{{short description|American rock guitarist}} '''David Nance''' is an American rock guitarist, singer and songwriter from Grand Island, Nebraska.
Nance was born in Grand Island and lived there as a child before moving to Omaha, where he gigged locally as a singer-songwriter.<ref name=vice>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/exploring-the-ragged-and-raw-rockn-roll-of-nebraska-songwriter-david-nance/ Exploring the Ragged and Raw Rock’n’ Roll of Nebraska Songwriter David Nance]. ''Vice'', July 2, 2016.</ref> He played live and self-produced and released lo-fi demo recordings which brought him local attention; some of these were whole-album covers of records such as ''Berlin'' by Lou Reed, ''Goats Head Soup'' by the Rolling Stones, and ''Beatles for Sale''.<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/david-nance-mn0001981277/biography Biography], ''Allmusic''</ref> In 2013 he relocated to Los Angeles where he recorded three albums' worth of material, all of which he scrapped, describing them as "failed attempts".<ref name=vice/> In 2016, his album ''More than Enough'' was picked up for distribution by Ba Da Bing Records. He followed in 2017 with a second release for Ba Da Bing, ''Negative Boogie'', and toured the United States after it was issued in July of that year.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/05/18/528832748/everybody-is-freaking-out-to-david-nances-new-dance-move-the-negative-boogie Everybody Is Freaking Out To David Nance's New Dance Move, The 'Negative Boogie']. ''NPR'', May 18, 2017.</ref> Despite having been recorded formally in a studio, the album retained the lo-fi styling of Nance's earlier work.<ref>[https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/omaha-rocker-david-nance-finally-hits-a-real-studio-and-thankfully-fails-to-clean-up-his-act/Content?oid=28397215 Omaha rocker David Nance finally hits a real studio—and thankfully fails to clean up his act]. ''Chicago Reader'', July 27, 2017.</ref>
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== *''Let's Argue'' (Unread MC 2012) *''Lush Bruises Suck Rice and Barley'' (Unread MC 2013) *''Actor's Diary'' (Grapefruit Records LP 2013) *''Half Assed for Posterity'' (Unread MC 2013) *''More Than Enough'' (Ba Da Bing LP 2016) *''Negative Boogie'' (Ba Da Bing LP 2017) *''Peaced and Slightly Pulverized'' (as David Nance Group) (Trouble In Mind LP 2018) *''Staunch Honey'' (Trouble In Mind LP 2020) *''David Nance & Mowed Sound'' (Third Man Records 2024)
=== Cover albums === *''Berlin'' (Self-released 2016) *''Goat's Head Soup'' (w/ Simon Joyner) (Grapefruit LP 2017) *''Doug Sahm and Band'' (Self-released 2017) *''Beatles for Sale'' (Self-released 2017) *''Duty Now for the Future'' (Self-released 2020)
=== Singles and EPs === *''Live at WFMU'' (Forward Fast MC 2016) *''Amethyst'' (Richie Records, Testostertunes 7" vinyl single 2017)
==Other appearances== *Simon Joyner – ''Ghosts'' (Sing, Eunuchs! 2LP 2012)
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