David McCormack
| David McCormack | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1968 Brisbane |
| Genres | Art rock, indie rock, pop, country |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, drums, keyboards |
| Years active | 1989- |
| Labels | Das Kong ABC Music rooArt BMG Laughing Outlaw |
| Associated acts | Custard, The Polaroids, The Titanics, Robert Forster |
| Website | www.custardband.com.au |
David McCormack (born 1968) is an Australian musician and singer-songwriter, best-known as frontman of Brisbane-based rock group Custard.
David McCormack was born in 1968 in the Brisbane suburb of Kenmore, Queensland, and attended Ipswich Grammar School. He started his musical career as a vocalist and guitarist in Brisbane rock outfit, Who's Gerald?, in 1986, which included school friends Paul Medew on bass guitar and Glen Donald on keyboards, they recruited Cathy Atthow on drums. They released a cassette, Who's Gerald's Greatest Hits in the same year on their own Gerald Corp Records. In March 1988 they released a single, "Wrestle Wrestle" and had the track, "Pins and Needles" on that year's Youngblood compilation. Atthow, McCormack and Medew briefly formed Automatic Graphic in 1988 with Scott Younger.
In 1989, McCormack and Medew formed Custard Gun with Shane Brunn (later in Hugbubble, Vanlustbader) on drums and James Straker (later in Melniks). After a number of performances, Straker left in early 1990, the band was renamed as Custard, and Straker was replaced at year's end by Matthew Strong on guitar.
Custard existed for about a decade, with a number of different drummers including Gavin Herrenberg, John Lowry and Glenn Thompson, (later of The Go-Betweens). The band released five studio albums in the 1990s: Buttercup/Bedford, Wahooti Fandango, Wisenheimer, We Have the Technology and Loverama, a number of EPs and singles and a greatest hits compilation entitled Goodbye Cruel World. A DVD video clip compilation called The Spaces by the Side of the Road – A Digital History of Custard was released in 2007.
Custard released a new album in November 2015, entitled 'Come Back, All Is Forgiven'.
McCormack was moonlighting in other bands during the 1990s, which formed in and around Custard's practice rooms. The Cows from 1993 (later styled as COW or C.O.W. – for Country Or Western) had Thompson and Robert Moore on bass guitar; as well as Maureen Hansen on vocals, Susie Hansen on vocals and Mark Lowry ( twin brother of John Lowry) on bass guitar by 1995. COW released Beard in June 1996. In 2006, McCormack and Moore collaborated on a new COW single called "The Chicken Dance" with Rob Hirst of Midnight Oil on drums.
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