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band Stellar Young. He has also worked with various other bands throughout his career.

Career

Bleed Theory and Divest

Bleed Theory began as a studio project, more or less, by Dave Parker,

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and Kurt Brown in the fall of 1997. Nate asked Morgan Evans to come down and collaborate on one of the tunes being worked on.

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also joined around this time on drums. The band was a side project for Nate, Morgan and Josh, who were involved in

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, and 3 (band), respectively. Soon, Josh left to take Nate's place in

(later to become

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) and Zac Shaw, a long time friend of Nate and Morgan took his place. The band proceeded until 2001 when Nate left and was replaced by Mike McCoy on bass. The band then evolved into Divest. After guitarist Dave Parker joined Coheed and Cambria as touring keyboardist Divest also went on hiatus until briefly reforming with three original members Morgan Evans (vocals), Kurt Brown (guitar) and Nate Kelley (bass).

Counterfeit Disaster

In the fall of 2004 Dave Parker,

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, Sean-Paul Pillsworth, and Kenny Camacho came together and began writing for what would become Counterfeit Disaster. After a few months the project had to be put on hold indefinitely. In winter of 2005 the project was renewed, adding Dave Daw and Dave Bodie to help bring a more live sound to what was initially intended to be a fully sequenced project. Josh Eppard formally of Coheed and Cambria has now since joined on drums.

Coheed and Cambria

Dave Parker began playing live keyboards for Coheed and Cambria September 17, 2005 at Irving Plaza as part of the CMJ Festival. While with Coheed and Cambria, Dave Parker toured with:

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in support of Coheed and Cambria's 2005 release Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness. Additionally, they shared the stage with

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, and

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. During Parker's tenure Coheed and Cambria performed at Lollapalooza, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Coachella,

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. He toured with the band until December 15, 2006, and appears on the DVD " The Last Supper: Live at Hammerstein Ballroom".

Weerd Science

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. Dave Parker toured with the project on keyboards. Weerd Science toured with

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in 2004 and with

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in 2005. Dave Parker also engineered the debut Weerd Science album

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which was released by

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in March 2005. Additionally, Dave Parker performed guitar, keyboards, some bass, some drum programming, and co-wrote ''Sick Kids'' which was released by Horris Records in May 2011.

Stellar Young

Dave Parker joined The City Never Sleeps in 2010. They released the ''Madison'' EP in 2011. The City Never Sleeps changed their name to Stellar Young in September 2012 and released the debut album ''Everything At Once'' in December 2013 for "name your price" o
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The band released their sophomore album ''Vessels'' in December 2014 through an exclusive stream on Altpress.co

In September 2015 they also released "Love is Free", the single from their most recent album ''The Spark Caught'' on Altpress.co

Discography

* Weerd Science - ''

'' (2005) *Counterfeit Disaster - ''Problem Reaction Solution'' EP (2006) *Counterfeit Disaster - ''The EP'' (2007) * Weerd Science - ''Sick Kids'' (2011) *

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- '' Lars Attacks!'' (2011) produced "How To Be An Indie Rapper" * The City Never Sleeps - ''Madison'' EP (2011) * Stellar Young - ''Everything At Once'' (2012) * Stellar Young - ''Vessels'' (2014) * Stellar Young - ''The Spark Caught'' (2015) {{DEFAULTSORT:Parker, Dave American rock musicians Coheed and Cambria members Living people Musicians from Albany, New York Musicians from Savannah, Georgia 1978 births Writers from Savannah, Georgia