Dave Witte

Dave Witte
Dave Witte playing drums with Municipal Waste
Background information
Born	(1971-08-11) August 11, 1971 (age 45)
Origin	New Jersey, United States
Genres	Death metal, grindcore, powerviolence, hardcore punk, metalcore, noise rock, thrash metal, crossover thrash, sludge metal, Digital hardcore
Occupation(s)	Drummer
Instruments	Drums, percussion
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Pulp, H.G. Fact, Slap-a-Ham, Relapse, Devour, Hydra Head, Earache, Ipecac, Tankcrimes, Nuclear Blast
Associated acts	Human Remains, Discordance Axis, Black Army Jacket, East West Blast Test, Phantomsmasher, Burnt by the Sun, Melt-Banana, Municipal Waste, Birds of Prey, Brain Tentacles, Deny the Cross
Website	blog.davewitte.com

Dave Witte (born 11 August 1971) is a professional drummer currently living in Virginia. He is known for his work in numerous extreme metal or hardcore punk bands including Municipal Waste, Melt-Banana, Discordance Axis, Black Army Jacket, Birds of Prey, Burnt By The Sun, and Deny the Cross among others. He has also played as a session drummer for many other acts.

Dave Witte is a New Jersey native. He relocated to Richmond, Virginia to join Municipal Waste. He has been the drummer on numerous albums since 1990. He plays many styles of drumming while retaining heavy aspects of music in all his projects. Witte was introduced to drumming in grade school by his Uncle Victor. Before he graduated high school he was studying many performances, and had already formed his first band, Human Remains. On his off-time from recording and touring Witte works in the kitchen of a catering company. He is a self-proclaimed beer lover, with Belgian beers being his favorite. He also finished his first triathlon in 2003. Dave Witte is also a fan of cats. He has two cats, Eddie and Linda.

Dave Witte is a professional drummer who is well known for playing in with numerous bands. He often plays with multiple bands at once. A renowned drummer in the underground scene, he is known for his precise blast beats and rolls, technical fills and overall speedy playing. Witte says he "loves the speed aspect of drumming".

Dave Witte plays Trick drums, Paiste cymbals, and Vic Firth drumsticks.

Dave Witte has been in numerous bands since the early '90's. He has never been in just one band, and he has been in up to five or six bands at once. He has recorded many studio albums with bands, toured with many other bands, or formed his own bands always keeping busy playing music.

Dave Witte joined Municipal Waste in 2004, after previous drummer Brandon Ferrel left the band. In 2005 Municipal Waste released their first album with Dave Witte on drums, Hazardous Mutation. Since then they have released Massive Aggressive in 2009. Their most recent album, The Fatal Feast came out in 2012. According to Dave Witte Massive Aggressive is the best album the band has done to date.