Dave Rude (born June 14, 1978 in Oakland, California) is the guitarist of hard rock band Tesla. He also fronts his own rock act Dave Rude Band, where he sings and plays guitar.

Dave started playing guitar at 9 years of age and grew up near Berkeley California. His main musical influences are Guns N' Roses, Slash, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Joe Perry, Mike Campbell, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Living in the east SF bay area, Dave attended SFSU college for his history major, but decided to pursue his music career instead. As it turns out Dave was a huge fan of Tesla's “Five Man Acoustical Jam” album when he was a kid, but it was Guns N' Roses’ “Appetite for Destruction” that made him want to rock and be the axe shredder he is today. Dave played in the band called “The Servants” around the San Francisco club scene, before starting his own solo band aptly called “The Dave Rude Band.” That’s when he was discovered by Frank Hannon on his MySpace page and then joined Tesla in 2006 for the “Electric Summer Jam” tour. His first studio experience with Tesla was recording the critically acclaimed “Real to Reel” covers album. The new album “Forever More” will be Dave’s first studio album of all original music with Tesla His positive energy and undeniable talent on the guitar has proven to be a burst of greatness for Tesla.

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