Dave Kushner

Dave Kushner

Dave Kushner (born David Kushner, November 16 1965 in Los Angeles, California) is an American rock guitarist.

Career

He has played in Wasted Youth, Infectious Grooves, Electric Love Hogs, Cyco Miko, Zilch and Loaded. Kushner's latest venture is playing guitar in Velvet Revolver.

Kushner plays guitar and bass. On Wasted Youth's last album Black Daze, released in 1988, as well as supplying guitar work, he also recorded the bass tracks. He left the band about a year later.

Not long after Wasted Youth, Kushner joined up with members of Suicidal Tendencies for their side-project Infectious Grooves. Kushner played on the first of their four albums The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move...It's the Infectious Grooves (1991).

A year later in 1992, Kushner moved on to Electric Love Hogs, which released just one album on the London Records label. They toured with L.A. Guns in the U.S., and Ugly Kid Joe in the UK. After three quiet years, Kushner returned to Cyco Miko Muir on the album Lost My Brain! (Once Again). He also played in Danzig for nine months, but only did one show with them at the Whisky a Go Go.

He has also appeared on the Suicidal Tendencies' compilation album Friends & Family, Vol. 1, released in December 1997.

In 1998, the hard rock band Zilch, formed by the Japanese rock legend Hide after the disbandment of his previous group; X Japan, recorded their debut album, 3.2.1 and prepared for a U.S. tour opening for Marilyn Manson. After the album's initial release in Japan, however, Hide was found dead in his hotel room, and the album's U.S. release was shelved (and eventually dropped). The remaining members of Zilch held a string of tours with a variety of American musicians in Japan, as a tribute to the band's late singer. It is here that Kushner met Duff McKagan, who was touring Japan with his band Loaded. They are now long time friends.

In Spring 2002, Kushner joined Loaded, replacing guitarist Mike Squires. When Loaded took a 'break' in late 2002, Duff started working on a project that would eventually become Velvet Revolver, which Kushner would later be part of, due to his friendship with Slash from when they were teenagers. Indeed, Kushner has played rhythm guitar for Velvet Revolver since December 2002.

Kushner plays Fernandes guitars. Fernandes have now created a Dave Kushner signature guitar.

See also

• Wasted Youth
• Infectious Grooves
• Cyco Miko
• Zilch
• Velvet Revolver
• Fernandes Guitars

External links

• Dave Kushner Official Site
• Dave Kushner Fan Site
• Official Velvet Revolver web site
• Velvet Revolver Fan Site
• Official Velvet Revolver Forum