Quick Facts
| Intro | American musician | ||||||
| A.K.A. | David Hoyt Lichtenstein, David Laredo | ||||||
| Is | Musician Audio engineer | ||||||
| From | United States of America | ||||||
| Field | Music | ||||||
| Gender | male | ||||||
| Birth | 9 October 1954 | ||||||
| Age | 69 years | ||||||
| Star sign | Libra | ||||||
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Biography
David Lichtenstein (born 9 October 1954) is an American singer, guitarist, drummer, and sound engineer.
Early life
David Lichtenstein was born as David Hoyt Lichtenstein on 9 October 1954 to American pop artist Roy Fox Lichtenstein and his first wife Isabel Sarisky, an interior designer. David is the elder brother of actor and director Mitchell Lichtenstein (born 1956).
Career
Lichtenstein began music while studying at Princeton, New Jersey, where he lived with his family. He started playing drums in fifth grade and started his first band in the seventh. Soon after, he began playing guitar.
He later began working in various recording studios in New York and eventually settled at Skyline Studios in the late 1970s. It was here that he met the Welsh musician and composer John Cale. He recorded the album Music for a New Society (1982) and Lichtenstein soon began working with Cale as a drummer. He later played on his 1984 studio album Caribbean Sunset and accompanied him to concerts.
After their partnership ended, Lichtenstein started playing with the band Cowboy Mouth. The band released an album called Cowboys and Indians in 1986.
During his career, Lichtenstein worked as a sound engineer with many other musicians, including Alan Vega, Chris Spedding, and The Fleshtones.
