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

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parents in

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. In 1999, his band Waltham was recognized by the

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as Best New Artist. In 2002 Pino's side project band Damone signed a record deal with

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and released the album "From The Attic". Pino performed in

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from 2007 to 2012, and is currently performing with

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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) *

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And The Evacuation Plan (Piggy D. of

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) *Ankla (Ramón Ortíz of

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) *

Seemless Seemless was an American rock/metal group formed by ex-Shadows Fall/Unearth drummer Derek Kerswill, Killswitch Engage vocalist Jesse Leach, and ex-Overcast/Killswitch Engage guitarist Pete Cortese. Formed in 2002 following Leach's departu ...

(Jesse Leach of

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) *Burn Your Wishes (Adam D. of Killswitch Engage and Ken Susi of

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) * Robby Roadsteamer * Damone *Pino produced the single "How To Be Human" with

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on the 2014 Powerman 5000 album, '' Builders of the Future''

Movies

Movies that feature Dave Pino's music *''

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'' (Walt Disney Pictures) *''

Rugrats Go Wild ''Rugrats Go Wild'' is a 2003 American animated crossover adventure film based on the Nickelodeon animated television series ''Rugrats'' and ''The Wild Thornberrys''. It is the third and final installment in the ''Rugrats'' film series and the se ...

'' (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 - ''

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'', '' Waltham'' ( Rykodisc Records) *2003 – Damone - ''

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'' (

) *2005 - Waltham - '' Waltham'' ( Rykodisc Records) *2009 -

- ''

Somewhere on the Other Side of Nowhere ''Somewhere on the Other Side of Nowhere'' is the sixth studio album by Powerman 5000 returning to their more traditional industrial metal sound, following their punk rock oriented 2006 album ''Destroy What You Enjoy''. The album was released ...

'' ( Mighty Loud!/ Fontana) *2011 - Powerman 5000 - '' Copies, Clones & Replicants'' - Cleopatra Records *2014 - Waltham - '' Wicked Waltham''

External links

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