- Dave Gregory
is also the name of the first Australian cricket captain.
Dave Gregory (born September
21, 1952, in
Swindon,
Wiltshire,
England)
was the lead guitarist of the new
wave / rock
/ pop
band,
XTC,
from immediately prior to the recording of the Drums
and Wires LP
in 1979 to
his eventually leaving the band in 1999. He also contributed keyboards
and backing vocals
to their work.
Since leaving XTC Gregory has been much in demand as a session
musician with a number of artists including Peter
Gabriel, Aimee Mann, Cud, Marc Almond, Johnny
Hates Jazz, Jason Donovan, Martin
Newell, Louis Philippe, Lulu,
Mark
Owen, R. Stevie Moore and others. Gregory,
who has been regularly involved in Steve Hogarth's h-Band,
has also contributed to works by Porcupine Tree, including string
arrangements
on their sixth album, Lightbulb Sun,
and for Dublin group Pugwash Jollity.
Dave Gregory suffers from diabetes; in 2004 retinopathy
threatened to end his career but he has since made a full recovery,
continuing to work as the spirit moves him.
External links
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| Band
members: Andy Partridge • Colin Moulding
Former
band members: Dave
Gregory • Terry
Chambers • Barry Andrews
Discography
Studio
albums: White
Music (1978) • Go 2
(1978) • Drums
and Wires (1979) • Black
Sea (1980) • English
Settlement (1982) • Mummer
(1983) • The
Big Express (1984) • Skylarking
(1986) • Oranges & Lemons
(1989) • Nonsuch
(1992) • Apple
Venus Volume 1 (1999) • Wasp Star (Apple
Venus Volume 2) (2000)
The Dukes of Stratosphear
releases: 25 O'Clock
(1985) • Psonic
Psunspot (1987) • Chips from the
Chocolate Fireball (1987)
Compilations,
instrumentals, demos, live and tribute albums: Take Away / The Lure
of Salvage (1980) • Waxworks: Some
Singles 1977-1982 (1982) • Beeswax: Some
B-Sides 1977-1982 (1982) • The
Compact XTC (1987) • Explode
Together: The Dub Experiments 78-80 (1990) •
Rag and
Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers (1990) •
BBC Radio 1
Live in Concert (1992) • Drums
and Wireless: BBC Radio Sessions 77-89 (1994) •
A Testimonial
Dinner: The Songs of XTC (1995) • Fossil Fuel:
The XTC Singles 1977-92 (1996) • Upsy
Daisy Assortment (1997) • Transistor
Blast: The Best of the BBC Sessions (1998) •
Homespun
(1999) • Homegrown
(2001) • Coat of Many Cupboards
(2002) • Instruvenus
(2002) • Waspstrumental
(2002) • Apple Box
(2005)
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