Dave Baksh

thumb|right Dave Baksh (born July 26, 1980) also known by his stage name Dave Brownsound, is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist of rock band Sum 41. Baksh quit Sum 41 in 2006 (not counting a guest appearance on stage in 2008) to pursue his own career in his heavy metal/reggae project Brown Brigade. He rejoined Sum 41 in 2015 and has released three subsequent studio albums with the band. He also played guitar for Organ Thieves, with two of his fellow Brown Brigade members and currently plays with the Canadian deathpunk four-piece Black Cat Attack. In 2019, Baksh co-founded the merchandise company Loud & Immortal. He joined Canadian hardcore punk band Comeback Kid in 2025. Quotes about Dave Baksh Sum 41’s brand of pop-punk leans more heavily on metal and hardcore influences than the majority of their peers, and it’s a take on the genre that’s won them many fans outside of the pop-punk scene. A big part of the band’s unique take on things is lead guitarist Dave ‘Brownsound’ Baksh, who’s currently in his second stint with Sum 41, having left in 2006 before rejoining for 2016’s sixth LP, 13 Voices. An accomplished player who takes the flare of heavy metal and applies it to Sum 41’s more streamlined sound, Baksh is a modern rock heavyweight. Jake Richardson of Loudwire (May 3, 2022) Never underestimate a punk or pop-punk guitarist, because some of them have chops far beyond the perceived boundaries of punk. The simplicity of pop-punk is part of the reason the genre blew up in the ‘90s and 2000s, but one of pop-punk’s biggest bands had a legit metal shredder in their arsenal. Sum 41’s Dave ‘Brownsound’ Baksh is well-known for his solo in “In Too Deep,” but it’s on songs like “The Bitter End” where his thrash-inspired shredding really rips. Graham Hartmann of Loudwire (November 14, 2022) External links