Dave Willey
Dave Willey  | |
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Willey with Thinking Plague at the 19th Olympic Experimental Music Festival, Olympia, Washington, June 2013  | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1963 (age 61–62) United States  | 
| Genres | Avant-rock, experimental | 
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer | 
| Instrument(s) | Accordion, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards | 
| Years active | 1980s–present | 
| Labels | Prolific, Altrock | 
Dave Willey (born 1963) is an American experimental musician and composer, best known as the co-founder and member of the Boulder, Colorado-based avant-rock group Hamster Theatre. He is also a member of Thinking Plague and 3 Mice. He has released two solo albums and has performed with Hamster Theatre and Thinking Plague in the United States and Europe.
In a biography at AllMusic, Dave Lynch described Willey's music as "uncompromising, challenging, and adventurous but also engaging and tuneful".