Dave Gutter is the founder, vocalist, and frontman of indie rock groups Rustic Overtones, Paranoid Social Club, and Armies. He is a singer/songwriter/composer/producer who’s written songs with David Bowie, Imogen Heap, Gramatik, Eric Krasno, Aaron Neville, The Roots, Spose, Bensbeendead, Naughty by Nature, Tedeschi Trucks Band, and has had his works licensed by Netflix, Ubisoft, Hulu, Amazon, HBO, Warner, Fox, NBC and ABC.

Gutter has been renowned as one of the most perceptive and enigmatic lyricists of his time. His song “Letter to the President” is taught at Harvard as part of a literary class on protest music and “Stomping Ground” written by Gutter, as performed by Aaron Neville and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, is taught as part of the history of New Orleans music at Berklee School of Music.