David Lovering

David Lovering fascinates me because he refuses to fit a single label. Born in Massachusetts in 1961 with an engineering background from Wentworth, he became the drummer for the Pixies in 1986 and kept playing with bands like Cracker and Nitzer Ebb after the breakup. Then there is the twist: he performs as a magician. A technically trained mind that keeps time and pulls off illusions is exactly the sort of restless creativity I love. He turned his whole life into a kind of performance, drumming and conjuring in equal measure. I tip my hat to anyone that committed to staying interesting.

Name (English)

David Lovering

Name (Japanese)

デイヴィッド・ラヴァリング

Reading

でいゔぃっど・らゔぁりんぐ

Born

December 6, 1961 (age 64)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Ox

Origin

Burlington, Massachusetts, United States

Occupation

musician / drummer / magician

High school

Burlington High School

• Official sitehttps://www.davidlovering.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Lovering
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q739636

Tags

• Massachusetts
• musician
• drummer
• magician

Last updated

2026-06-23

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.