Dave
Mead and I have known each other since back when the Earth was
still cooling. He owned the first drum set I ever got to play and
when he dropped out of school to play in the heavy metal band
Ambush, he became the first professional rock musician I had ever
known.
He
grew up in a terribly turbulent home and learned every lesson the
hard way. We talk about his journey through a childhood with a
charismatic Christian mom, a pugilistic step-father, rock and roll
excess and motel life before his 18th birthday, and how he made his
way back to music after a 20 year break.