The Official Site for David Van Landing - bio

I started out in theatre, I studied at the Columbia School Of Theatrical Arts in Maryland. I did many musicals including Pippin, Peter Pan, The Fantastiks etc. I was even fortunate to do a couple of shows with the future actor Edward Norton. When I got to high school I realized that I could sing rock pretty well and started my first rock band "Dark Star". Soon after I graduated Wakefield High School in Arlington Virginia, I joined "Mannekin". The Maryland based band formed in 1984 and went on to be the highest paid club band in the U.S. for many years until we broke up in 1990. A few months later I joined Tony Macalpine for his "Eyes Of The World Tour". After that tour I took some time off because I literally had been touring for 7 straight years. During my break, I decided to teach voice...I had over 300 students for the next few years. But in 1993, I joined Crimson Glory. I did a short tour with them until we decided to go in a different direction with the music and Erotic Liquid Culture was born. Voted the no. 1 unsigned band in Arizona by Z-Rock, ELC went on to record a debut album that sat and only a few have heard. In the mid 90's I had an audition with Michael Schenker and got the gig. I did 3 tours with MSG, a US tour, a Japan tour that spawned a double live c.d. 25th Anniversary of Michael Schenker which included at least one song from every album Michael had done in his career. The show was almost 3 hours long and consisted of music from the Scorpions to UFO, Contraband, MSG. In July of 05, a dvd was released entitled MSG Live In Tokyo 97'. The last tour was the G-3 tour in Europe that stretched to 9 countries and 27 cities. Joe Satriani obviously on the bill with Michael Schenker and Uli Jon Roth. Again after a good amount of touring I took another break. I have been involved with with several cover bands, Dr. Ruth which featured Dwayne Miller (Keel) & Greg Chaisson (Badlands), Sylence was another cover band so that I can get my voice in shape. ....to be continued
FAVORITES...In no particular order Everything you wanted to know or didn't give a crap about! MOVIES Shawshank Redemption Tombstone With Honors SPORT Golf TV SHOWS Two & A Half Men Family Guy American Chopper The First 48 Hours Sports Center Tonight Show with Leno Law & Order SVU Oprah (yep I admit it) DRINK Bacardi & Diet Coke CAR Escalade I won a Escalade win I hit a "hole in one" at the Cadillac Classic in Florida 6 Iron....189yds My Golf partner & good friend, ex NFL player Wilber Marshall invited me to play with him, so thanks to you my friend P.S. I didn't let Wilber drive it SPORTS TEAMS Washington Redskins (NFL) Arizona Diamondbacks (National League) Baltimore Orioles (American League) Phoenix Suns (NBA) ATHELETES Cal Ripken (Baseball) Tiger Woods (Golf) Steve Nash (Basketball) Darrell Green (Football) ANIMALS Cats & Dogs (3 cats "Scat & Cleo & Blaze") (2 dogs "Hannah & Gracie") BANDS & ARTIST Audioslave, Maroon 5, Linkin Park (New) Journey, Toto, Boston, Rush, Styx, Yes, Heart (Rock) Judas Priest, Iron Maiden (Metal) The Crystal Method, Warp Brothers, Paul Oakenfold, DJ Tiesto', DJ Dark Zone (Techno) Will Smith, LL Cool J., Nelly, Tupac (Rap) Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Stone Temple Pilots (Alternative) Kix, Skid Row, Prophet, Queensryche, TNT (80's) Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Beach Boys, Little River Band, Earth Wind & Fire (Classic) Dixie Dregs, Jean Luc Ponty, World Trade, Flash And The Pan, Larry Raspberry & The Highsteppers (Misc.) U.S. CITIES Phoenix, Arizona Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Dallas & Houston, Texas Las Vegas, Nevada Baltimore / Washington ACTORS Tom Hanks Will Smith George Clooney ACTRESS Julia Roberts Demi Moore MUSICIANS Stever Perry (Vocal) Journey Randy Rhoads (Guitar) Ozzy Geddy Lee (Bass) Rush Tommy Lee (Drums) Motley Crue Stevie Whiteman (Frontman) Kix Rick Wakeman (Keyboards) Yes FOODS Pizza, Popcorn, French Fries...Healthy huh! HOLIDAYS Halloween, Christmas HOBBIES Golf, Traveling, Scuba Diving, Skiing COMEDIANS Robert Schimmel Eddie Izzard Ron White Jackie Martling Jeff Dunham CLUB Cardi's (Houston, Texas) Mirage (Minneapolis, MN) Hammerjacks (old Hammers) ON STAGE MOMENTS Jamming with Brian May & Joe Satriani in Europe Singing with Rob Halford several times in Phx, AZ Playing The Monsters Of Rock in Italy with Deep Purple RESTAURANTS YC's Mongolian Frasiers Smokehouse City Hall Steakhouse Chipotle's Eli's (Slider's Baby!) www.elisbar.com COLOR Black to be continued...