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| Sandino And The Leftists (1982) |
| Dave Dederer |
| Details here |
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The Big Heads of Pluturnus (1985-1987) |
| Dave Dederer - Guitar |
| Dave's old college band in Brown University. |
| Marie Delaney's Midnight Caravan (1989-1991) |
| Dave Dederer |
| Details here |
| The Dukes O'Pop (1987-?) |
| C. Ballew - Guitar, Piano, Violin D. Thiele - Chamer Dulcimer D. Dederer - Guitar Hero P. Franklin - Guitar, Drums I. Sterling - Bass T. Ballew - Little Baby |
| Band recorded a cassette "Toy Suprise" (limited to 50 copies). Some of the ideas and songs included in this cassette, we're later used on various PUSA recordings.
The Dukes O'Pop also played some live gigs. More about it on
concert pages 1975-1992 |
| Go! (1991-1993) |
| Dave Dederer - Guitar, Vocals Chris Ballew - Guitar, Vocals Dave Thiele - Drums, Vocals (1991-1992) |
| "Jason Finn saw the last Go! show, at The Crocodile Cafe, and for
two years begged to be in whatever the next band Chris and I would be
forming...which led to his joining PUSA in late 1993" - Dave Dederer Go!'s version of Monkey River is on Monkey River CD. |
| Dynamic Duo (1993) |
| Chris Ballew - Vocals, Basitar Dave Dederer - Guitbass |
| Duo by Chris and Dave. They played live show(s) under this name in 1993. |
| The Lo-Fis (1993) |
| Chris Ballew - Vocals, Basitar Dave Dederer - Guitbass |
| Duo by Chris and Dave. They played live show(s) under this name in 1993. |
| Pure Frosting (1993) |
| Chris Ballew - Vocals, Basitar Dave Dederer - Guitbass |
| Duo by Chris and Dave. They played live show(s) under this name in 1993. PUSA also named their B-side collection album as "Pure Frosting". |
| The Presidents Of The United States Of America (1993-present) |
| Chris Ballew - Vocals, Basitar, Keyboard Dave Dederer - Guitbass, Vocals (1993-2004) Jason Finn - Drums, Vocals Andrew McKeag - Guitbass, Vocals (2004-present) |
| Also known as PUSA/PotUSA/The Presidents Of The USA. |
| The Quitters (1998-2000) |
| Chris Ballew - Vocals, Bass, Keyboard Dave Dederer - Guitar Jason Finn - Drums |
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Name Quitters appeared first time on Jason Finn's drum kit on the "Video
Killed The Radio Star" video back in 1998. It was a reference about the
Presidents quitting, but on 24th January 2000, mysterious song: "The
Quitters - Jupiter" appeared on Musicblitz website. It was meant to be an
one-off reunion to make a favor to an old friend that worked on Musicblitz,
but later on it lead to a whole new PUSA album. "They quickly found out they couldn't use that name (The Quitters) and have reverted back to using The Presidents. "I liked the Quitters but apparently there's some band in Syracuse New York called The Quitters and they are extremely fond of their name. They found out we were using it and told us in no uncertain terms to stop. We liked the names The Quitters and if they hadn't of called us on it we would have kept using it" Dave said." When the full album was done, the band wanted a new label in Australia, and they would really liked it to be Sony. Things might have gone wrong in the US, but the Presidents always liked the way how Sony Australia worked. Dave even wanted the band to tour Australia, but Chris wasn't interested. |
The Cowboys (1997-?) |
| Ian Fisher: Lead Vocals Jeff Cerar: Guitar Jack Hanan: Bass Mark Borden: Drums Paul Brownlow: Keyboards Dean Helgeson: Drums Marty Waychoff: Drums Ernie Sapiro: Guitar Mark Guenther: Drums Dave Dederer: Guitar |
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Click here for more details Includes pictures and video of Dave performing with the Cowboys. |
SUbSET (1998-2000) |
| Sir Mix-A-Lot - Vocals Chris Ballew - Vocals, Bass, Keyboard Dave Dederer - Guitar, Bass Jason Finn - Drums Mike "Outtasite" Singleton - Vocals |
| "SUbSET was a much-anticipated collaboration between Seattle rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot and grunge jokesters the Presidents of the United States of America, albeit one that never quite got off the ground.
The seeds of SUbSET were first planted circa 1997, with a collaborative Jimi Hendrix cover the original purpose. Instead, Mix and the Presidents --
guitarist Dave Dederer, bassist Chris Ballew, and drummer Jason Finn -- eventually worked on a bit of original material, drawing from their collective disillusionment with the music industry.
Mix brought the Presidents on-stage to perform the result, "Addicted to the Fame," at a live gig in Seattle in 1998. The crowd went wild, and the quartet decided to pursue their unlikely new direction further,
eventually christening themselves SUbSET. They played several showcase gigs in Seattle, and also recorded approximately one album's worth of material over 1999, provoking intense curiosity even beyond their
own respective fan bases. SUbSET mounted a small-scale tour of the West Coast in early 2000, but unfortunately split up in its wake. Part of the reason was a lack of enthusiasm for the process of putting out
and supporting a record, and musical differences also played a part (Mix wanted to experiment with alternative metal and industrial sounds).
To date, none of the band's recordings have been officially released, though many have been leaked on the Internet." Steve Huey, All Music Guide
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| Juke (1998-?) |
| Darren Loucas - Vocals, Guitar Dave Dederer - Bass |
| details here |
Loaded (1999-2001) |
| Duff McKagan - Vocals, Bass Geoff Reading - Drums, Vocals Dave Dederer - Guitar |
| Loaded recorded Japan only CD "Dark Days" with Dave Dederer. |
| The Gentlemen (formerly known as The Uptights) (2000-2001) |
| Duff McKagan - Vocals, Bass Dave Dederer - Vocals, Guitar Jason Finn - Drums (2001) |
| Also known as The Gents "The Gentlemen was a two-man band consisting of Duff McKagan and Dave Dederer (formerly of The Presidents Of The United States Of America). They were originally called The Uptights and later had a third member Jason Finn. They did some shows in 2000-2001. Album was planned to be released by Orange Recordings...." - source |
| Carrie and Dave (2007-?) |
| Carrie Akre - Vocals Dave Dederer - Guitar |
| Carrie and Dave performed various shows in Seattle area. |
The Iconics (2007-?) photo by nnlove |
| Chris Ballew - Vocals, Dave Dederer - Guitar Andrew McKeag - Guitar Mike Musburger - Drums Jeff Fielder - ? Ty Bailie - ? |
| Seattle all-star band the Iconics |