Dave Roberts is a British musician, known for being the original bassist of the UK gothic rock band

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during the

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era of the early 1980s, recording under the name "Dave Sex Gang". He left the band in 1983 following the release of their first studio album, ''

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'', and formed the group Carcrash International, releasing several singles in the 1983–1985 period. After emigrating to the US, he participated (as guitarist) in a Sex Gang reunion in 1991–1992, and performed on their 1993 album ''Medea'', released on the recently formed

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label. He settled in Hollywood in 1993 and formed a new version of Carcrash International with various musicians who were also affiliated with Cleopatra Records. The band released their debut full-length album ''Fragments of a Journey in Hell'' in 1994, promoted by a concert in San Francisco with a lineup that also featured drummer Ian Haas, the original drummer of London After Midnight. Carcrash International disbanded the following year. Roberts later emigrated to Australia, where he taught guitar in the Victorian gold mining town of Ballarat in

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Discography

Sex Gang Children

Albums

*''

'' - 1983 *''Medea'' - 1993

EPs

*''Beasts'' - 1982 *"Sebastiane" - 1983

Singles

*" Into the Abyss" - 1982 *"Song and Legend" - 1983 *" Mauritia Mayer" - 1983

Live

*''Naked'' – 1982 *''Live'' - 1983 *''Ecstasy and Vendetta Over New York'' - 1984 ) *''Nightland'' - 1986 *''Play with Children'' - 1992

Carcrash International

Albums

*''Fragments of a Journey in Hell'' - 1994

Singles

*"The Title Track From 'The Whip'" – 1983 *"All Passion Spent" - 1984 *"Crash!" - 1985

Compilations

*''Compilation Trax'' - 2002

References

British male singers Gothic rock musicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-musician-stub