Dave Kerman

Destined to become one of the strongest rock drummers of the '80s and '90s and the new millennium, Dave Kerman started playing with the drum sticks when he was six years old. Although he failed a percussion audition for the school band when he was nine, Keith Godchaux, a family friend and keyboardist for the Grateful Dead, saw Kerman's potential and encouraged his parents to buy him a set of drums. When he was ten, he joined with Chuck Turner (future 5uu's member) for his first public performance: an unexpected, improvised, and bizarre drum solo in Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love." His lack of conformity had sprouted and became a strong influence in his musical training. During marching practice of the school band, he managed to bribe others into doing the opposite of the drum major's commands, and the percussion section would end up together in the local donut shop.



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