Dr. Chud

Dr. Chud
Birth name	David Calabrese
Born	(1964-04-04) April 4, 1964
Origin	Lodi, New Jersey, United States
Genres	Horror punk, heavy metal
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Drums, vocals, guitar, keyboards
Years active	1980–present

Dr. Chud (born David Calabrese on April 4, 1964 in Lodi, New Jersey) is an American horror punk drummer, singer and producer best known for his work with The Misfits.

Life and career

He attended Lodi High School. His career began playing with Dan Kidney and the Pulsations for eight years 1987–1994. During the early 1990s Dr. Chud did a lot of studio sessions with various artist which some include Specific Ocean and Sardonica. He also recorded an album with Sacred Trash just before joining Kryst the Conqueror which transformed itself into the newest incarnation of the Misfits Dr. Chud recorded 3 studio albums, a live album, and a few singles with the Misfits and is also credited as a songwriter and producer for the band.

In addition to his work with the Misfits, Dr. Chud also played drums for Joey Ramone on the We Will Fall: A Tribute to Iggy Pop album, and Joey Ramone's only solo record Don't Worry About Me and also produced a recent Sardonica release Flip the Grill. After leaving the Misfits in 2000, Dr. Chud formed Graves.

In 2003 Dr. Chud formed a new band named Dr. Chud's X-Ward which released their debut multimedia album Diagnosis for Death in 2004 on the drummer's own record label Bloodwork Records.

In 2008, Dr. Chud joined up with Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein once again with his band Gorgeous Frankenstein on their second tour. The band was signed to Glenn Danzig's record label Evilive. In 2012 the band changed its name and recorded their first album together as "DOYLE" Abominator album, which Dr. Chud help produce and played all the drum tracks on. Dr. Chud left the band in 2014 to pursue other musical ventures.

In 2013, he recorded all the drum tracks for the Sonic Creeps album A Future Dead.

In 2016 Dr. Chud scored his first soundtrack for the documentary film "30 Years of Garbage" the Garbage Pail Kids story. It was released by Indican Films.

In 2010, he appeared on the television series LA Ink, starring Kat Von D. He received a tattoo of his famous stitches that he usually draws on his chest and back, circling his neck, by tattoo artist Amy Nicoletto. The tattoo was colored with black and gray ink.

Dr. Chud is known for making his own drumsticks and his signature drum set which is with huge metal studded spikes.

Discography

With Dan Kidney and the Pulsations

• Never Let Up
• Slice of Live
• Night People

With Specific Ocean

• Vinyl & Styrofoam

With Sardonica

• In Your Own Backyard

With Sacred Trash

• Sacred Trash

With Misfits

• American Psycho (1997) – LP
• "Dig Up Her Bones" (1997) – Single
• Evillive II (1998) – Fan Club LP
• Scream! (1999) – Single
• Famous Monsters (1999) – LP
• "Monster Mash" (1999) – Single
• Cuts From The Crypt (2001) – LP

With Graves

• Web Of Dharma (2001) – LP

With Joey Ramone

• Don't Worry About Me (2002) – LP

With Dr. Chud's X-Ward

• Diagnosis for Death (2004) – LP

With Sonic Creeps

• A Future Dead (2013) – LP

With Doyle

• Abominator (2013) – LP

As Dr. Chud

• 30 Years of Garbage (2017) – Soundtrack
• "We're the Garbage Pail Kids" and "1980s Was So Great" CD single (2018)

External links

• The Abominable Dr. Chud, Official Website