Dave Rowbotham

Dave Rowbotham
Also known as	David Rowbotham, Cowboy Dave (posthumously)
Born	1958 Didsbury, Manchester, England
Died	8 November 1991 Burnage, Manchester, England
Genres	Punk rock, post-punk, new wave, alternative rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Years active	1977–1991
Labels	Factory Records
Associated acts	Fast Breeder, The Durutti Column, The Mothmen, Pauline Murray And The Invisible Girls, Motivation

Dave Rowbotham (1958 – 8 November 1991) was an English rock musician who played guitar and bass with various Manchester bands in the 1970s and the 1980s, and as studio musician.

Born in Didsbury, Manchester, England, he went to school at Elm Grove Primary School and then Parrswood High School he left school to train as an electrician and in 1970 he started playing rhythm guitar with his pals in a four piece rock cover band called Flashback he later adopted the hippie lifestyle. During the punk era, he, alongside drummer Chris Joyce, played in a band called Fast Breeder and was managed by Alan Erasmus, who later cofounded Factory Records with Tony Wilson. In 1978, the pair, alongside Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias bassist Tony Bowers, singer Phil Rainford (replaced after months by Colin Sharp), and former Nosebleeds guitarist Vini Reilly, founded the post-punk band The Durutti Column.

However, the five-piece line-up did not last long, and after releasing A Factory Sample, a compilation by various artists which contained two of their songs, Rowbotham, alongside Sharp, Bowers, and Joyce, left Reilly. Rowbotham and the latter two formed The Mothmen. During the early days of The Mothmen, he also rejoined Reilly in Pauline Murray And The Invisible Girls, with then ex-Penetration vocalist Pauline Murray, playing on their eponymous album. With The Mothmen, he released two albums, Pay Attention (On-U Sound, 1981) and One Black Dot (1982). By this time, he had also formed Motivation, along with ex-Buzzcocks bassist Steve Garvey.

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