Dave Fortman  Dave Fortman (born July 11, 1967) is an American record producer, musician, and songwriter. As a producer Fortman has sold over 27 million records with credits including both of Evanescence's multi-platinum selling albums, "The Open Door" and "Fallen" as well as Slipknot's multi-platinum selling fourth studio album "All Hope Is Gone". David Richey Fortman was born in Orlando Florida. His mother Marge Ann Singleton Fortman was a Kindergarten teacher and his father Jon Richey Fortman a retired Biology Professor. His early musical years were developed in Covington Louisiana where he was in jr high school marching band as a trumpet player. Once in high school he joined with two other musicians John Licali and John McNeely in 1984 to form the band SX. In 1990 the band relocated to Los Angeles to search for a record deal which eventually led to Dave Fortman joining the band Sugartooth that same year. Through Sugartooth’s lawyer Dennis Rider, then Ugly Kid Joe’s manager, he met Ugly Kid Joe frontman Whitfield Crane and Guitarist Klaus Eichstadt. Dave Fortman joined Ugly Kid Joe in 1992 and played guitar on their multiplatinum selling album Americas Least Wanted. He also wrote the song “Busy Bee”. Dave would continue to play and write with Ugly Kid Joe until their demise in 1997 including multiple song writing credits on the albums "Menace to Sobriety" and "Motel California". Upon reforming in 2011, Dave played guitar and produced their most recent EP "Stairway to Hell" in 2012 as well as their full length album "Uglier Than They Used Ta Be" in 2015. In the summer of 2017 Dave rejoined the band on the road for their European tour for the first time since 1997. During this tour he performed with Amy Lee from Evanescence on stage at Graspop in Belgium when she sang "Cats in the Cradle" with the band. He has since toured with Ugly Kid Joe on their tour of Australia in December 2017 and an ‘Americas Least Wanted Anniversary tour’ in Europe in April 2018. Following the demise of Ugly Kid Joe in 1997, Fortman relocated back to Covington, Louisiana to start a small recording studio with longtime friend Gene Joanen called Balance Studios. Some of his early recording and productions included Phil Anselmo's Superjoint Ritual, Crowbar and Soilent Green.