David Usher (born April 24, 1966) is a British-born Canadian musician,
best-selling author, keynote speaker, and activist best known as the
front man for the band Moist. He has also released a number of solo
albums. He is the founder of Reimagine AI, an artificial intelligence
creative studio.David Usher was born in Oxford, England to Thai
Buddhist artist Samphan Usher and Queen's University economics
professor Dan Usher. He has lived in various places such as Malaysia,
New York City, California and Thailand since early childhood, before
his family settled in Kingston, Ontario. He attended high school at
Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute at the same time that
Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip and Hugh Dillon of the Headstones
attended the school. Usher attended Queen's University for one
semester before transferring to Simon Fraser University in Burnaby,
British Columbia, majoring in political science.While studying in
Vancouver, Usher helped form the second incarnation of a band called
Moist, composed of Usher on vocals, Mark Makoway on guitars, Jeff
Pearce on bass, Kevin Young, who, like Usher, had moved to Vancouver
from Kingston, on keyboards, and Paul Wilcox on drums. Usher became
the principal songwriter for the band.Moist's debut album Silver was
released in 1994 and went on to achieve four-time platinum status,
selling 400,000 copies in Canada. Their sophomore album, titled
Creature, was released in 1996 and also reached multi-platinum status,
selling over 300,000 copies.
best-selling author, keynote speaker, and activist best known as the
front man for the band Moist. He has also released a number of solo
albums. He is the founder of Reimagine AI, an artificial intelligence
creative studio.David Usher was born in Oxford, England to Thai
Buddhist artist Samphan Usher and Queen's University economics
professor Dan Usher. He has lived in various places such as Malaysia,
New York City, California and Thailand since early childhood, before
his family settled in Kingston, Ontario. He attended high school at
Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute at the same time that
Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip and Hugh Dillon of the Headstones
attended the school. Usher attended Queen's University for one
semester before transferring to Simon Fraser University in Burnaby,
British Columbia, majoring in political science.While studying in
Vancouver, Usher helped form the second incarnation of a band called
Moist, composed of Usher on vocals, Mark Makoway on guitars, Jeff
Pearce on bass, Kevin Young, who, like Usher, had moved to Vancouver
from Kingston, on keyboards, and Paul Wilcox on drums. Usher became
the principal songwriter for the band.Moist's debut album Silver was
released in 1994 and went on to achieve four-time platinum status,
selling 400,000 copies in Canada. Their sophomore album, titled
Creature, was released in 1996 and also reached multi-platinum status,
selling over 300,000 copies.
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