dave witte

"My name is Dave and I play drums. I only fooled around with drums in high school, while I was also heavily into BMX freestyle and halfpipe riding. Around the day I wiped out hard upon attempting a 360 flyout onto the deck of the ramp (clearing it actually and falling off the back 8 feet into trees) my interest in music and drumming was really stating to win me over, so I stopped biking for something more extreme, Metal and Hardcore drumming! Before I started playing metal and fast, I learned with the basic AC/DC & Judas Priest beats, playing along to records with headphones, mastering and duplicating everything I heard, lesson free. Along came Slayer and I haven't been the same since. I played Reign in Blood with headphones everyday and drove my mother insane. From there things got faster and faster and so did I. My first effort to be heard was Human Remains in 1990 and that was only the tip of the iceberg for what I wanted to do and how I would grow personally and musically. These days after multiple bands and various tours around the world, I am still playing music and l am still in love with the idea. It will never die for me, through good and bad times, it's my calling."