Dave Smalley is an American musician, best known as the lead singer for the

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bands DYS,

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, and

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and as lead singer/guitarist with Down by Law. He is known for his influence on

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music and his early contributions to the

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genre. He also founded a side project called The Sharpshooters, whose music is influenced by

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bands such as

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. Smalley has also produced and appeared on Canadian punk band Penelope's second album, ''Face au silence du monde'', recorded by

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at Inner Ear Studio in Arlington, Virginia. He received a bachelor's degree from

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and a masters in

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from

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. He resides with his family in

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, where he works as a features editor of the Weekender section of the town's newspaper, the ''

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''. He previously worked as the youth editor for ''it!'', a teen news supplement to the Free-Lance Star, and won several awards for that section. In 2016, Smalley released a solo album, ''Punk Rock Days'', featuring acoustic arrangements of Dag Nasty and Down by Law material, as well as new songs and Irish folk music. The album featured contributions by guitarists from Down by Law and Dag Nasty, as well as family members of Smalley. In 2017, he started fronting a new band called Don't Sleep. They've since released two EPs: the self-titled ''Don't Sleep'' EP on Unity Worldwide Records (2017), and the ''Bring The Light'' 7 inch on Reaper Records (2018). The band also did a tour with

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in 2018. Their first LP ''Turn The Tide'' is being released on Mission Two Entertainment in September 2020. Since 2017, Dave Smalley has a new band called Dave Smalley & The Bandoleros. They released an album in 2018 called ''Join the Outsiders'' and had plans to play several shows in Europe.

Discography

DYS

*1983 – ''Brotherhood'' (Vocals) *1984 – ''DYS'' (Vocals) *1989 – ''Fire And Ice'' (prior two records on one CD) (Vocals) *2005 – ''Wolfpack'' – "Brotherhood," re-released with the band's original Wolfpack radio demo *2011 – ''More than Fashion: LIVE from the

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Reunion'' – live tracks from the band's initial reunion show, featuring songs from both of their studio albums, Bridge 9 Records *2011 – "Wild Card" – Single on Bridge 9 Records *2011 – "Sound of our Town" – Single on Bridge 9 Records *2012 – "Unloaded" – Single on Bridge 9 Records *2012 – "(We are) The Road Crew" (Motorhead Cover) – Single on Bridge 9 Records *2012 – "Brotherhood 2012" – Single on Bridge 9 Records *2012 – "True Believers" – Single on Bridge 9 Records

Dag Nasty

*1986 – ''

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'' (Vocals) *1992 – ''Four on the Floor'' (Vocals) *2002 – '' Minority of One'' (Vocals)

ALL

*1988- ''

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'' (Vocals) *1988- ''

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'' (Vocals)

Down By Law

*1991 – ''Down by Law'' (Vocals, Guitar) *1992 – ''Blue'' (Vocals, Guitar) *1993 – ''D.C. Guns'' (Vocals, Guitar) *1994 – ''Yellow Rat Bastard'' (Vocals, Guitar) *1994 – ''

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'' (Vocals, Guitar) *1996 – ''

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'' (Vocals, Guitar) *1997 – ''

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'' (Vocals, Guitar) *1999 – ''Fly the Flag'' (Vocals, Guitar) *2003 –

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(Vocals, Guitar) *2012 – ''Champions At Heart'' (vocals, guitar) *2014 – ''Revolution Time'' (vocals, guitar) *2018 – ''All In'' (vocals, guitar)

Dave Smalley & the Bandoleros

* 2018 – ''Join the Outsiders'' (vocals) * 2020 – ''Ignited'' (vocals)

Don't Sleep

*2017 – ''Don't Sleep'' (Vocals) *2018 – ''Bring the Light'' (Vocals) *2020 – ''Turn The Tide'' (Vocals)

Other

*1990 – Rule of Thumb – ''Don't look Down'' – Club Rat records (vocals) *1990 – Chemical People – ''The Right Thing'' (Background Vocals) *1998 – Two Man Advantage – ''drafted'' (Producer, Background Vocals) *1999 – Under The Gun – ''Nowhere to Run'' (Producer, Guest Vocals on "The Mirror") *2000 – The Sharpshooters – ''Viva Los Guerillas'' (Vocals, Guitar) *2002 – Penelope – ''Face au silence du monde'' (Background Vocals) *2009 – Pocket – ''Beautiful Gray'' (Vocals) *2010 – Marc Ganancias – ''Painted Walls'' (Guest Vocals on "Rewind & Repeat") *2013 – Marc Ganancias – ''Policy of Discontent'' (Guest vocals on "Yours Truly") *2016 – Dave Smalley – ''Punk Rock Days''

References

External links

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