David Usher

David Usher was born in Oxford, England to an ethnic Thai Buddhist, artist Samphan Usher and a Jewish Montrealer, Dan Usher, who is a professor of economics at Kingston, Ontario’s Queen’s University. Usher joined the band Moist in 1993. Their 1994 debut release, Silver, went quadruple platinum in Canada. As the lead singer, he shot to stardom with his soulful voice and “exotic” good looks. After releasing their multi-platinum follow-up, Creature, in 1996 and his debut solo album, Little Songs, released in 1998. After recording the album Mercedes 5 and Dime with Moist, he revived his solo career, releasing the highly successful Morning Orbit in the summer of 2001. In 2005, he surpassed that number with the album If God Had Curves. The album had a resemblance to his first solo effort Little Songs, as it is predominantly an acoustic album. This effort also featured a collaboration with Tegan Quin, on the track “Hey Kids”. David’s fifth solo album, released in March of 2007, is called Strange Birds.