(US) • Born Fri 29 Jun 1956 ♋ (69 years, 5 months, 6 days, 25361 total living days)Bands (2 numbers or more)
Bands misc (4 numbers or more)
Releases (16 numbers or more)
- The Orange Album ((unknown date) Aug 1978)
- Frost and Fire (Sat 31 Jan 1981)
- King of the Dead (Mon 02 Jul 1984)
- Cirith Uncool / Sara’s Uncool ((unknown date) Dec 1985)
- One Foot In Hell (Tue 12 Aug 1986)
- VENTURA the band ((unknown date and month) 1989)
- Paradise Lost (Fri 23 Aug 1991)
- Servants of Chaos (Sat 05 May 2001)
- One Foot In Fire – A Tribute To Cirith Ungol ((unknown date and month) 2005)
- The Heresiarch (Wed 29 Nov 2017)
- Witch’s Game (Fri 05 Oct 2018)
- I’m Alive (Fri 25 Oct 2019)
- Forever Black (Fri 24 Apr 2020)
- Half Past Human (Fri 28 May 2021)
- Dark Parade (Fri 20 Oct 2023)
- Live at the Roxy (Fri 25 Apr 2025)
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Text: ~1986 • Photo: Feb 1982 or earlier
Name: Robert Garven
Instrument: Drums
Residence: Nadsokor
Major Influences: Enzo Ferrari, Bruce Lee, Michael Moorcock, Michael Whelan, King Kong Bundy, Conan, Secular Humanism
Musical Goals: To build, combine, a world tour
Hobbies: Martial arts, anthropology, ichthyology, exotic Italian cars
Favorite Bands: Sir Lord, Dust, Night Sun, Mountain, Budgie
Personal Goals: To own a stable of Ferraris
Personal Quote: “The Evil Dead”
Drums 🥁 and vocals 🎤1972 – 1992 and 2015 – now. Old official page was drums from 1971 – 1993.
Robert Garven, Rob, Robbie Garvin, Robert William Garven Jr., 🐺 Wolf Man, caveman or Master of Disaster, was and is the drummer of Cirith Ungol. Mentor is lovecraft. In many ways the mastermind behind Cirith Ungol. He was the only member who was in the band from the start to the end of the band’s caréer. He also did individual paintings for their concert flyers and for some of their songs. He had written on One Foot in Fire – A tribute to Cirith Ungol.
He born in San Antonio, Texas, but moved to Ventura later in 1966. Sister was Heather, husband of her was Bob Sanders, wife was Rose Latourell, (Lynn Latourell), father Bill (R.I.P. 28 Dec 1998) & mother MaryEanes Garven (08 Jul 1922 – R.I.P. 04 May 2012)[1][2][3]. Classmates were Greg Lindstrom, Jerry Fogle, Neil Beattie, Patrick Galligan and Tim Baker. Robert’s name day is 19 Jan in the USA.
| Address before in Ventura: | Address now in Ventura: |
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| Cirith Ungol c/o Robert Garven Jr. 349 North Aliso, Suite A Ventura, California 93001-2103 USA | Cirith Ungol c/o Robert Garven Jr. 324 Estrella St. Ventura, CA 93003-1604 USA |
He was asked by Perry Grayson to play drums for Falcon about 2002, but unfortunately he refused, as he hadn’t played drums for ten years. Instead, he recommended Greg Lindstrom to play with him.
He was at the meet and greet/signing session at Frost and Fire Fest (Sat 17 Oct 2015) in USA, Keep it True (Sat 30 Apr 2016) in Germany and officially returned to the stage at the Frost and Fire Fest II (Sat 08 Oct 2016) in USA.
I was born on the same day Dino Ferrari tragically passed in 1956. I have spent my entire life as a Ferrari enthusiast. Enzo Ferrari personally responded to a letter I sent him when I was 13, also sending me an autographed photo. This just reinforced my love for all things Ferrari.
