Dr. Chud

Dr. Chud
Birth name	David Calabrese
Born	April 4, 1964 (1964-04-04) (age 47)
Origin	Lodi, New Jersey, United States
Genres	Horror punk, heavy metal
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Drums, vocals, guitar, keyboards
Years active	1980–present
Associated acts	The Misfits, Graves, Kryst the Conqueror, Dr. Chud's X-Ward, Gorgeous Frankenstein

Dr. C.H.U.D. (for "Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Drummer", born David Calabrese on April 4, 1964 in Lodi, New Jersey) is an American rock drummer and singer.

Life and career

He attended Lodi High School. His career began playing with Dan Kidney and the Pulsations for 8 years before joining Sardonica. During his time in Sardonica, he also played drums with Jerry Only and Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein in Kryst The Conqueror. He also recorded an album with Sacred Trash before joining The Misfits.^[1]

In addition to his work with The Misfits, Dr. Chud also played drums for Joey Ramone on the We Will Fall: A Tribute to Iggy Pop album, and Joey Ramone's only solo record "Don't Worry About Me" and also produced a recent Sardonica release "Flip the Grill". After leaving The Misfits, Dr. Chud formed Graves with Michale Graves.

Chud is currently in his new band Dr. Chud's X-Ward which released their debut multimedia CD "Diagnosis for Death" in 2004 on Dr.Chud's own record label Bloodwork Records. He is also currently part of Doyle's new band Gorgeous Frankenstein.

Chud joined up with Doyle once again with his band Gorgeous Frankenstein on their second tour in 2008. Gorgeous Frankenstein is signed to Glenn Danzig's record label Evilive.

He is known for making his own drumsticks and his signature drum set which is covered with huge studded spikes.

Dr. Chud appeared briefly on the television series LA Ink, starring Kat Von D. He received a tattoo of his famous stitches that he usually draws on his chest and back, circling his neck, by a tattoo artist named Amy. The tattoo was colored with black and gray ink.

Discography

With Dan Kidney and the Pulsations

• Never Let Up
• Slice of Live
• Night People

With Specific Ocean

• Vinyl and Styrofoam

With Sardonica

• In Your Own Backyard

With Sacred Trash

• Sacred Trash

With The Misfits

• American Psycho (1997) - LP
• "Dig Up Her Bones" (1997) - Single
• Evillive II (1998) - Fan Club LP
• Scream! (1999) - Single
• Famous Monsters (1999) - LP
• "Monster Mash" (1999) - Single
• Cuts From The Crypt (2001) - LP

With Graves

• Web Of Dharma (2001) - LP

With Joey Ramone

• Don't Worry About Me (2002) - LP

With X-Ward

• Diagnosis for Death (2004) - LP

References

1. ^ Huey, Steve. "Biography: The Misfits". AMG. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4926/biography. Retrieved 8 May 2010. 

Persondata
Name	Chud, Dr.
Alternative names	Calabrese, David
Short description	punk rock drummer
Date of birth	1964-04-04
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