Dave Hill (comedian)

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| name = Dave Hill

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| alt = Dave Hill

| caption = Hill in 2016

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1970}}

| birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

| occupation = Comedian, radio host, writer, musician, actor

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

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Dave Hill (born 1970) is an American comedian, radio host, writer, musician and actor originally from Cleveland, Ohio.{{Cite web |title=The accidental comedy career of Dave Hill |date=July 14, 2022 |url=https://www.idahopress.com/boiseweekly/arts_and_culture/the-accidental-comedy-career-of-dave-hill/article_19f27d59-6114-5c59-9e72-cee1d03e3084.html |website=idahopress.com}} He is the host of The Dave Hill Goodtime Hour, a weekly livestream and podcast part of the Maximum Fun network. In 2007 Variety named Hill one of their "10 Comics to Watch".Keegan, Terence. [https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117960243.html "10 Comics to Watch: Dave Hill"], Variety, February 28, 2007. Accessed July 31, 2007.

Career

= Comedy =

In May 2019, Hill was permanently banned from Twitter after he repeatedly responded to attacks from Trump supporters with jokes about having consensual sexual intercourse with their mothers and, in some cases, their fathers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2019/05/cleveland-native-comedian-dave-hill-on-what-got-him-banned-from-twitter.html|title=Cleveland native, comedian Dave Hill on what got him banned from Twitter|last1=Morona|first1=Joey|date=May 29, 2019|website=cleveland.com|language=en-US|access-date=June 3, 2019}}

In August 2024, Phish featured Hill as part of a stand up comedy special at their Mondegreen music festival camping weekend in Dover, Delaware. Performing at the Leigh Fordham Hall, named for the longtime Phish crew member, with Rory Scovel and

Gianmarco Soresi also featured.{{Cite web|url=https://relix.com/news/detail/late-night-at-the-heliograph-phish-announce-additional-mondegreen-entertainment|title=Late Night at The Heliograph: Phish Announce Additional Mondegreen Entertainment|date=August 13, 2024|website=relix.com|language=en-US|access-date=August 19, 2024}}

= Music =

Hill wrote the theme song for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, "Go", performed by his band Valley Lodge.{{cite web |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/dave-hills-band |title=Dave Hill's band Valley Lodge did the theme for 'Last Week Tonight w/ John Oliver' (who crashed the FCC's website) |date=June 4, 2014 |accessdate=2024-01-16 |publisher=BrooklynVegan}}

In 2016, Hill formed a psychedelic rock band with Chris Reifert called Painted Doll. The band's self-titled debut album was released on Tee Pee Records on February 16, 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/hear-new-psych-garage-jam-autopsys-chris-reifert-comedian-dave-hill |title=HEAR NEW PSYCH-GARAGE JAM FROM AUTOPSY'S CHRIS REIFERT, COMEDIAN DAVE HILL |date=January 22, 2018 |accessdate=2024-01-16 |publisher=RevolverMag}}

Hill was a member of the 1990s alternative band Sons of Elvis, which he formed with friends while a student at Fordham University. The band signed with Priority Records shortly after graduation and released a debut full-length album Glodean in 1995 as well as a limited edition disc titled Mrs. White, featuring live recordings and several tracks from Glodean. The lead single from Glodean, "Formaldehyde", received airplay at radio and on MTV, and was also featured on the soundtrack of the feature film Higher Learning, by director John Singleton. The band also performed two songs live on The Jon Stewart Show in 1995.{{cite web |url=https://www.soundsville.com/dvd_stewart_show_jon.html |title=JON STEWART SHOW |accessdate=2024-01-16 |publisher=Soundsville}}{{cite web |url=https://punchdrink.com/articles/drinking-with-comedian-and-musician-dave-hill |title=Drinking with Comedian and Musician Dave Hill |date=March 16, 2015 |accessdate=2024-01-16 |publisher=Punch}}

Hill also played bass for Cleveland-based rock band Cobra Verde, bass for Lucy Wainwright Roche and former Faith No More singer Chuck Mosley. He has also played guitar with Walter Schreifels' solo band and with Diamondsnake, a hard rock band also featuring Moby, Tomato, and Phil Costello. Hill is the creator and sole member of the semi-fictional Norwegian black metal band Witch Taint and currently fronts the power pop band Valley Lodge, both with Phil Costello.{{cite web |url=https://ghettoblastermagazine.com/features/special-report/earthquaker-day-2019-to-offer-pedal-clinic-by-comedian-dave-hill-page-the-party-of-helicopters-reunion-more |title=EarthQuaker Day 2019 to offer pedal clinic by comedian Dave Hill Page, The Party of Helicopters reunion, more |date=July 18, 2019 |accessdate=2024-01-16 |publisher=Ghettoblaster}}{{cite web |url=https://moby.com/journal/a-message-from-our-good-pal-dave-hill/ |title=Journal |date=June 23, 2015 |accessdate=2024-01-16 |publisher=Moby.com}}

= Podcast and radio =

In March 2019, Hill launched a second podcast, Dave Hill: History Fluffer, with TV producer Jim Biederman, comedian Jodi Lennon, and producer Chris Gersbeck. The show places Hill throughout different time periods while Biederman and Lennon question his claims.{{Cite web|url=https://musicandmojitos.com/home/2019/3/12/dave-hill-you-had-to-be-there-qed|title=You Had To Be at QED for Dave Hill's New Comedy Series "You Had To Be There"|website=Music & Mojitos|language=en-US|access-date=June 3, 2019}}

References

External links

{{Official website|http://www.davehillonline.com/}}
{{IMDb name|id=1661894|name=Dave Hill}}

Category:Living people

Category:American male comedians

Category:21st-century American comedians

Category:American bass guitarists

Category:American rock guitarists

Category:American male bass guitarists

Category:American radio DJs

Category:Comedians from Cleveland

Category:Guitarists from Ohio

Category:American people of Canadian descent

Category:1974 births

Category:Date of birth missing (living people)