HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Sunday afternoon, the community gathered to honor Huntsville legend “Microwave Dave” Gallaher with a music-filled graduation celebration. Microwave Dave passed away in February, but his legacy lives on. One of his former bandmates, Rick Godfrey, told News 19 how Microwave Dave and the Nukes got started. “We worked together, I had a stained glass and woodworking shop, that’s how I met him,” Godfrey said. This was back in 1989.