About Dave Kushner
Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Dave Kushner is an Emmy nominated, Grammy Award winning musician perhaps best known as the rhythm guitarist for the rock Supergroup Velvet Revolver.
While in Velvet Revolver, bandmates and the press often referred to Dave as Velvet Revolverâs âsecret weaponâ, due to his technical capabilities and songwriting prowess. In January 2009, Dave was named âOne of The 50 Greatest Unsung Guitar Heroes Everâ by Total Guitar (Europeâs best selling guitar magazine.)
In between writing and touring Dave also had the opportunity to collaborate with musical greats Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Tim McGraw, Brian Wilson, Steven Tyler, Billy Joe Armstrong and Bono to name a few.
In 2005 Dave was honored to perform at Live 8 in Londonâs Hyde Park, sharing the stage with Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, The Who, U2, Sting and Madonna.
Composer for TV & Film
At the end of Velvet Revolverâs 6-year run, Dave was presented the opportunity to create the theme song for the FX series, âSons Of Anarchyâ for which he received an Emmy nomination for âOutstanding Main Title Theme Musicâ. He also contributed additional music to help create the shows overall sound.
Over the last 15 years, Dave has continued to expand as a songwriter, composer and live performer. in 2009, he was hired as co-composer on the ABC primetime police drama âDetroit 1-8-7â. Dave then accepted the job as the composer for the TBSâ hit comedy series âSullivan & Sonâ in which he was able to expand on his already diverse musical palette. In 2012, Dave collaborated with members of Weezer and Queenâs of The Stone Age to compose a song for The Avengers Soundtrack (Marvel Studios) âCount Me Outâ. Heâs gone on to work with Netflix, Amazon, FX, Fox, Disney, TBS, ABC to name a few. Heâs worked with Vince Vaughn, Bill Burr, Peter Billingsley and more. Recent shows include F is for Family, The Last Narc, Gordon Ramseyâs Uncharted and several projects for Fox Sports,