| Dave Dinsmore | |
|---|---|
| Background information | |
| Birth Name | Dave Dinsmore |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Genres | Stoner Rock, Desert Rock, Hardcore Punk, Punk Rock |
| Instrument(s) | Bass |
| Years active | 1990s - Present |
| Labels | MeteorCity Records, Man's Ruin Records, Napalm Records |
| Associated acts | LAB, Unida, Ché, Brant Bjork, Thunderdope, BL'AST!, Blackout |
Dave Dinsmore is a bassist based out of California. Initially beginning his career with hardcore bands, he would perform with several notable acts in the desert rock scene such as Ché, Unida and Brant Bjork.
Biography[]
Dinsmore's earliest known bands he was in were largely groups with Mike Neider and Bill Torgerson. This would include the seminal Santa Cruz hardcore band BL'AST!, along with a short-lived project in Blackout and a brief involvement with LAB, performing on the EP Live Free or Die.
Dinsmore would later join two notable desert rock acts in 1998. The first of which would be joining Unida in the Summer of 1998. Dinsmore's tenure as the bassist would be short-lived though he would record four tracks with the band in August 1998 and then an album's worth of material in January 1999. Eddie Plascencia would serve as the band's bassist for North American tours and shows in that time. Both of the studio sessions would culminate in two releases: a split with Dozer on 20 April 1999 entitled The Best Of Wayne-Gro / Coming Down The Mountain and the band's only official album Coping With The Urban Coyote on 16 November 1999.
Dinsmore would also notably perform with Ché, alongside Brant Bjork and Alfredo Hernández. The band recorded their only album Sounds of Liberation and released it on Man's Ruin Records in 2000, not long after Brant's own solo album Jalamanta was released. Ché as a band did actually perform on one known occasion: A CMJ Showcase at The Justice League in San Francisco on 16 September 2000. This showcase would also feature Drunk Horse, Suplecs, Alabama Thunderpussy and Eyehategod.[1]
Since 2014, Dinsmore has been the live bassist for Brant Bjork and has appeared on two of Brant's solo albums: 2014's Black Flower Power and 2016's Tao of The Devil. In the 2020s, Dinsmore would relocate to Berlin and later join a stoner metal band known as Thunderdope.
Bands[]
- BL'AST! - Bass (Unknown Time Period)
- Blackout - Bass (Unknown Time Period)
- LAB - Bass (1997 - 1998)
- Unida - Bass (1998 - 1999)
- Ché - Bass (1999 - 2000)
- Brant Bjork - Bass (2014 - 2019)
- Thunderdope - Bass (2022 - Present)
Selected Discography[]
- Blackout - Beast Lab / The Slip Away (7" Single) (1994, Indecision)
- LAB - Live Free or Die (CD EP) (1998, MeteorCity)
- Unida - The Best Of Wayne-Gro / Coming Down The Mountain (Split with Dozer) (1999, MeteorCity)
- Unida - Coping With The Urban Coyote (Studio Album) (1999, Cobraside Distribution)
- Ché - Sounds of Liberation (Studio Album) (2000, Man's Ruin Records)
- Serpent Crown - Serpent Crown (Studio Album) (2013, Horror Pain Gore Death Productions)
- Brant Bjork - Black Flower Power (Studio Album) (2014, Napalm Records)
- Brant Bjork - Tao of The Devil (Studio Album) (2016, Napalm Records)
- Brant Bjork - Europe '16 (Studio Album) (2017, Napalm Records)
- Thunderdope - Planet Weed (Extended Play) (2023, Self-Released)
External Links[]
References[]
| V·T·E Unida | |
|---|---|
| Current Lineup | Miguel Cancino • Arthur Seay • Collyn McCoy • Mark Sunshine |
| Past Members | John Garcia • Dave Dinsmore • Scott Reeder • Eddie Plascencia • Jerry • Paul Gray • Owen Seay |
| Releases | The Best Of Wayne-Gro / Coming Down The Mountain • Coping With The Urban Coyote • For The Working Man |
| Associated Bands, Artists, Etc. | Kyuss • Slo Burn • Hermano • Vista Chino • Ché • Brant Bjork and The Low Desert Punk Band • Yawning Man • Across The River • The Obsessed • Goatsnake • Fireball Ministry • House of Broken Promises • Riotgod • Serpent Crown • Slipknot |