David Readman
Quick Facts
Biography
David Readman (born 6 July 1970) is an English singer, best known as the vocalist of hard rock band Pink Cream 69 and former vocalist of progressive metal band Adagio. He released a solo album on 31 August 2007, and was part of German guitarist Alex Beyrodt's band Voodoo Circle, from 2008 to 2016.
In 2015, two new projects featuring Readman on lead vocals were announced. The first called Room Experience, is a melodic rock project led by Italian musician Gianluca Firmo, with a self-titled album released in May 2015. And the second is Almanac, the new heavy metal band led by former Rage guitarist Victor Smolski, which have an album released on 18 March 2016. In September 2016 it was announced he had reformed the David Readman Band, his solo band that he founded in Germany. It now features Dutch musicians Emile Marcelis (ex-Vengeance, bass), Eddie Claessens (VanDale, drums) and Bram Engelen (guitar).
Early life
Readman was born in Burnley, Lancashire, and attended Towneley High School.
Discography
David Readman
- David Readman (2007)
Pink Cream 69
- Change (1995)
- Food for Thought (1997)
- Electrified (1998)
- Live (1999)
- Sonic Dynamite (2000)
- Mixery (2000)
- Endangered (2001)
- Thunderdome (2004)
- In10sity (2007)
- Ceremonial (2013)
Adagio
- Sanctus Ignis (2001)
- Underworld (2003)
- A Band In Upperworld (2004)
Andersen/Laine/Readman
- III (Three) (2006)
Voodoo Circle
- Voodoo Circle (2008)
- Broken Heart Syndrome (2011)
- More Than One Way Home (2013)
- Whisky Fingers (2015)
Room Experience
- Room Experience (2015)
Almanac
- Tsar (2016)
As a guest
Misha Calvin
- Evolution II (1995) (under the name Dave Twose)
D. C. Cooper
- D. C. Cooper (1999) (backing vocals)
Silent Force
- The Empire of Future (2000)
Missa Mercuria
- Missa Mercuria (2002)
Delany
- Blaze and Ashes (2009)
Place Vendome
- Place Vendome (2005) (co-wrote "Heavens Door" and backing vocals)
Magnus Karlsson's Free Fall
- Free Fall (2013)
- Kingdom of Rock (2015)
Thomas Zwijsen
- Perferct Storm, Nylonized Album (2014)
Luca Turilli's Rhapsody
- Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus - Leading Vocals on "King Solomon And The 72 Names Of God" (2015)