D a v i d U s h e r
- David's birthday is April 24, 1966.
- He's a Taurus
- David and his long-time girlfriend Sabrina tied the knot on May 8th, 1997 at his
parent's house in Kingston, Ontario.
- David loves Tequila and Scotch
- David is the only member of Moist who does not smoke
- David's cautious when it comes to being near sick people... he is almost afraid to get sick, because he needs to keep his voice.
- He was in a rap band once, called "True Hype Crue," where in his first video, he was wearing an orange turtle neck, his hair was in a ponytail, and he was wearing a leather hat --dancing really funny!
- David has done some modelling, and has been given some scripts for acting oportunities, so who knows!
- David's mother is an artist, and is about 5 foot 3' (she's so cute!)
- David's father, Dan, is an Economics teacher at Queen's University
- David is half Jewish, and half Thai. . . beautiful combo, may I add!
- David has a sister named Ann, who lives in Norway, with her daughter Luna; she is
an Environmentalist
- David's best friend Tony, is sometimes thought of as David's brother, but David doesn't
have any brothers
- David loves to cook!
- He has the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen! There's just something about them!
- David has a degree in Political Science, from Simon Fraser University out in Vancouver
- He has a nice acoustic guitar, that he reportedy bought for only $70
- He loves to dance on stage, with his legs jiggling
- He loves to improvise while on stage
- David feels really uncomfortable when it comes to talking about his lyrics
- He believes that his lyrics are presented in the best way he has presented them, and hates it when people constantly asks him what a song means...he is more
interested in self-interpretation!
- David usually writes about issues that are sort of on the dark side of life; that's what he's interested in...
- David likes beeing physical with his bandmates, because that's one way he feels he can
connect to them, and because it's fun!!!
- He is influeced by a lot of rap stuff, like Lucious Jackson and Thw Beastie Boys
- Most of his lyrics are written on the influence of rap, in my opinion..
- David's nickname is "MonkeyBoy," I guess because he likes to "jump" on everyone!
- He also has another nickname, "Hollywood," because of how the media is so attentive to him!
(I guess!)
- He doesn't particularly like talking about his personal life, and he feels awkward when it
comes to questions about girlfriends, sex, and drugs...
- David made up the word "Crollow" in Freaky Be Beautiful. It doesn't really exist, he just liked the way it sounded. (thanx to Catt for that!)
- David danced in front of my mom's car once... it was really funny! She thought he was nuts!
- David was bitten by a shark when Moist were in Thailand! (poor guy 8-(
- In 1994, David's appendix ruptured, and he had to have surgury
- David used to go to a school where he had to wear a grey and white uniform!
(which he despised by the way!)
- David also used to attend KCVI High School in Kingston, Ontario
(his grade 10 yearbook photo is really cute! He has short hair!) As well as Queen's University
- His first guitar was red.
- David used to babysit this guy I met in Kingston. (Can you imagine David babysitting?)
- David is good friends with Gord Downie and Gord Sinclair from the Tragically Hip
(they went to the same high school) and when David was in grade 10, Gord was in grade 12.
- David has quit Tequila, so it is said; No longer does he sip the golden liquid, that tingles in your mouth.....no longer does he indulge in the sweet, taste of the world's best liqour.....no more does he drink---- okay, that's enough......
- Well, it has been brought to my attention that David has a certain passion for wearing a certain pair of pants... now commonly reffered to as THE PANTS..
- In March of 1998, David released his first solo effort entitled, "Little Songs", and since, it has gone Gold here in Canada
- David is now online, and has worked on his CD cover for "Little Songs" on his computer
- David used to go out with one of the singers from The West End Girls; he actually appears in one of their videos called, "Not Like Kissing You"...where he kisses her...its a really cute video!
- David also appears in the Sarah McLauchlan video for "Building a Mystery" - Sarah was looking for a dark and mysterious guy, and Nettwerk came to her with the idea of having David in the video!
- David has always been a great fan of the famous poet/lyricist/writer/musician Leonard Cohen (Montrealer), who is one of my favourite writers as well!
- David is currently in the process of writing a book!
- David has both ear's pierced
[David Usher]
[Mark Makowy] [Jeff
Pearce]
[Kevin Young] [Paul
Wilcox]
[The Band]
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