Person · Male

Dave Kerman

From: California, United States
Since: 1959–present
Releases: 2

About

David Kerman (born August 24, 1959) is an American experimental rock drummer and composer, best known as the founder and member of the Los Angeles avant-rock group 5uu's. He is also a member of the Belgian progressive rock band Present and the Israeli avant-rock band Ahvak. Kerman has been a member of the United States bands U Totem and Thinking Plague, and the Dutch band Blast. He has collaborated with several musicians, including Bob Drake, Chris Cutler and Fred Frith.

Kerman lived in Israel between 2000 and 2003 and holds dual American and Israeli citizenship. He established RēR USA in 2003, the North American distributor of the British independent record label, Recommended Records, and RēR USA's own record label, AD Hoc Records in 2006.

From Dave Kerman on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Member of

Thinking Plague 1989–2000
Present now
5uu's now
Ahvak now drums (drum set), percussion
U Totem now percussion, drums (drum set), tape

Discography

Albums 2

Links

Reference

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: d5e1aa18-0b34-4bab-a881-b83badc62837

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.