Dave Henzerling

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dave Henzerling
Occupation	Musician
Date Of Birth	May 3, 1961(1961-05-03)
Age	63
Birthplace	Cincinnati
Country	United States
Birth City	Ohio
Horoscope	Taurus

Dave Henzerling Biography

Dave Henzerling is one of the most popular and richest Musician who was born on May 3, 1961 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. David Philip “Dave” Henzerling (born 3 May 1961), a.k.a. David Michael-Philips is a popular American musician, songwriter , and producer. He was a part of many hard rock bands such as Schoolboys, Keel, King Kobra, Lizzy Borden, Geronimo!, Liquid Black, Big Cock, Icon, Tunnel, Steelshine and Kelly Keeling & Friends. He is the elder sibling of Dan Henzerling, also a musician, and is the father of two daughters (both smaller). David is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio and moved to Phoenix, Arizona with his family in the month of December 1969. David says he was blessed with the blessing of “…growing to maturity in the 60s, becoming a teenager in the 1970s and then living in my 20s through the 80s, and then starting families in the 90s…I think I got the best every decade could offer. …”

David and Kathryn were blessed with three more children between the period of between 1996 and 2001 (bringing the total number of offspring to four). David completed his bachelor in Science with a major in Computer Science from Arizona State University in December 1999. He started his career as a software engineer with Intel Corporation in January 2000.

Although his childhood obsession had always been drawing (he was an avid comic book collector and cartoon artist), music was always his primary passion. As a guitarist, he cites Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple), Edward Van Halen (Van Halen), and Ace Frehley (Kiss) as his major influences. At 14, his uncle took him to his first concert – “It was Joe Walsh and Charlie Daniels in 1975”, David says, “From the first note played, I was hooked! After that, I saw pretty much every show that came to (Phoenix)”.

David played on Lizzy Borden’s critically-acclaimed Master of Disguise album in 1989 (Metal Blade Records). After a handful of live shows, he decided not to be a part of the group and instead, he formed the groups Geronimo! In 1988, and Liquid Black in 1992 after one brief time with his former Schoolboys friend Dan Wexler in Tomcats (1990). In the Liquid Black years (1992-1995) were prolific and creative in the case of David and he composed over 70 songs with his co-writer along with collaborator Lear Black. The band was noticed by of the renowned producer Roy Thomas Baker (Queen, Journey, The Cars) and they recorded a 4-song demo in Baker’s studio November 1994. The demo didn’t lead to the signing of a record deal. Additionally, after having experienced an earthquake on the Northridge earthquake on January 17 1994 and the subsequent shift in the public’s preferences from rock towards the Seattle grunge style, David returned home to Phoenix, AZ with his new wife Kathryn and their son.

Dave Henzerling Net Worth

Dave Henzerling is one of the richest Musician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dave Henzerling 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

David was part in the Scottsdale, AZ based hard rock cover group The Schoolboys at the end of the high school year in 1979. The summer of 1980 was when the group began singing and writing new songs and preparing their band to be the American equivalent of Def Leppard and an Sheffield, England band of similar genres that was just beginning to become famous internationally. They released an 12″ EP called Singin’ and Shoutin’ and appeared as part of two compilation albums released by local radio station KDKB. This lineup was not long-lasting however as both David as well as guitarist John Covington left the band in the beginning of 1981 due to disagreements in direction and design. They of the group formed the group Icon that put out four studio album as well as one live album and DVD.

The decision to end The Schoolboys was an important one, as it was the pivotal moment which led to his move in Los Angeles in 1984 to join the group Keel. Henzerling performed only an event with Keel in March 1984 , at Perkins Palace situated in Pasadena, California, where He was quickly discovered and enlisted from the veteran musician Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Rod Stewart, Ozzy Osbourne) to form a new group which was formed, dubbed King Kobra. Soon after joining, the manager of the band suggested that David change his name “Henzerling” to something more Hollywood-friendly, and his identity of “Michael-Philips” was adopted (the choice of Philips was derived directly from the middle name of David). The King Kobra has been signed with Capitol record in June of 1984. Their debut album Ready to Strike, produced by Spencer Proffer (Quiet Riot) was released in March of 1985. The first single from the band, “Hunger”, was often played on MTV and they also toured with members of Autograph. Another single “Tough Guys”, was remixed by Steve Thompson (Korn, Whitney Houston and Guns N’ ‘ Roses) However, it was never made available by Capitol. King Kobra released their second album, Thrill of a Lifetime in March of 1986, and was it was followed by a tour together with Kiss, Iron Maiden, Queensryche as well as Ted Nugent. The track “Never Say Die – Iron Eagle” was included in the soundtrack for the top-rated film Iron Eagle (1986), and a video was made featuring the actors Jason Gedrick and Louis Gossett Jr. in an airfield located within Chino, California, featuring the members of the group as Air Force fighter pilots. In late 1987, following their defection to Capitol Records, King Kobra was already beginning to break up and go through numerous lineup changes , so that at the time King Kobra III was released in 1988 it was clear that there was no longer a group to accompany the album.

In early 2005, David reunited with his Schoolboys band-mate John Covington to form the band Big Ck with vocalist Robert Mason (Lynch Mob, Warrant). The band’s name was meant as a satirical jab at the music business since they figured “…no label would sign and no radio station would play anything by a band called ‘Big Ck’…” (note: Big Ck is obfuscated to prevent being flagged by Wikipedia as obscene). The project was released independently and without fanfare solely for the purpose of “…creating music and having some fun…”. Big Ck released three albums Year of the Ck (2005), Big Ck (2006) and Motherload (2008) as well as a digital-only greatest hits compilation Got Big Ck? (2009). The albums received positive critical acclaim for both their musicianship and unapologetic swagger. In July 2010, the song “Real Man” from the album Big Ck was used by the Strongman contestant on an episode of “America’s Got Talent”. The band also performed at the U.S. mega-festival Rocklahoma in 2008 and 2009 along with fellow 1980s acts Warrant, Ratt and Poison. In a further ironic twist, David also played bass guitar at the 2009 Rocklahoma with his high-school and Schoolboys band-mates Icon (who had originally replaced David after his 1981 departure and changed its name from The Schoolboys to Icon). In 2010, Italian record label Frontiers Records signed the reunited King Kobra and an album of new material was released in May 2011. A follow-up album (II) was released in 2013. David continues to compose and produce original projects as well as perform locally with his Arizona-based Classic Rock cover band Trailer Park. He lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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