My life’s dream was to own a Ferrari. I am very proud, that the car I am caretaker of, a 1975 Dino 308 GT4 #10766, won 3rd in class at the Concorso Italiano one of the largest Ferrari gatherings ever in 2004, honoring the “Dino”.
I consider myself an authority on this model after studying it for over 20 years. Even most Ferrari judges do not know the whole story on this car. Many were modified by dealers, prior to the original sale, as specified in Ferrari’s Technical Information Bulletin 265/1. It is one of the most underrated, undervalued and misunderstood Ferrari ever made. Enzo Ferrari took a direct role in its development. Niki Lauda, who was World Champion along with Ferrari in 1975, helped fine tune the suspension for maximum performance. It is one the best handling, most comfortable and arguably beautiful Ferrari from this era. Designed my Marchello Gandini, its wedge shaped design which was futuristic at its conception has been embraced over time by those who understand its understated simplicity and function. I feel very lucky indeed that I have been able to spend almost 20 years with this extraordinary automobile. (Rob at LinkedIn)
Recommend in music
Greg gave me two albums and said, “Hey I bet you’ll like these guys”. One was a band they played with Fireball Ministry, another was ASKA a band from Texas their album Avenger is phenomenal! There is also a band in Italy Domine, that has Elric on all their album covers and I really like their album Emperor of the Black Runes . I was also blown away by the covers to our songs that just came out on the Cirith Ungol tribute album. I think some of the versions of our songs are better than our original versions! I also got some Riot albums from Germany I never heard and they kick ass! I am also finding music I never heard. It is funny that you can still discover bands 20 years after they put out there work and be blown away by them. Another album I loved was from a band called Mrs. Hippie, thought they were great but the record company said they sold few cd’s so what is new!
from Diabolical Conquest
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- picture of a drum set William F Ludig sent me it was one of the prototype stainless steel sets that John Bonham later used
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- Rob Garven
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- Rob behind the mask
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- A signed photo: “This is a one of a kind Cirith Ungol print made from the original negative on Kodak paper. It was taken by Greg Hazard, and is 30.5×20″. I think it was taken at the Beverly Theater, in Beverly Hills, CA but not sure. I was a co-founder and drummer for the band for 21 years. If desired I will sign and personalize. It should be framed and matted and is currently rolled up but in excellent shape. Hard times forces sale. You will never see another one of these”
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- Steven Spielberg’s E.T.
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- here is that original chrome wrapped over acrylic set on its way back to Ludwig! -Rob (reference to William F. Ludwig Jr.)
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- Rob & “Rob” with Elric Demonslayers
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- Rob wrapped in 2 inch tape, Paradise-Lost, Goldmine Studios
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- 2xTim and 2xRob. Foster park bowl
Websites/profiles:
- Alpha Shooters (login)
- Amazon
- Classmates
- Drum Chat
- Drumforum
- DrummerWorld (login)
- eBay (usr/rgarven) Member since: 15 Jun 1999 – but removed/renamed about May 2025 or before
- eBay (usr/robearg) Member since: 15 Jun 1999 – now
- Etsy
- FerrariChat
- Ferrarilist Owners Gallery
- Homepage (dead) / Homepage (archive)
- Imgur
- Martial Arts
- Metal Archives
- Metal Gods: A Tribute to Judas Priest (contributor)
- MySpace (almost dead) / MySpace (archive)
- Quora
- Substack
- Threads
- Tumblr
- Wikipedia
- YouTube (1) (almost dead)
- YouTube (2)
- CU@FB
Hey Rob, Dave Lawson here. Been many years and I’m impressed with the comeback. I actually was I attendance at the ventura theater show 2015.
Reason I’m reaching out is while watching hulu new series ” Into the void” I could clearly hear Cirith ungol “King of the dead” as the shows theme song. I looked it up and they claim that it is Black Sabath ” (into the void) which I know is incorrect. Did you license the song to them?
Hope thus finds you well
David Lawson
Mohave valley AZ