Who is Michael Davenport?
Michael Sean Davenport (born 13 September 1968) is an American musician. Davenport is bass guitarist for The Ataris, joining the band in 1997 prior to the album Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits in which Davenport co-wrote the song "In Spite of the World". He also played bass on the album End Is Forever and the EP Look Forward to Failure on Fat Wreck Chords. After numerous recordings, tours, and a major label release with The Ataris, So Long Astoria in which he co-wrote the song "The Hero Dies in this One" about his father Francis Jay Davenport, who died in a car accident in Santa Barbara county when Davenport was 19 years old. Davenport played bass on Live at the Metro. In 2005, Davenport left the band after the Ataris headed in a different musical direction. In 2005 Davenport appeared in the documentary movie Punk's Not Dead. Davenport went on to form the band Versus the World with the employees of The Ataris record store Down on Haley. Versus the World put out a self-titl...
