Dave Baksh

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Dave Baksh
Baksh performing at Rock im Park in 2023
Background information
Also known as	Dave Brownsound Hot Chocolate Pleasure Sweet Gravy Brown
Born	(1980-07-26) July 26, 1980 (age 43)
Origin	Ajax, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Pop-punk skate punk punk rock alternative metal melodic hardcore alternative rock hard rock reggae heavy metal
Occupation(s)	Musician singer songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitar vocals
Years active	1996–present
Member of	Sum 41
Formerly of	Organ Thieves Brown Brigade Black Cat Attack

Dave Baksh (born July 26, 1980)^[1] also known by his stage name Dave Brownsound, is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist of rock band Sum 41. Baksh quit Sum 41 in 2006 (not counting a guest appearance on stage in 2008) to pursue his own career in his heavy metal/reggae project Brown Brigade. He rejoined Sum 41 in 2015 and has released three subsequent studio albums with the band. He also plays guitar for Organ Thieves, with two of his fellow Brown Brigade members^[2] and the Canadian deathpunk four-piece Black Cat Attack. In 2019, Baksh co-founded the merchandise company Loud & Immortal.

Early and personal life

Baksh grew up in

Baksh joined Sum 41 as the third member in 1997, after

On July 23, 2015, Sum 41 played their comeback show at the Alternative Press Music Awards, which featured DMC and Baksh himself as guests.^[8] On August 14, 2015, after rumors and speculation, it was announced that Baksh had officially returned to Sum 41, and would appear on the band's sixth studio album. The resulting album 13 Voices was released on October 7, 2016.

In 2019 during an interview with Loudwire, Baksh confirmed that he regretted leaving the band after hearing the band's fifth album Screaming Bloody Murder.^[9]

Brown Brigade (2006–2008)

On May 11, 2006, Baksh announced in a statement through his management company that he was leaving Sum 41 for personal reasons. He explained that he could not keep trying to express himself through guitar skills without being a pain to the band. During the post-Chuck hiatus, he decided it was time to move on from Sum 41 and to focus on his side project Brown Brigade, his new band that he founded with his cousin Vaughn Lal and with which he currently plays lead guitar.

Brown Brigade's debut album

Baksh stated that the band is currently working on new and experimental songs to be released for free on the band's website. The new songs, unlike the band's traditional music, would feature varied music such as punk rock, funk and reggae and not metal like the debut album.

In a show that took place on March 27, 2008, in

In October 2009, Organ Thieves began pre-production for their first full-length studio album, with former longtime Sum 41 producer/manager Greig Nori. Organ Thieves has since become Baksh's main focus as he intends to keep Brown Brigade strictly a studio act.

On April 24, 2012, their first full-length studio album, Somewhere Between Free Men and Slaves, was released through MapleMusic Recordings.

Equipment

He generally plays a

With Sum 41

• Half Hour of Power (2000)
• All Killer No Filler (2001)
• Does This Look Infected? (2002)
• Chuck (2004)
• 13 Voices (2016)
• Order in Decline (2019)
• Heaven :x: Hell (2024)^[11]

With Brown Brigade

• Appetizer for Destruction (EP) (2006)
• Into the Mouth of Badd(d)ness
  (2007)

With Organ Thieves

• God's Favorite Sons (EP) (2009)
• Somewhere Between Free Men and Slaves (2012)

With Black Cat Attack

• Brightside of the Moon (EP) (2014)
• Edraculation (2016)

References

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