David Readman (born 6 July 1970) is an English singer best known as the vocalist of
hard rock
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band
Pink Cream 69
Pink Cream 69 is a German hard rock/ heavy metal band founded in 1987 in Karlsruhe by Andi Deris, Dennis Ward, Kosta Zafiriou and Alfred Koffler. The band gained their first contract by winning music magazine ''Metal Hammer''s newcomer compe ...
and former vocalist of
progressive metal
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band
Adagio
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. He released a solo album in 2007 and was part of German guitarist Alex Beyrodt's band
Voodoo Circle
Voodoo Circle, also known as Alex Beyrodt's Voodoo Circle, is a German hard rock band founded in 2008, as a project of Silent Force guitarist Alex Beyrodt (currently also playing with heavy metal band Primal Fear) who had the idea to re-think ...
, from 2008 to 2016, returning in 2020.
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
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. 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 (Ostrogoth, guitars).
Readman joined British heavy metal band
Tank
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in 2017. In October of the same year, a new project called Pendulum of Fortune came out, featuring Readman with Bodo Schopf, Franky R. and led by Vladimir Shevjakov.
In 2020, while the world was being plunged into a lockdown along with Julien Spreutels, Francesco Mattei, Nicolas Spreutels and Dennis Thomas, founde
Immunity for the Masses and released their first track ‘Welcome To This Nightmare’ a project that defied all laws of music by being written and fully produced remotely from all corners of Europe all within two weeks.
Early life
Readman was born in
Burnley
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,
Lancashire
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, and attended
Towneley High School
Unity College is a mixed 11-16 comprehensive school in Burnley, Lancashire, England.
History Former school
Towneley High School originally opened in 1941. During its history it had been a technical school, an all-boys school, and latterly a m ...
.
Discography
Solo
*''David Readman'' (2007)
*''Medusa'' (2022)
Pink Cream 69
*''
Change
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'' (1995)
*''
Food for Thought'' (1997)
*''
Electrified
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'' (1998)
*''Live'' (1999)
*''
Sonic Dynamite
''Sonic Dynamite'' is the seventh album by German band Pink Cream 69.
Track listing
Personnel
*David Readman - vocals
*Alfred Koffler - guitar
*Dennis Ward (musician), Dennis Ward - bass
*Kosta Zafiriou - drums
Guest Musicians
*Günther Werno ...
'' (2000)
*''
Mixery'' (2000)
*''
Endangered
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'' (2001)
*''
Thunderdome'' (2004)
*''
In10sity
''In10sity'' is the tenth studio album by Pink Cream 69. It is the first album to feature additional guitarist Uwe Reitenauer and also celebrates the band's 20th year making music.
Track listing
*Only on the Japanese release, track 12 "My Dark ...
'' (2007)
*''
Ceremonial
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'' (2013)
*''Headstrong'' (2017)
Adagio
*''
Sanctus Ignis'' (2001)
*''
Underworld
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...
'' (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)
* ''Locked & Loaded'' (2021)
Room Experience
* ''
Room Experience'' (2015)
Almanac
* ''Tsar'' (2016)
* ''Kingslayer'' (2017)
Pendulum of Fortune
* ''Searching for the God Inside'' (2017)
* ''Return To Eden'' (2019)
Tank
*''Re-Ignition'' (2019)
Immunity for the Masses
* ''Welcome to This Nightmare'' (2020)
As a guest
Misha Calvin
*''Evolution II'' (1995) (under the name Dave Twose)
D. C. Cooper
*''
D. C. Cooper'' (1999) (backing vocals)
Silent Force
Silent Force is a German power metal band with neoclassical and progressive influences, founded by guitarist Alex Beyrodt.
Band history
The band was formed in 1999 by German guitarist Alex Beyrodt ( Sinner, Primal Fear, Voodoo Circle, T ...
*''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
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'' (2013)
*''
Kingdom of Rock
''Kingdom of Rock'' is the second full-length studio album by Swedish heavy metal songwriter, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and producer Magnus Karlsson.
It was released under the project name ''Magnus Karlsson's Free Fall'' on 6 November ...
'' (2015)
Thomas Zwijsen
* ''Perferct Storm, Nylonized Album'' (2014)
Luca Turilli's Rhapsody
Luca Turilli's Rhapsody (often simply referred by itself as Rhapsody, LT's Rhapsody or Turilli's Rhapsody) was an Italian symphonic power metal band created and led by Luca Turilli after his split from Rhapsody of Fire, also including German, ...
*''
Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus
''Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus'' (Latin: "Prometheus, Symphony: The Divine Fire", also sometimes stylized as ''Prometheus — Symphonia Ignis Divinus'' or ''Prometheus: Symphonia Ignis Divinus'') is the second and final studio album by Ita ...
'' – lead vocals on "King Solomon and the 72 Names of God" (2015)
Thomas Blug – ''Blug Plays Hendrix'' (2010)
*Thomas Blug – guitar
*David Readman – vocals
*Reggie Worthy – bass
*Wolf Simon – drums
*special guests – Dreist
References
External links
Official David Readman websiteOfficial Pink Cream 69 websiteOfficial Voodoo Circle websiteDavid Readman (Room Experience, Pink Cream 69, ex-Voodo Circle) – ,,I’m sure we are ready to hit the stage…“
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1970 births
Living people
Musicians from Burnley
English male singers
English heavy metal singers
Pink Cream 69 members
Tank (band) members
Adagio (band) members
21st-century English singers
21st-century British male singers
Frontiers Records artists
AFM Records artists