David Wayne (singer)

This article is about the actor. For the heavy metal vocalist, see David Wayne.

Not to be confused with David Wain.

David Wayne (born David Wayne Carnell, January 1, 1958 – May 10, 2005) was an American singer of the heavy metal bands Metal Church, Reverend and Wayne.

David Wayne
Background information
Born	(1958-01-01)January 1, 1958 Renton, Washington, U.S.
Died	May 10, 2005(2005-05-10) (aged 47) Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
Genres	Heavy metal thrash metal speed metal power metal
Occupations	songwriter Singer songwriter
Years active	1982–2005
Formerly of	Metal Church Reverend Wayne

Biography

From 1982 to 1988, Wayne appeared as vocalist on three studio albums and one live album by Metal Church. He was influenced by singers like Rob Halford.

When he left Metal Church in 1988, Wayne formed Reverend, which remained active even after his death. His legacy as a vocalist is captured in Metal Church's live album Live, recorded in 1986 in Texas while on tour with Anthrax.

He also started a band called Wayne (or David Wayne's Metal Church) after leaving Metal Church and joined ex-Cradle of Filth guitarist Stuart Anstis in Bastardsun.

Wayne was the father to one daughter named Tanya Lee. He died on May 10, 2005, from complications following a car crash.^[1][2] Wayne was laid to rest with his grandparents at Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery on May 13, 2005.^[3][4] Before joining Metal Church, he was a US Army medical technician.^[1]

Discography

Metal Church

• Metal Church (1984)
• The Dark (1986)
• Live (1998)
• Masterpeace (1999)

Reverend

• Reverend (1989)
• World Won't Miss You (1990)
• Play God (1991)
• Live (1992)
• A Gathering of Demons (2001)

Wayne (David Wayne's Metal Church)

• Metal Church (2001)