Dale Dwight Henderson (January 8, 1966 – May 13, 2025) was an American musician. He is best known as the frontman and guitarist of the

crossover thrash Crossover thrash (often abbreviated to crossover) is a fusion genre of thrash metal and hardcore punk. The genre emerged in the mid-1980s, when hardcore punk bands, such as Suicidal Tendencies, Cryptic Slaughter, Corrosion of Conformity and Dir ...

band

Beowülf Beowülf is an American crossover thrash metal band formed in Venice Beach, California, in 1981 by Michael Alvarado, Dale Henderson, Mike Jensen and Paul Yamada. The group never gained a large mainstream success, but is considered one of the ...

where he was the only constant member. He composed the music and wrote the lyrics on all of Beowülf's albums.

Biography

Henderson's musical career began in 1980 with his first band Oblivion which also featured bassist Robert Trujillo from Metallica. Dale went on to form the band Black Sheep which would become Beowulf. The band consisted of former Neighborhood Watch guitarist Mike Jensen, Paul Yamada on bass and Roger DeGiacomi on drums (Mike Jensen’s cousin.) The band played many Venice parties and clubs throughout L.A. in 1981–1982 before DeGiacomi became the band manager and was replaced by Michael Alvarado on drums in 1983, changing the name of the band to Beowülf or BWF (The F being inverted) as they wrote it in Venice "graffiti slang". Beowülf recorded two albums in the 1980s: ''

'' (1986) and '' Lost My Head... But I'm Back on the Right Track'' (1988). They had achieved small success with those albums, but difficulty keeping his bandmates together caused them to disband around 1989; it was the first of many splits. Henderson restarted Beowülf some time later with a renewed lineup. The band signed with

Restless Records Restless Records was started in El Segundo, California in 1986 by Enigma Records and primarily released alternative, metal and punk records. Restless also licensed and released records from Bar/None Records, Metal Blade Records and Mute R ...

in 1992 to release two more albums, ''

Un-Sentimental ''Un-Sentimental'' is the third album by Beowülf, released in 1993. It is the only official Beowülf album to be released under the band name BWF. This album marked a change for the band, drifting more to rock and moving over from their classi ...

'' (1993) and ''2 Cents'' (1995), before breaking up once again in 1995. After that split, Henderson started Kool-Whip, who played clubs and released two albums ''The Now'' (2000), which was nominated for best rock album at the 2002 L.A. Music Awards, and ''Dirty Movie'' (2007). In the early 2000s, Henderson resurrected Beowülf once again and continued to record and perform with them until his death from complications from pneumonia on May 13, 2025.Beowülf - Dale Henderson verstorben

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