Dave Faber
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | David William Faber |
| Origin | Mission, British Columbia, Canada |
| Genre(s) | Alternative Rock, Pop Punk |
| Occupation(s) | Singer / Guitarist |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Label(s) | 604 Records Universal Records |
| Associated acts | Faber Drive |
David William Faber (born in Mission, British Columbia) is a Canadian singer/guitarist from Abbotsford, British Columbia. He is the lead singer and guitarist of Faber Drive.
Faber, along with Ray "Red" Bull, Jeremy "Krikit" Liddle and David Hinsley, submitted a song to the Vancouver radio station 99.3, The Fox's Battle of the Bands. As Faber drove to sumbit the song on the last day of entry, he had second thoughts and the CD almost never made it into the contest. "I actually got back into my car and pulled away," he says, "then I decided to go back, so I turned the car around and got up in the office just before it closed and handed in the disc."
Before forming "Faber" in 2004, Faber taught guitar and drums lessons in Mission, wrote and recorded music on the side. His first drum student Ray "Red" Bull, took instruction from Faber, for three years until the band's formation. I remember when I first started telling people, my own brother said, 'Dude, you're crazy. He sucks, remembers Faber with a smirk. 'And I said, 'I know but soon that'll change. Just watch. He's really consistent and a hard worker.' And now, Red's by far one of the best drummers in Vancouver.
Around the same time as Faber started jamming with Red Bull, Faber hooked up with Hinder producers Brian Howes and Joey Moi, who were astonished by his acoustic demos. Howes asked if he could co-write with Faber and Moi offered to start preproduction. Faber then filled in the gaps in the band's lineup. Faber's brother recommended guitarist David Hinsley, whose aggressive playing style gives the band's music extra intensity. But at first, Faber wasn't impressed by Hinsley's act.
'We jammed for maybe 10 minutes, and I said, 'Okay, I don't think you're really what I'm looking for, recalls Faber. 'I walked out, and my brother called me and said, 'Dude, what are you doing, man? You gotta try him one more time.' So, I went over to Hinsley's house a couple nights later, and we jammed from seven 'til two in the morning, and it was amazing, we totally hit it off.'
Bassist Jeremy 'Krikit' Liddle was last to join. Faber and Red saw him performing at an Easter Sunday church service and were impressed. Faber went up to him after the service and gave the bassist his phone number. 'He didn't realize I was trying to get him to play bass for us,' Faber says. 'He thought I was trying to get him to come back to church more often. He was gonna stop going because he had started drinking and didn't feel it was right to be playing bass in church when he was partying at night. When he realized I wasn't from the church, he was stoked.'
The band jammed with Liddle three days before the band's first gig. The bassist learned all of the songs quickly and pulled them off without hesitation. It was a great beginning. Since then, Faber Drive toured Canada with MxPx, Hedley, Hurst and opened for Nickelback in Victoria before an audience of 10,000. 'It was pretty amazing to play in a place that big and hear the crowd screaming your lyrics back at you,' Faber said.
