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{{Short description|American musician (born 1963)}}
{{Notability|Music|date=April 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = David Wm. Sims
| image           = David Wm. Sims.jpg
| caption         = with Scratch Acid on August 12, 2011
| birth_name      = David William Sims
| alias           =
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1963|9|17|mf=y}}
| birth_place     = [[Austin, Texas]], United States
| death_date      =
| instrument      = Bass, guitar
| occupation      = Musician, songwriter
| years_active    = 1982–present
| genre           = {{Flatlist|
*[[Alternative rock]]
*[[noise rock]]
*[[post-punk]]
*[[Experimental music|experimental]]
*[[ambient music|ambient]]
*[[drone metal|drone doom]]
*[[post-rock]]}}
| label           = [[Touch and Go Records|Touch and Go]]<br />[[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| associated_acts = [[Scratch Acid]]<br />[[Rapeman]]<br />[[The Jesus Lizard]]<br />[[Unfact]]
| website         = [http://www.davidwmsims.com/ davidwmsims.com]
}}

'''David William Sims''' (born September 17, 1963) is an American musician, best known as the bass guitarist of the bands [[Scratch Acid]] (with whom he initially played guitar), [[Rapeman]], and [[the Jesus Lizard]]. He has also recorded or performed with [[Sparklehorse]], [[Rhys Chatham]], [[Shivaree (band)|Shivaree]], [[Pigface]], [[Flour (band)|Flour]], and others. Sims currently performs experimental solo electric bass as Unfact.

Sims was born and raised in [[Austin, Texas]].<ref name=rs95/> His parents were an American-history professor and a nurse.<ref name=rs95>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/america-welcome-to-the-jesus-lizard-194360/|title=America, Welcome to the Jesus Lizard|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Diehl|first=Matt|date=August 10, 1995|access-date=November 24, 2019}}</ref> Besides being a musician, Sims is a [[Certified Public Accountant]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/davidwmsims|title=David Wm. Sims|website=Twitter|quote=Bassist for the Jesus Lizard, Scratch Acid, unFact, and others. Certified Public Accountant, licensed in New York|access-date=November 24, 2019}}</ref> and blogged on his personal website from 2008 to 2011, with only updates subsequently. In a ''Kreative Kontrol'' podcast in 2014, it was discussed that Sims "always had issues with the name" of Rapeman and that it was "the biggest musical regret" of his life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vishkhanna.com/2014/04/18/ep-92-the-jesus-lizard-week-with-david-wm-sims/ |title=Ep. #92: The Jesus Lizard Week with David Wm. Sims |website=Kreative Kontrol (vishkhanna.com) |date=April 18, 2014 |access-date=November 24, 2019}}</ref> He lives in [[New York City]].

==Solo discography (as Unfact)==
* 2010 "Dead Wasp" 7" single (Ox-Ghost Recordings)
* 2010 "Bleached Valentine" - split LP with Noveller (Ox-Ghost Recordings/Saffron Recordings)

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121014115643/http://www.davidwmsims.com/ Web site of David Wm. Sims]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110805161024/http://www.montrealmirror.com/2010/082610/music3.html Interview with the Montreal Mirror]
*[https://ihrtn.net/unfact-david-wm-sims-interview/ Interview with I Heart Noise]

{{Scratch Acid}}
{{Rapeman}}
{{The Jesus Lizard}}
{{Pigface}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American rock bass guitarists]]
[[Category:Post-hardcore musicians]]
[[Category:Noise rock musicians]]
[[Category:1963 births]]
[[Category:Musicians from Austin, Texas]]
[[Category:Guitarists from Texas]]
[[Category:American male bass guitarists]]
[[Category:Scratch Acid members]]
[[Category:Rapeman members]]
[[Category:The Jesus Lizard members]]
[[Category:20th-century American bass guitarists]]
[[Category:20th-century American male musicians]]
[[Category:Pigface members]]


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