Nino Del Pesco Obituary (1959 - 2019)

Born Sep 06, 1959, Nino Del Pesco attended Righetti High School in Santa Maria, CA. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Nino Del Pesco.

Graduation Year	Class of 1977
Date of Birth	Sep 06, 1959
Date of Passing	Aug 14, 2019
About	Obituary At the time of his death, Nino lived in Oxnard and was a bass player, self-employed musician and screenwriter. He studied Psychology at UCLA from 1994 to 1996. Del Pesco started his career in 1978 with San Diego avant-garde band, Amazing Humans, who featured members of Young Americans, most notably multi-instrumentalist Dan Mareen, who would go on to play bass clarinet for Harry Partch before finally settling in Zurich. The band garnered immediate interest in the stage but was short lived. In 1979, Nino became a founding member of Puppies along with Dane Conover, Richard Filaccio, James Krieger, and Irene Liberatore. The new wave band was discovered by Kim Fowley and recorded single, “Mechanical Beat” on the Stiff America label. The single was produced by Liam Sternberg. From 1981-1983, Del Pesco played with country band Dick & Snuggle Bunnies before moving to Los Angeles and co-founding Lonesome Strangers with Jeff Rymes, Randy Weeks, and ex-Wall of Voodoo drummer, Joe Nanini. The band's debut album, Lonesome Pine, was produced by Pete Anderson and feature such notable artists as Chris Hillman and Al Perkins. The album was well received and garnered critical acclaim but was not a commercial success for the band. Nino left Lonesome Strangers in 1987 to form Snake Farm with Barry McBride and Gurf Morlix. Del Pesco also worked as an actor, most notably as guitar player in David Bowie's video for “Day-In Day-Out” and “This Note's for You” by Neil Young & The Bluenotes. In 1988, Nino joined Knights of Living Dead, who had demos produced by Dave Jerden and Warren Zevon. Between 1991-1996, Del Pesco went on hiatus to attend college, earning himself a BA degree in psychology from UCLA in 1996. Though college was a priority during that period, Nino still found time to play with various bands and continued to do session work. Del Pesco returned to music full-time in 1997, when he co-founded AntiProduct with Alex Kane from Life, Sex & Death, and Eddie Reuter. After Kane left the band in 1999, AntiProduct became Black Tongued Bells, which also featured guitarist Steve Dior. Both Dior and Del Pesco left the band in 2003. Del Pesco and Dior reunited in 2007 to record “Pretty Dope Fiend” which appeared in the film, “Who Killed Nancy?” and is featured in the opening of the official trailer. In 2005, Nino took a break from music to focus on screenwriting and in 2008 his first script, THIRD REALM, won the Cinestory Screenwriting Contest, dead Center Screenwriting Award, and took first place in the Omaha Film Festival's Feature Length Screenplay Category. THIRD REALM was also a finalist in Scriptapalooza and Sweet Auburn International Film Festivals Screenplay Category, Semi-Finalist in Final Drafts Big Break Contest, ReelHeART International Film Festival, Writemovies.com Screenwriting Contest 18 and made Top 10 in Bare Bones International Film & Music Festival's Screenplay Competition.