Los Angeles alt-rock quintet Davis Waits was led by singer/guitarist Ken Kunin, a onetime bouncer and karate black belt who previously taught hand-to-hand combat in the Marines and later became a private trainer in Hollywood. Kunin formed Davis Waits with lead guitarist and longtime collaborator Bruce Burchmore, with whom he'd previously teamed in Jet Jaguar; bassist Jeff Lesh, keyboardist Angelo Metz and drummer Joel Albrecht completed the line-up for the band's 1999 full-length The Evolution of.... ~ Jason Ankeny