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David KuchelBorn Adelaide, South Australia is an Australian singer/songwriter with an acoustic style.BiographyDave Kuchel was born in Adelaide, South Australia where he still lives today although he travels to America each year and is frequently seen in Austin, TX.CareerDave started his career working for The Advertiser, a newspaper in Adelaide now owned by News Limited, part of The News Corporation. While there he met a number of musicians including Kevin Sheehy who still plays bass with Dave today and Steve Horne who played electric guitar in the first of Dave's bands.On Christmas ever 1986 Dave and others from his work formed a band on the day of the work Christmas party, playing covers and 12 bar to an enthusiastic and drunk audience. The band needed a name for the evening and came up with "Kevin Sheehy and the Shemen", a band which only did one gig under that name.They did however go on to form The Red Cadillacs playing mostly '60s rock and roll tunes and Stones covers at backyard parties and small pubs. As the years progressed they changed their name to "This Aint Rocket Science" and went on to larger venues with a residency at the Norwood Hotel in Adelaide in the early to mid-2000s. This band played a mix of 60s to 90s music and was popular with a committed crowd. It was at this time that Dave met Craig "Max' Rodda, a local drummer who Dave still plays with today.After some time, lead guitar player Steve Horne tried to incorporate a number of instrumental surf tunes into the band - a move that didn't prove popular with fans, and crowds and the band quickly lost their regular gig and were offered only secondary shows at country hotels and dives.A new band was formed, Surf Fiction, which had limited success over a few months. But Dave tired of instrumentals and covers and quit the band after a gig at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel.In 2007 he began a career of writing and recording his solo work. This is when he met engineer and co-producer, Dave Lokan.His short film Spas Like Us, won honorable mention at the 2009 Indie Short Film Competition.