David Gray was born in Manchester in 1970. By The time he was nine years old he
had moved to Wales with his family whew he was raised until he left to study at
the University of Liverpool. He began playing in punk bands where he lived and
also played in a few bands while at college where he began to experiment with
a more poetic form of writing. After Liverpool he moved to London where he could
be closer to the action and the heart of the music business. Here. he signed to
Hut records in the UK and Caroline In the U.S. His first release followed shortly
afterwards ' the single 'Birds without Wings ' in 1992.