Dave Georgeff is an American

United States

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 musician

Musician

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. Born in Naperville, Illinois, and raised in nearby Downers Grove, Georgeff is a graduate of the Musicians Institute

Musicians Institute

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 in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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Georgeff is a member of the Los Angeles indie rock

Indie rock

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 combo, Sign of the Fox. He previously played bass guitar

Bass guitar

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 with mid-1990s Interscope

Interscope Records

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-signed California pop punk

Pop punk

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 band, Wax

Wax (rock band)

Wax is a Los Angeles, California based punk rock band that emerged during the pop punk resurgence of the early 1990s, and includes Joe Sib, Tom "Soda" Gardocki, Dave Georgeff, and Loomis Fall. The band is best known for their MTV buzz clip video "California," directed by Spike Jonze.-History:Wax...

. Wax gained notoriety for their music videos, directed by Spike Jonze

Spike Jonze

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, which received considerable play on MTV

MTV

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 in the mid-1990s.

Georgeff works in the music industry in a consulting capacity. He served as a music consultant on the film Jackass Number Two.

Georgeff long-ago adopted the alter-ego "Burdie Cutlass," and veterans of the California punk scene

California punk scene

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still call him that to this day.