Born in Oxford, David was raised in England, Canada, Thailand, and Malaysia, the East Village in New York and now lives in Montreal. He has a degree in Political Science from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.
With his band, and as a solo artist, David has sold over 1.3 million records.
He has won 5 Junos (the Canadian Grammy) including 2002 Pop Album of the Year. Also in Canada, he has had 10 different singles hold the #1 spot on radio, and 10 singles in the top ten. David has also had “top ten” and “top twenty” radio singles in England, Germany, Switzerland, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Poland, Russia, Hungary, Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic, Israel, Greece, Italy, France, The Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan.
David has traveled to Burma for WarChild to film a documentary on children affected by war. He has performed for Fashion Cares and is presently part of the campaign to Make Poverty History. David has also recently finished a cover version of John Lennon’s “Watching the Wheels” for Amnesty International.
Twitter Updates
love the mixes, starting to feel like we are almost done, what a long road from an idea a year ago to the ... http://u.deqq.com/4GbLZ
about 5 hours ago
@markevans thats 2010 :) i love it when my fingers fumble the send button
04:37 AM December 18
@markevans happy holidays mark! see you at mesh 200
04:36 AM December 18
mixing really messes with my mind, no matter how many times i do it, the process is still confusing and a ... http://u.deqq.com/M3iyV
03:40 AM December 18
listening to the mix is always an interesting process, im trying not to stay married to the ruff mixes (aka ... http://u.deqq.com/aM0x6
03:35 AM December 17