David Nance Explained

David Nance is an American rock guitarist, singer and songwriter from Grand Island, Nebraska.

Nance was born in Grand Island and lived there as a child before moving to Omaha, where he gigged locally as a singer-songwriter.^[1] He played live and self-produced and released lo-fi demo recordings which brought him local attention; some of these were whole-album covers of records such as Berlin by Lou Reed, Goats Head Soup by the Rolling Stones, and Beatles for Sale.^[2] In 2013 he relocated to Los Angeles where he recorded three albums' worth of material, all of which he scrapped, describing them as "failed attempts".^[1] In 2016, his album More than Enough was picked up for distribution by Ba Da Bing Records. He followed in 2017 with a second release for Ba Da Bing, Negative Boogie, and toured the United States after it was issued in July of that year.^[3] Despite having been recorded formally in a studio, the album retained the lo-fi styling of Nance's earlier work.^[4]

Discography

Studio albums

• Let's Argue (Unread MC 2012)
• Lush Bruises Suck Rice and Barley (Unread MC 2013)
• Actor's Diary (Grapefruit Records LP 2013)
• Half Assed for Posterity (Unread MC 2013)
• More Than Enough (Ba Da Bing LP 2016)
• Negative Boogie (Ba Da Bing LP 2017)
• Peaced and Slightly Pulverized (as David Nance Group) (Trouble In Mind LP 2018)
• Staunch Honey (Trouble In Mind LP 2020)

Cover albums

• Berlin (Self-released 2016)
• Goat's Head Soup (w/ Simon Joyner) (Grapefruit LP 2017)
• Doug Sahm and Band (Self-released 2017)
• Beatles for Sale (Self-released 2017)
• Duty Now for the Future (Self-released 2020)

Singles and EPs

• Live at WFMU (Forward Fast MC 2016)
• Amethyst (Richie Records, Testostertunes 7" vinyl single 2017)

Other appearances

• Simon Joyner – Ghosts (Sing, Eunuchs! 2LP 2012)

Notes and References

1. https://noisey.vice.com/en_au/article/r3z3nk/exploring-the-ragged-and-raw-rockn-roll-of-nebraska-songwriter-david-nance Exploring the Ragged and Raw Rock’n’ Roll of Nebraska Songwriter David Nance
2. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/david-nance-mn0001981277/biography Biography
3. https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/05/18/528832748/everybody-is-freaking-out-to-david-nances-new-dance-move-the-negative-boogie Everybody Is Freaking Out To David Nance's New Dance Move, The 'Negative Boogie'
4. https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/omaha-rocker-david-nance-finally-hits-a-real-studio-and-thankfully-fails-to-clean-up-his-act/Content?oid=28397215 Omaha rocker David Nance finally hits a real studio—and thankfully fails to clean up his act