Wikipedia wikipedia.org, 10/19/2009, 10/21/2009
9. ^ Burnt By the Sun Relapse Records Page relapse.com, 10/22/2009
10. ^ Birds of Prey Myspace Page myspace.com/birdsop 10/23/2009
11. ^ King Generator's Myspace Page myspace.com/kinggenerator, 10/22/2009

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