{{Short description|British rock musician}} {{Notability|date=September 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Dave Parsons | image = | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|07|02|df=y}} | birth_place = | origin = | instrument = Bass guitar | genre = {{flatlist| * Alternative rock * grunge * punk rock<ref name="Glasper" /> }} | occupation = Musician | years_active = {{hlist|1981–2002|2025–present}} | current_member_of = Transvision Vamp | past_member_of = {{flatlist| * Bush * The Partisans }} }}
'''David Parsons''' (born 2 July 1966) is a British rock musician best known as the original bassist for the band Bush, which he joined in 1992 and left in 2002, when they went on hiatus. Prior to that, Parsons was a member of the punk group the Partisans (?–1984)<ref name="Glasper">{{cite book |last=Glasper |first=Ian |title= Burning Britain: The History of Punk 1980–1984 |year=2004 |publisher=Cherry Red Books |isbn=1-901447-24-3 }}</ref> and the alternative rock band Transvision Vamp (1986–1991).<ref name="jazzmalletpol">{{cite web | title = Jazz, Mallet, Pol | url = http://www.transvisionvamp.com/band/jazzmallettpol.html | access-date = 19 July 2009 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090228171749/http://transvisionvamp.com/band/jazzmallettpol.html | archive-date = 28 February 2009}}</ref> In 2025, Parsons rejoined a reformed Transvision Vamp.<ref>{{cite web|title="It's the band I feel sorry for!": Transvision Vamp's Wendy James talks releasing music in 2025 |url=https://www.theindiescene.co.uk/interviews/wendy-james |website=theindiescene.co.uk |date=8 August 2025 |access-date=21 September 2025}}</ref>
==Discography== {{columns-start}} ===with the Partisans=== {{Main|The Partisans (band)}} * ''Time Was Right'' (1984)
===with Transvision Vamp=== {{Main|Transvision Vamp}} * ''Pop Art'' (1988) * ''Velveteen'' (1989) * ''Little Magnets Versus the Bubble of Babble'' (1991) {{column}} ===with Bush=== {{Main|Bush discography}} * ''Sixteen Stone'' (1994) * ''Razorblade Suitcase'' (1996) * ''The Science of Things'' (1999) * ''Golden State'' (2001) {{columns-end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Transvision Vamp}} {{Bush}}
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