Dave Genn

David Robert Madison Genn is a life-long resident of Vancouver, British Columbia. Genn has been a staple of the Canadian music scene since the mid-eighties and is currently a member of 54-40. Image File history File links Davegenn. ... This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ... 54-40 is a Canadian alternative rock group from Vancouver, British Columbia, whose literate and melodic music is frequently compared to that of R.E.M. The band takes their name from the slogan Fifty-Four Forty or Fight, coined to express the expansionist agenda of James K. Polks...

Although probably best known for his six years spent with the Matthew Good Band between 1995 and 2001 when he played guitar, keyboards and co-wrote many of the Band's best known songs, Genn has had a long and prolific musical career. Matthew Good (born June 29, 1971, Burnaby, British Columbia) is a Canadian rock musician. ... The acoustic archtop guitar, used in Jazz music, features steel strings. ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ...

Genn's association with Canadian punk legend Art Bergmann garnered Dave his first of several Juno Awards for Best Alternative Album in 1995 for Bergmann’s What Fresh Hell is This?, an album on which he performed co-writing and keyboard duties. Art Bergmann is a Canadian rock singer_songwriter, who was one of the key figures in Canadian punk rock in the late 1970s. ... The Juno Awards are awards of achievement presented to Canadian musical artists and bands; they could be considered the transnational counterpart to the United States Grammy Awards. ...

As a founding member and guitarist for Vancouver hardcore veterans DSK in the early nineties, Genn fostered relationships within the Vancouver music community that led him to record and tour with artists as diverse as Strapping Young Lad, The Grapes of Wrath, Pure, The Lowest of the Low, Bif Naked, Emm Gryner, Sweatshop Union, Hedley and Theory of a Dead Man. Strapping Young Lad (aka SYL) is a Canadian metal band, started by Devin Townsend in the mid-1990s. ... The Grapes of Wrath are a Canadian folk rock band, who were one of Canadas most successful pop bands in the late 1980s and early 1990s before disbanding in 1992. ... Pure was a Canadian rock band, originating in Vancouver in 1991. ... The Lowest of the Low were a Canadian alternative rock group in the early 1990s. ... Bif Naked on the cover of her latest album Bif Naked (born Beth Torbert on June 17, 1971) is a popular Canadian punk rock singer. ... Emm Gryner in 2002. ... Sweatshop Union is a Canadian hip hop collective. ... Hedley could be Hedley (band) Hedley (album), debut album by Hedley Hedley, British Columbia Hedley, Northumberland (Hedley on the Hill) This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

2002 saw Genn co-writing, recording and acting as musical director for Holly McNarland’s Home is Where My Feet Are album and subsequent tour. Holly McNarland (born 1975 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. ...

Genn is currently performing and recording with Canadian icons 54-40. 54-40 is a Canadian alternative rock group from Vancouver, British Columbia, whose literate and melodic music is frequently compared to that of R.E.M. The band takes their name from the slogan Fifty-Four Forty or Fight, coined to express the expansionist agenda of James K. Polks...

With several film score credits to his name, including the shorts Second Date and The Dogwalker written and directed by his brother James, as well as the National Geographic documentary Yukona, Dave is constantly developing and diversifying as an artist. His more recent forays into production have seen him work with West Coast up-and-comers Pepper Sands, The Dirtmitts, By a Thread, Lillix, Armchair Cynics, Honeysuckle Serontina, and Mariana’s Trench. The National Geographic Society was founded in the USA on January 27, 1888, by 33 men interested in organizing a society for the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge. ... Lillix are a rock and roll girl group from Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada. ... The Armchair Cynics are a Canadian rock band from Victoria, British Columbia. ...

In February 2006 Genn married local Vancouver weather personality Tamara Taggart. Tamara Taggart Tamara Taggart is a Canadian television presenter. ...

External links

• 54-40 homepage