David Dondero Musical artist

David Dondero (born June 24, 1969 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States) is an American songwriter, guitarist, former lead singer of the band Sunbrain. In 2006, NPR's All Songs Considered named David one of the "best living songwriters" alongside Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney and Tom Waits. Dondero started his musical career on drums at the age of 10, due in part to the fact that he "was always drumming on stuff with my hands". Dondero released four records with the Clemson, SC-based punk/hardcore band Sunbrain (three on Grass Records and one on Ghostmeat Records), before breaking up in 1995. The following year, Dondero joined This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb for nearly two years as their drummer. He left in 1998 to focus on his solo material. He has since released seven solo albums - two with Ghostmeat Records, three with Future Farmer Records and the most recent two with Team Love Records. His eighth album, titled # Zero with a Bullet, was released on August 3, 2010. Dondero has toured with such acts as Crooked Fingers, Jolie Holland, Against Me!, The Mountain Goats, David Bazan, Preston School of Industry, Bright Eyes, Tilly and the Wall, Erik Petersen of Mischief Brew, Spoon, and Willy Mason.

Personal facts

David Dondero
Birth dateJune 24, 1969
Hometown
Duluth Minnesota

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Musical artist

Career started1979
associated musical artist
This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb
Sunbrain
The Flatwheelers
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Indie rock
record label
Future Farmer Records
Team Love Records
Ghostmeat Records
Flippin Yeah Industries
Unrequited Records

David Dondero on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://radiohappyhour.com/blog/listen-to-episode-11-w-the-postelles-david-dondero-and-william-ocean
  2. http://www.davedondero.com
  3. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15589540
  4. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5536035
  5. http://www.team-love.com