Misplaced Pages

Dave Pino

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
American musical artist
This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous.
Find sources: "Dave Pino" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
The topic of this article may not meet Misplaced Pages's notability guideline for biographies. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted.
Find sources: "Dave Pino" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
(Learn how and when to remove this message)
Dave Pino
BornWaltham, Massachusetts
GenresRock, pop rock, metal
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter
InstrumentGuitar
Years active1995–present
Formerly ofAndrew W.K., PPL MVR, Powerman 5000, Damone, Waltham
Musical artist

Dave Pino is an American guitarist, songwriter and producer, best known as the songwriter/guitarist and co-founder of the bands Damone and Waltham.

Life and career

Pino was born in 1977 to immigrant parents in Massachusetts. In 1999, his band Waltham was recognized by the Boston Music Awards as Best New Artist. In 2002, Pino's side project Damone signed a record deal with RCA Records; the band released the album "From The Attic".

Pino performed in Powerman 5000 from 2007 to 2012. He is currently performing with Andrew W.K. and PPL MVR. He resides in Burbank, California.

He co-owns Pino Bros. Ink, a tattoo parlor in Cambridge, MA with his brother Frank Pino Jr.

Other bands

Pino has played in various other bands including:

Movies

Movies that feature Dave Pino's music

Other work

Dave Pino has also worked on projects outside of his bands:

  • Composer for VH1 "Stevie TV" Season 2
  • Art Director for Alice Cooper's "Along Came A Spider"
  • Stock Footage actor for the Samsung commercial for the SCH-U900
  • Actor in the independent film God Of Vampires
  • Art Direction for John 5's "The Devil Knows My Name" instructional DVD
  • Stock Footage for American Idol's "America's Top Band" TV Commercial
  • Guitarist on the tracks "Ready to Shave" and "Christmas Pain in Christmas Town" from the video game Hypnospace Outlaw

Discography

References

  1. ^ Hilton, Robin (2014-11-06). "First Watch: the one and only PPL MVR, 'People Mover'". NPR. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  2. ^ "POWERMAN 5000 Frontman: 'Not To Get All Political On Your Ass Or Anything...'". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 2008-10-04. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  3. "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  4. Thompson, Barry (2008-12-29). "Waltham back together for New Year's bash". Boston Herald. Retrieved 2024-11-15.

External links

Powerman 5000
Studio albums
Extended plays
Compilations
Singles
Related articles
Categories: