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 Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not usual residents or where they do not possess nationality in order to settle as permanent residents. Commuters, tourists, and other short- ...

parents in

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

. 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 RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside Columbia Records (its former longtime rival), Arista Records and Epic R ...

; 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: *Jetfuel (Jet and Ben Crandell of Sam Black Church) * Piggy D. And The Evacuation Plan (Piggy D. of

Rob Zombie Robert Bartleh Cummings (born January 12, 1965), known professionally as Rob Zombie, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, filmmaker, and actor. His music and lyrics are notable for their horror and sci-fi themes, and his live show ...

) *Ankla (Ramón Ortíz of Puya) * Seemless (Jesse Leach of

Killswitch Engage Killswitch Engage is an American metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1999. The band's current lineup consists of vocalist Jesse Leach, guitarists Joel Stroetzel and Adam Dutkiewicz, bassist Mike D'Antonio, and drummer Justin ...

) *Burn Your Wishes (Adam D. of Killswitch Engage and Ken Susi of Unearth) * Robby Roadsteamer * Damone *Pino produced the single "How To Be Human" with Spider One on the 2014 Powerman 5000 album, '' Builders of the Future''

Movies

Movies that feature Dave Pino's music *'' Freaky Friday'' (Walt Disney Pictures) *'' Rugrats Go Wild'' (Paramount Pictures) *'' It Runs In the Family'' (MGM) *'' Thunderbirds'' (Universal Studios) *''America Heart and Soul'' (Walt Disney Pictures)

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

*2002 – Waltham - '' Permission To Build'', '' Waltham'' ( Rykodisc Records) *2003 – Damone - ''

From the Attic From the Attic is the major label debut of rock band Damone. This album is currently only available from digital outlets such as iTunes iTunes is a media player, media library, and mobile device management (MDM) utility developed by ...

'' (

) *2005 - Waltham - '' Waltham'' ( Rykodisc Records) *2009 - Powerman 5000 - '' Somewhere on the Other Side of Nowhere'' ( Mighty Loud!/ Fontana) *2011 - Powerman 5000 - '' Copies, Clones & Replicants'' - Cleopatra Records *2014 - Waltham - '' Wicked Waltham''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pino, Dave Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Hispanic and Latino American musicians American rock guitarists American male guitarists Seemless members Powerman 5000 members 21st-century American guitarists 21st-century American male musicians