David DeFeis
David DeFeis (nato il 4 gennaio 1961) è un cantante,tastierista, scrittore di testi e produttore musicale statunitense. Principale autore e leader della bandheavy metal Virgin Steele.
Voce & stile musicale
David DeFeis si è formato inizialmente come pianista di matrice classica, with a Bachelor's degree in composition from S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook.[1] Come cantante auto didatta è dotato di un'estensione di tre ottave e mezzo, di grande potenza ed .
As a musician and a singer, he declared, he was very much influenced by guitar players like Jimmy Page, Brian May and Eddie Van Halen because he wanted to do with his voice what they did with their guitars.[2]
He is also influenced, besides, by great rock singers like Freddie Mercury, Robert Plant, David Coverdale, Ronnie James Dio and Ian Gillan.[3]
The major part of the lyrics David DeFeis writes are mythological, dealing with subjects from especially Greek mythology, Sumerian mythology and Christian religion. All of them are based on real life in some form or another.<