Dave Cheeseman

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Dave Cheeseman (born David James Cheeseman, 24 June 1978, Hull, England) is a prolific English underground session musician, currently most well known for his work with Sack Trick and Pillow Talk.

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[edit] Biography

Cheeseman started playing the keyboard after being inspired by Guns N' Roses' live music video of "November Rain", in which frontman Axl Rose can be seen enthusiastically engaging a huge stadium crowd while seated behind a piano.

Van Halen and later Dream Theater became the focus of his musical fixations and provided inspiration for his pursuit of keyboard playing perfection, despite the latter of the two bands being in Cheeseman's words "Unbearably tedious at times".

Cheeseman played keyboards in the York heavy metal outfit Beyond Redemption, with Gideon Letch, Mark Burnett and Evil Clive Jevons, achieving success on the local and underground international metal scene. The band were also notorious for their stage show which inevitably involved band members stripping to the waist in scenes reminiscent of a Manowar video.

Later on, he founded Pillow Talk with James Jirgens, Gideon Letch and Mark Burnett. The band's shambolic comedy rock caught the attention of Chris Dale of Sack Trick, who recruited Cheeseman for his own rock outfit.

In the meantime Cheeseman played drums for several Nottingham based indie bands including the underground folk rockers Heroic Trio. He also plays bass guitar in a tribute band, Beyond Comprehension. People have commented that it is strange that Cheeseman should play in a tribute to his own band, but he has said that it only adds to his Underground credentials.

Cheeseman also plays for Twin Zero, a Reuben Gotto rock project based in London.

Cheeseman is also an avid Hull City A.F.C. supporter and is regularly seen at the KC Stadium, in his seat next to Uriah Heep bass player Trevor Bolder.

[edit] Bands

[edit] Beyond Redemption

1997 - 2000

  • Dave Cheeseman - Keyboards, Vocals
  • Clive Jevons - Guitar, Vocals
  • Mark Burnett - Bass Guitar
  • Yvgeni Vatchkov - Bass Guitar
  • Gideon Letch - Drums

[edit] Beyond Comprehension

1998 - Present

  • Dave Cheeseman - Bass
  • Gideon Letch - Vocals
  • Rock God - Guitar
  • Oliver Robinson - Crew

[edit] Pillow Talk

1999 - Present

  • Dave Cheeseman - Keyboards, Vocals
  • James Jirgens - Guitar, Vocals
  • Mark Burnett - Bass
  • Chris Harter - Bass, Vocals
  • Dr Roland Parker - Bass
  • Ned Potter - Drums
  • Chris Smith - Drums
  • Gideon Letch - Drums, Vocals
  • Ben Calvert - Drums

[edit] Fat Digester

  • Dave Cheeseman - Keyboards

[edit] Heroic Trio

1999 - Present

  • Dave Cheeseman - Drums
  • Nicola Underdown - Bass, Vocals
  • Sarah Moore - Guitar, Vocals

[edit] The Deltarays

[edit] Twin Zero

2004 - Present

  • Dave Cheeseman - Keyboards
  • Anf Morfitt - Bass
  • Reuben Gotto - Guitar
  • Karl Middleton- Vocals
  • Bing Bong - Guitar
  • Ben Calvert - Drums
  • Si Hutchby - Drums

[edit] Sack Trick

1997 - Present

  • Chris Dale - Bass, Vocals
  • Reuben Gotto - Guitar, Vocals
  • Robin Guy - Drums, Vocals
  • Dave Cheeseman - Keyboards, Vocals

[edit] Selected Underground Discography

Beyond Redemption - Injury Time EP (2001)

Pillow Talk - Purely Platonic (2001)

Smooth Cheeseboard - Paprika Gentlemen (2002) - Solo project with Chris Smith

Pillow Talk - Painful Love (2003)

Pillow Talk - Criminal Conviction (2005)

Twin Zero - Monolith (2005)

Twin Zero - The Tomb To Every Hope (2006)

Sack Trick - Live in Tokyo (due 2008)

[edit] External links