Who is the drummer of a major rock band who, in the years of the band's hiatus, re-invented himself as an on-stage experimentalist magician?

zbeckabee

David Lovering (born December 6, 1961) is an American musician and magician. He is best known as the drummer for the alternative rock band Pixies, which he joined in 1985. After the band's breakup in 1993, Lovering drummed with several other acts, including The Martinis, Cracker, Nitzer Ebb and Tanya Donelly. Towards the end of 1990s, Lovering's friend Grant-Lee Phillips took him to a magic convention. Lovering was very impressed by some of the illusions, and later said "I had to learn how to do it." As the Scientific Phenomentalist, Lovering performs science and physics experiments in a lab coat while on stage. He shuns traditional magic tricks, and prefers "things that are more mental, using mental powers." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lovering#The_Scientific_Phenomenalist_and_other_projects Aug 14 08, 7:46 AM

gentlegiant17

Way to go, zbeckabee! A funny anecdote, while i was watching "The Pixies Sell Out" DVD of their 2004 reunion tour, i kept saying to myself "this Lovering is a real magician". The next thing i open Wikipedia and there you go - he really is. Aug 14 08, 8:20 AM