Dave Dederer, best known as guitarist and singer for the Presidents of the United States of America, was born on October 5, 1964. An alumnus of Seattle, Washington's Bush School and Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, he founded the Presidents with fellow Bush alumnus Christopher Ballew, with whom he had been playing in various bands for years. He has also been a member of The Gentlemen with former member of Guns n' Roses Duff McKagan.