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| Birth name | David Nizaam Baksh |
| Born | July 26, 1980 |
| Origin | Toronto, Canada |
| Genre(s) | Heavy metal, Pop punk, Punk rock, Alternative rock, Reggae, Breakbeat |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Guitarist, Songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, Vocals, Drums |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Label(s) | Aquarius, Island, Universal |
| Associated acts | Brown Brigade Sum 41 Pain For Pleasure Iggy Pop |
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| PRS Singlecut SE PRS McCarty Double Cut Gibson Les Paul Gibson Explorer |
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David Nizaam "Brownsound" Baksh (born 26 July 1980 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian guitarist, singer and producer of Guyanese descent, best known as the ex-lead guitarist of successful pop punk band Sum 41, but has also became since a a singer/guitarist in his own heavy metal/reggae project Brown Brigade.
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Early years
First song Dave covered was a song called "Caught in a Mosh" by the band Anthrax. Baksh was heavily influenced by the bands Anthrax, Megadeth and Metallica which started him off playing music. Baksh met his future band members, Deryck Whibley and Steve Jocz, at high school, but he later dropped out because he thought it was the only thing that kept him away from music.
Personal life
Baksh was born in Toronto, Ontario, along with fellow Sum 41 bandmates Deryck Whibley, Cone McCaslin, and Steve Jocz. He is married to his wife named Jennifer Baksh.
Professional career
Sum 41 (1996-2006)
Baksh joined Sum 41 as the third member, after Deryck Whibley and Steve Jocz formed the band in the summer of 1996. In addition to being the lead guitarist, Baksh also provided back-up vocals. He generally plays a Paul Reed Smith McCarty Double Cut Solid body, but he also plays Paul Reed Smith Single Cuts and Gibson Les Pauls and also a Gibson X-Plorers studio (Alpine White). He uses Dean Markley strings. For his pedals, he uses MXR Effects, a Digitech Whammy, and Dunlop wah Pedals. He uses Marshall Amplification as well. Baksh went by the name Pleasure in Sum 41's alter-ego band, Pain for Pleasure. Baksh also goes by the name Dave Brownsound Baksh, or also "Hot Chocolate", probably playing off of both his Indian heritage and brown sound, the name Eddie Van Halen coined for his own guitar tone. He has stated his favorite Sum 41 songs are Mr. Amsterdam, Machine Gun, Pain For Pleasure, and The Bitter End. On March 27th 2008 at the Kool Haus in Toronto, Dave came on stage after their final encore, Pain for Pleasure.
Brown Brigade (2006-present)
On May 11, 2006, Baksh announced in a statement through his management company that he was leaving Sum 41 for personal reasons. He explained that he couldn't keep trying to express himself through guitar skills without being a pain to the band. During the post-Chuck hiatus, he decided it was time to move on from Sum 41 and to focus on his side project "Brown Brigade", his new band that he founded with his cousin Vaughn and with which he currently plays lead guitar.
Brown Brigade's debut album "Into the Mouth of Badd(d)ness" was released September 18, 2007 in Canada and Japan only and became critically successful, even though it wasn't released widely in the US and haven't brought the band any outside attention, the band still continues to tour Canada in support of the album.
Baksh stated that the band is currently working on a bunch of new and experimental songs to be released for free on the band's website. The new songs, unlike the band's traditional music, would feature varied music such as Punk, Funk and Reggae and not Metal like the debut album.
In a show that took place on March 27, 2008 in Toronto, Ontario, Baksh joined Sum 41 to play "Pain for Pleasure" at the end of the show. Some think this may be a hint of him coming back, however, Deryck Whibley has said in a Youtube video that Dave would continue with Brown Brigade. Deryck said that "Brownsound is not rejoining the band. He is happy doing his own thing." 1 .
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