David O'Brien

I always loved David's drumming on the first 'Animotion' album...means alot to me even to this day...especially on the Animotion song 'Everything's leading to you'..he had a natural flow as a drummer...great fills...wonderful rhythmic sense...so much drive...Rest in Peace dear David.

I just heard "Obsession" by Animotion, and remembered having worked with David at the Robertson Branch Library around that time, and thinking how cool it was to know someone with a hit. Sorry to discover that he has passed, and way too soon. He helped train me at the library, and was a real nice guy, easy going, and very funny. God rest.

I met Frenchy when he was the drummer for a group named Red Zone led by Jason Ball who was my next door neighbor on Lexington Ave. in Hollywood in the late 70's and early 80's. Before Animotion. Red Zone played at my and my ex's studio in downtown LA. We had a large studio there and Red Zone played there one night with another band for big party we had one night. Hundreds of people there. I started paying drums when I was 9 years old and recognize a good drummer when I saw and heard...

I got to know David back in 1967. He was a drummer in fledgling rock groups and part owner in a coffee house called Scorpio '69. We became friends for about 15 years while he lived in Silverlake and around LACC. During those years he joined several LA rock groups while working at the LA Library/main branch the at the library on Robertson in West Los Angeles. He was a fan of Howard Hawks movies and loved watching Fred Astaire movies. I last saw him in 1982 when he was a member of Red Shift....