Bevan Davies

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| genre = Hard rock, heavy metal

| occupation = Drummer

| years_active = 1990–present

| label = Blackheart, DVL, Evilive

| website = {{URL|bevandavies.com}}

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Bevan Davies is an American musician best known as the drummer for the hard rock and heavy metal bands Madfly,{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Biography |url=http://www.bevandavies.com/bio.htm |access-date=November 3, 2010 |work=bevandavies.com}} Comes with the Fall,{{Cite web | last = Prato | first = Greg | title = Comes with the Fall Biography | publisher = Allmusic | access-date = October 28, 2010 | url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p568256/biography|pure_url=yes}}}} and Danzig,{{Cite web | title = DANZIG Land New Drummer | work = Blabbermouth.net | date = June 15, 2003 | url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=12798 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060221143719/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=12798 | archive-date = February 21, 2006 }} and for forming the band MonstrO.{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = Former BLOODSIMPLE, TORCHE Members Join Forces In MONSTRO | work = Blabbermouth.net | date = March 30, 2010 | url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=137676 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130201172910/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=137676 | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 1, 2013 }} He has also served as touring drummer for Jerry Cantrell, Static-X,{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = STATIC-X Recruits Former DANZIG Drummer | work = Blabbermouth.net | date = April 23, 2007 | url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=71086 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120910080839/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=71086 | url-status = dead | archive-date = September 10, 2012 }} and Engelbert Humperdinck, among numerous others.

Biography

= Early career =

Bevan Davies began his musical career as the drummer for Still Rain in the early 1990s. When the band split in 1995, Davies formed the band Mouthpiece, appearing on an EP in 1996 before leaving the group. He then joined Madfly{{Cite web |last=Radford |first=Chad |date=April 13, 2010 |title=With Alice in Chains, William DuVall finds his audience |url=http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/with_alice_in_chains_william_duvall_finds_his_audience/Content?oid=919528 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616212727/http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/with_alice_in_chains_william_duvall_finds_his_audience/Content?oid=919528 |archive-date=June 16, 2011 |work=Creative Loafing}} which also included singer William DuVall. The band released the albums Get the Silver and White Hot in the Black. After some lineup changes, the band changed its name to Comes with the Fall in 1999 and released a self-titled album under that name the following year.{{Cite web | last = Rosen | first = Steven | title = Alice In Chains: 'We All Have Very High Standards For Ourselves' | work = Ultimate Guitar Archive | date = September 25, 2009 | url = http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/alice_in_chains_we_all_have_very_high_standards_for_ourselves.html | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100819213356/http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/alice_in_chains_we_all_have_very_high_standards_for_ourselves.html | archive-date = August 19, 2010 }}

In 2001, Comes with the Fall served as an opening act for a solo tour by Jerry Cantrell.{{Cite web |title=Archive News |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=March 7, 2001 |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050506074347/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=21 |archive-date=May 6, 2005 }} On dates when Cantrell's drummer Mike Bordin was unavailable, Davies filled in.{{Cite web | last = Christopher | first = Michael | title = Banged up but still unbreakable: Comes with the Fall | work = PopMatters | date = September 23, 2003 | url = http://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/comes-with-the-fall-030925.shtml}} Davies appeared on Comes with the Fall's subsequent albums The Year is One in 2002 and Beyond the Last Light in 2007.

= Later career =

In 2003, Davies left Comes with the Fall temporarily to join Danzig, and appeared on the 2004 album Circle of Snakes.{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = DANZIG Set Release Date For 'Circle Of Snakes' | work = Blabbermouth.net | date = July 7, 2004 | url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=24470 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120911234428/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=24470 | url-status = dead | archive-date = September 11, 2012 }} He toured with the band throughout 2005 and again temporarily in 2010. During this period Davies was recruited to be the touring drummer for Engelbert Humperdinck and formed the cover band Cardboard Vampyres with Cantrell and Billy Duffy.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=May 19, 2005 |title=CARDBOARD VAMPYRES Add Bandmembers |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=36918 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910040835/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=36918 |archive-date=September 10, 2012 |work=Blabbermouth.net}} Davies was also briefly a member of The Mercy Clinic.{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = Former DAMAGEPLAN Singer Launches THE MERCY CLINIC | work = Blabbermouth.net | date = August 31, 2005 | url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=41087 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120909122224/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=41087 | url-status = dead | archive-date = September 9, 2012 }} In 2007 he toured temporarily with Static-X and joined Bloodsimple.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=August 29, 2007 |title=BLOODSIMPLE Frontman Discusses Upcoming Album |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=79721 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201091124/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=79721 |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |work=Blabbermouth.net}}

In 2010, Davies formed the band MonstrO with former Bloodsimple bassist Kyle Sanders, former Torche guitarist Juan Montoya, and singer/guitarist Charlie Suarez. The band's self-titled album, produced by DuVall,{{cite web |last1=Buchanan |first1=Brett |date=April 4, 2011 |title=Alice in Chains' William DuVall Producing MonstrO Album |url=http://archive.alternativenation.net/alice-in-chains-william-duvall-producing-monstro-album/ |accessdate=March 24, 2018 |website=AlternativeNation.net}} was released in 2011 and they toured regularly until breaking up in 2013. Davies later appeared in the backing band for Wayne Static, and released a solo album in 2016 featuring numerous guest stars.{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2015-08-02 |title=ALICE IN CHAINS, MASTODON Members Guest On BEVAN DAVIES's Debut Solo Album |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/alice-in-chains-mastodon-members-guest-on-bevan-daviess-debut-solo-album |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}

Discography

class="wikitable" \|Still Rain	1994	rowspan=2\| Self-released	rowspan=2\| Still Rain
Bitter Black Water	1995
Get the Silver	1996	Killing Floor Records	rowspan=2\| Madfly
White Hot in the Black	1998	Blackheart
Comes with the Fall	2000	rowspan=3\| DVL	rowspan=3\| Comes with the Fall
The Year is One	2001
Live 2002 {{small\|(live album)}}	2002
Circle of Snakes	2004	Evilive	Danzig
The Reckoning {{small\|(extended play)}}	2006	rowspan=2\| DVL	rowspan=2\| Comes with the Fall
Beyond the Last Light	2007
MonstrO	2011	Vagrant	MonstrO
Bevan Davies	2016	rowspan=3\| Self-Released	rowspan=3\| Bevan Davies