HOWARD NAVE IS A BAY AREA NATIVE. HE WAS BORN IN PALO ALTO AND WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL IN SAN JOSE, WHERE HE WAS VOTED "CLASS CLOWN". HE SANG IN THE CHOIR AND SOON WAS SINGING IN SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY'S MUSIC DEPARTMENT. HOWIE GRADUATED A BA IN MUSIC FROM HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY. HE PRETTY MUCH TAUGHT HIMSELF GUITAR AND PERFORMED ON CAMPUS AND AROUND TOWN AS A WAY TO PICK UP A FEW EXTRA BUCKS.

AFTER COLLEGE, HOWIE WROTE FOR SEVERAL SOUTH BAY ENTERTAINMENT PUBLICATIONS. HE INTERVIEWED SUCH NOTABLE COMEDIANS AS JAY LENO, GALLAGHER, PAULA POUNDSTONE, KEVIN POLLOCK, AND RODNEY DANGERFIELD. HE WAS A PERFORMER IN SEVERAL OF THE MOVIE OF THE WEEK SERIES FOR TELEVISION. HE HAD A SPOT WITH LINDSAY WAGNER IN THE NBC MOVIE "BABIES" AND APPEARED WITH HARRY HAMLIN IN THE CBS PRODUCTION "KERN COUNTY MURDERS". HE APPEARED IN THE LOCAL PRODUCTION "I WAS A BAD TEENAGE MOVIE" WHICH WAS CREATED, IN PART, BY RADIO PERSONALITY DENNIS ERECTUS.

NAVE HAS RELEASED SEVERAL RECORDS OF ORIGINAL MATERIAL WHICH FEATURES ORIGINAL COMEDY SONGS. DR. DEMENTO, WHO'S NATIONAL RADIO PROGRAM (THE DR. DEMENTO SHOW) HELPED INTRODUCE "WEIRD AL" TO THE WORLD, PLAYS MANY OF HOWIE'S SONGS ON A REGULAR BASIS.