Profile:
Born: 1970 in Manchester, England.
Parents: Dropped out of a family bakery business when David was nine and they all moved to Solva, South Wales, where David lived until he went to college.
Education: School in Wales, then studied art at the University of Liverpool.
Lives: Flat in Stoke Newington, north London.
Love life: Married solicitor Olivia (a sister of the wife of Orbital's Phil Hartnoll) in 1992 in LA.
Trivia: Gray first hit success in Ireland, where his album went straight into the Irish top 30 selling 100,000 copies.
In 1995 Gray supported Radiohead in a tour of the USA to promote his album Flesh.
Small beginnings: Growing up in Wales, Gray played in a few punk bands but it wasn't until his college years that he began to really focus on songwriting.
After parting with EMI, Gray built a home studio and began recording with his writing partner, the mysterious Clune (he won't reveal his full name).
Interests: Manchester United fan.
