Dave Greenfield
Dave Greenfield was born in Brighton, England, United Kingdom on March 29th, 1949 and is the Pianist. At the age of 71, Dave Greenfield biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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David Paul Greenfield, born 29 March 1949, Brighton, England), is the keyboardist with the English rock band the Stranglers.
Early life and education
Greenfield was born on March 29th, 1949, in Brighton, a south coast seaside resort. He learned guitar from an older schoolmate and spent a year in bands at American bases in Germany.
Career
Greenfield attempted to develop a music career in Germany and performed in bands in Britain and Germany as well as Germany while still working in his father's printing company and as a piano tuner. The Initials, The Blue Maxim, The Blue Maxim (on the single "Here Comes Summer," released by Major Minor Records in 1970), and progressive rock band Rusty Butler and Credo were among his bands in the United Kingdom.
He joined The Stranglers after auditioning in 1975, replacing Hans Wärmling. He lived with them until his death in 2020.
Greenfield's band Boys in Shadow released the single "Back to France" in 1981. Greenfield and Jean-Jacques Burnel released an album together in 1983, Fire & Water (Ecoutez Vos Murs), which was used as the soundtrack for the film Ecoutez vos murs, directed by Vincent Coudanne.
He was a musical perfectionist and could be uncomfortable in social situations; observations that were consistent with his illness but not revealed publicly during his lifetime as a high-functioning autistic.
Greenfield's playing style, especially on The Stranglers' debut album Rattus Norvegicus, has been compared to that of Ray Manzarek of the Doors. Jean-Jacques Burnel, who said that Greenfield had not heard of the Doors at the time, referred to them as well. Greenfield admitted that he knew a few Doors tracks, some being "Light My Fire" and "Riders on the Storm." However, he cited Rick Wakeman of Yes and Jon Lord of Deep Purple as his early influences. He was also known for his trademark style of playing rapid arpeggios. The use of Hohner Cembalet (model N), a Minimoog synthesizer, and later a Oberheim OB-Xa were among the early Stranglers recordings' distinctive sounds.
During recording for The Meninblack, which was later discarded by other members of The Stranglers, Greenfield wrote a piece of waltz-time harpsichord music, but the band didn't expect this to be their greatest hit "Golden Brown," with lyrics from Hugh Cornwell and music from Greenfield and Jet Black, although the band did not expect this to be a potential single. The band also received an Ivor Novello award in addition to its chart success.
Greenfield used a Korg VC-10 vocoder on the albums The Raven, The Gospel According to the Meninblack and Aural Sculpture, Greenfield used a Korg VC-10 vocoder. In "Genetix" when it compliments his own vocal and during Hugh Cornwell's monologue, as well as "Baroque Bordello" near the end of the song, there are two notable instances of this.
He also contributed harmony backing vocals to the band's albums, and performed lead vocals on a few of the band's early songs, as in Hugh Cornwell's book The Stranglers, Song By Song.