David Smith

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Biography

Australian songwriter, guitarist and vocalist for Australian synthpop band Boxcar and along with Noel Burgess makes up the duo that is, Gridlock. David Smith formed Boxcar in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, in 1986. The band continuously performed live but in a rock-dominated Australia, success was hard to come by. The group recorded some cassettes before signing with Volition in 1988. Voliton released Boxcar's first single, "Freemason," later that year and soon became a smash hit in the clubs. The track landed at number eight on the Billboard dance charts. In 1990, Boxcar recorded their debut album, Vertigo which produced another hit on the Billboard dance charts with "Gas Stop (Who Do You Think You Are?)", peaking at number 13. In addition to working on songs of their own, Boxcar remixed singles for Single Gun Theory, the Models, and Severed Heads in the early '90s. Boxcar released their second full-length, Algorhythm, in 1994. The band signed with England's Pulse8 Records in 1996. Boxcar reformed for gigs in Brisbane, Australia in 2007 and again in 2014; the latter as part of the band's inclusion in the BNE project; a book and music archive of underground electronic music production in Brisbane 1979-2014.

  • Name variations
  • D Smith·Dave Smith·Smith
  • Aliases
  • Dave Boxcar
  • Active years
  • 59
  • Boxcar·Celtic Kings Of Rock·Gridlock (4)
  • Primary profession
  • Visual_effects·camera_department·editorial_department
  • Country
  • Australia
  • Nationality
  • Australian
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 28 October 1872
  • Place of birth
  • Stonehouse· Gloucestershire
  • Death date
  • 2001-01-03
  • Death age
  • 59
  • Place of death
  • Santa Barbara· California
  • Cause of death
  • Accident
  • Residence
  • Auldearn
  • Children
  • Alex Smith
  • Education
  • University of Leeds·University of Leeds·Queen's University Faculty of Law·Colchester Royal Grammar School·Mount Albert Grammar School·University of Wisconsin–Madison·University of California· San Diego·King's College London·The
  • Knows language
  • English language·English language·English language·English language·English language·English language·English language·English language·English language·English language·English language·English language·English language·English language
  • Member of
  • Royal Society of Edinburgh·Humanists UK·Linnean Society of London·American Abstract Artists·ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle·Sussex County Cricket Club·Falkirk F.C.·Scotland national under-19 football team·Scotland national under-21 football team·Scotland national under-17 football team·Scotland national under-16 football team·Heart of Midlothian F.C.·Raith Rovers F.C.·Raith Rovers F.C.·Bristol City F.C.·England cricket team·Bradford Bulls·Leeds Rhinos·England national rugby league team·Wakefield Trinity·Carlisle RLFC·Workington Town·Widnes Vikings·Sydney Roosters·Newcastle Knights·Derbyshire County Cricket Club·Free State
  • Parents
  • Henry Smith

Music

Movies

TV

Books

Awards

Trivia

Brother of Albert E. Smith.

Brother of W. Steve Smith Jr..

Son of C. David Smith.

Father of Nicholas Smith (born January 2003), by an unidentified short-term girlfriend.

Father of Savannah Smith , by second wife Tiffany.

(October 2005) Currently Studying In a Local College

Commercials director in the U.S. and the U.K.

Quotes

The big question society will have to answer is whether it wants computers thinking like humans. .

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