Dave Parker (rock musician)

Dave Parker
Background information
Also known as	Wavis M. Gravis
Genres	Rock Alternative rock Progressive rock
Occupations	Musician, Producer, Writer
Instruments	Guitar, Keyboards
Years active	1997 — present
Associated acts	Coheed and Cambria Counterfeit Disaster Weerd Science MATH Divest Bleed Theory Mours
Website	www.counterfeitdisaster.com

Dave Parker is an American musician, producer and writer. He was born in 15 July 1978 in Savannah, Georgia.

Projects

Bleed Theory and Divest

Bleed Theory began as a studio project, more or less, by Dave Parker, Nate Kelley and Kurt Brown in the fall of 1997. Nate asked Morgan Evans^{[disambiguation needed ]} to come down and collaborate on one of the tunes being worked on. Josh Eppard also joined around this time on drums. The band was a side project for Nate, Morgan and Josh, who were involved in Shabutie, Fuse, and 3 (band), respectively. Soon, Josh left to take Nate's place in Shabutie (later to become Coheed and Cambria) and Zac Shaw, a long time friend of Nate and Morgan took his place. The band proceeded until 2001 when Nate left and was replaced by Mike McCoy^{[disambiguation needed ]} on bass. The band then evolved into Divest. After guitarist Dave Parker joined Coheed and Cambria as touring keyboardist Divest also went on hiatus until briefly reforming with three original members Morgan Evans (vocals), Kurt Brown (guitar) and Nate Kelley (bass).

Counterfeit Disaster

In the fall of 2004 Dave Parker, Joe Maggio, Sean-Paul Pillsworth, and Kenny Camacho came together and began writing for what would become Counterfeit Disaster. After a few months the project had to be put on hold indefinitely. In winter of 2005 the project was renewed, adding Dave Daw and Dave Bodie to help bring a more live sound to what was initially intended to be a fully sequenced project. Josh Eppard formally of Coheed and Cambria has now since joined on drums.

Coheed and Cambria

Dave Parker began playing live keyboards for Coheed and Cambria September 17, 2005 at Irving Plaza as part of the CMJ Festival. He toured with the band until December 15, 2006, and appears on the "The Last Supper: Live at Hammerstein Ballroom" DVD.

Weerd Science

Weerd Science is a project of former Coheed and Cambria drummer Josh Eppard. Additional members include Dave Parker (keyboards, engineer), Kwame Wiafe Akenten Jr./"Gangstroph the Baptist" (vocals), Daniel Illchuk (samples, vocals). They have two official releases to date: Friends and Nervous Breakdowns and Sick Kids.

Persondata
Name	Parker, Dave
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Date of birth	15 July 1978
Place of birth	Savannah, GA
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