Dave Westlake (born 26 December 1970) is a British musician and drummer, known most for his work with Sneaker Pimps and The Mighty Boosh Band. He has since moved on from performing and recording with Sneaker Pimps to joining fellow band mate Joe Wilson in the band

Trash Money Trash Money is an English rock band, created in 1998 by the former Sneaker Pimps members, Joe Wilson and Chris Tate. They are joined in live performances by Dave Westlake, also formerly of the Sneaker Pimps, Molly Dolittle Slade, formerly of L ...

, and making music for film, media and sound samples.

Career

Westlake first entered the music scene when asked to perform a live, one off gig with

Liam Howe Liam Coverdale Howe (born 29 September 1974) is an English record producer, musician and songwriter. Since co-founding electronic music band Sneaker Pimps in 1996, he has been a producer for Lana Del Rey, Marina and the Diamonds, FKA Twigs, Elli ...

and Chris Corner's early entrance into the music scene as 'F.R.I.S.K.'. When they later formed Sneaker Pimps a few years later, Westlake was recruited to play live, along with other new band member Joe Wilson for their lengthy Becoming X tour in 1997. Westlake and Wilson were then subsequently kept on until their departure in 2002. Since then, Westlake joined Wilson in 2004 with Chris Tate to form the band

. Westlake also joined efforts with

's first venture in solo production with the band Ultrafox, in 2005. Soon after, The Mighty Boosh hit the comedy scene and formed a live band, which Westlake joined. Nowadays, he makes a living by making music for film and television.

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David Westlake Music. TV Music Composer Producer

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1970 births Living people British drummers British lyricists {{England-musician-stub