Dave Sitek is an American musician and record producer best known for his solo album Maximum Balloon which he released on September 21, 2010 and was a record and soundtrack producer behind well-known TV series and cinema releases such as Sugar (2008), Never Resign (2008), One Man Down (2015), Chi-Raq (2015). In 2017 he was a producer for the T2 train tracking film starring Ewan McGregor, and the next year he was a songwriter for The Spy Who Dropped Me , a film starring Hollywood stars Mila Kunis, Justin Theroux and Kate McKinnon.

He was also a guitarist for Jane’s Addiction , an American rock band, on their 2011 album titled The Big Escape Artist and formed his own band in 2001 titled Fernsehen im Radio with 3 other members still active as of March 2019. One of his most notable credits was being a record producer for Scarlett Johansson, a well-known actress, for her Everywhere I Put My Head album released in May 2008.

Born name

David Andrew Sitek

nickname

Dave, max balloon

Sun sign

Virgo

Place of birth

United States

Residence

Beverly Hills, Kalifornien, USA

nationality

training

unknown

occupation

Musician, record producer, songwriter

family

• Father – unknown
• Mother – Unknown (Teacher)
• Siblings – He has brothers.
• Andere – Paula (Tante)

Manager

Dave Sitek is represented by –

• Management of global positioning services (GPS) in Santa Monica, California, USA
• William Morris Endeavor (WME) Entertainment in Beverly Hills, California, USA

Genre

Indie Rock

instruments

Guitar, keyboards, bass, drums

labels

• Touch and go
• 4AD
• DGC Records
• Interscope Records
• Federal Prism
• Harvest Records

To build

Average

Height

5 feet 9 inches or 175 cm

weight

80 kg or 176.5 lbs

girlfriend/spouse

Dave has kept his dating history private.

race/ethnicity

White

Dave is of American descent.

hair colour

dark brown

eye color

Hellbraun

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

• Short dark brown hair
• Often sports stubble or 5 o’clock shadow facial hair
• corrective lenses
• deep voice

brand promotion

He hasn’t endorsed any brands yet.

Known for

• His solo album titled Maximum Ballon released on September 2010
• Said to be a part of the band TV on Radio , formed in 2011
• Representing with Jane’s Addiction, a rock band, on their 2011 album T The Great Escape artist as guitarist
• As a producer for bands and artists like Little Dragon , Yeah Yeah Yeahs , Liars , Foals , Beady Eye and most notably Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson in 2008

First album

His self-titled debut album was released on September 21, 2010 under the name Maximum Ballon via Interscope Records. Some songs were released as singles for a period of approximately 5 years ending June 15, 2010.

First TV show

Dave made his first appearance in a television show called Scarlett Johansson a documentary series Biography in 2011 .

Dave Sitek favorite things

• animal – dog
• Dog breed – husky
• Activity – Smoking Weed
• Hobbies – painting, photography

Dave Sitek Facts

1. He grew up in Columbia, Maryland with his brothers and a mother who was a teacher with a degree in child psychology.
2. His mother never stood in his way of exploring new things, which led to Dave starting a hardcore band by the age of 14 and doing band practices at home.
3. He was interested in music from an early age due to the influence of his aunt Paula when she was with Jimi Hendrix and bands such as Talking Heads and Blondie .
4. Dave Sitek formed a band TV on Radio in 2011 based in Brooklyn, New York. It had a total of 5 core members – himself, Tunde Adebimpe, Kyp Malone, Jaleel Bunton and Gerard Smith who passed away in 2011. They have worked with well-known bands such as Celebration , Yeah Yeah Yeahs , Nine Inch Nails , Drachen von Zynth as well as David Bowie, a well-known English singer who passed away on January 10, 2016.
5. He worked at a coffee shop with Kyp Malone, who later became his TV radio bandmate, as well as Chris Taylor, who was best known as the bassist for the rock band Grizzly Bear .
6. Dave Sitek released Maximum Ballon, a self-titled solo album through Interscope Records in 2010. He has had guest appearances from artists such as Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone, his TV on Radio bandmates, David Byrne, founding member of Talking Heads , and Karen O, a singer of the Rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs .
7. Dave has produced albums for the rock band Colts titled Antidote in 2008, Telepathe , an electro-pop duo, for their album Dance Mother in 2009, as well as singers such as Holly Miranda on her The Magician’s Private Library (2010) album and Daniel Higgs on his Tell God album (2010).
8. He submitted an original solo track for the Dark Was the Night charity compilation of songs by the Red Hot organization That Was and released on February 16, 2009.
9. In 2014 he collaborated with artists and singers such as Erik Hassle, Kelis and Francisca Venezuela and released an album titled Saat with his band.
10. Dave Sitek produced a song LoveHappy that was on the collaborative album between Beyoncé and Jay-Z, a real-life married couple, titled Everything Is Love , released June 16, 2018.
11. Despite collaborating with many indie rock bands in Brooklyn, he didn’t like where the music movement had gone in the 2nd decade of the 21st century as indie bands were claiming things that weren’t true just to attract attention. Because of this, he later moved to the West Coast in Beverly Hills, California, because he noticed that the people there were very self-centered, honest, and didn’t hide their true interests.
12. Dave Sitek produced the 13th album titled Weezer (Black Album) for American band Weezer, which was released on March 1, 2019 but received mixed to average reviews with a score of 56/100 from Metakritisch website.
13. He started smoking weed to escape problems as it allowed him to withdraw into himself and forget the outside world for a while.
14. He said that without marijuana, his creative process would still be the same, only he would be less focused and determined to get the job done.
15. Visit his band’s official website at www.tvontheradio.com.
16. Follow him on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Discogs.