Original METAL CHURCH Singer DAVID WAYNE Dead At 47
May 10, 2005Original METAL CHURCH frontman David Wayne has passed away. He was 47 years old. According to the webmaster of the David Wayne's Metal Churchweb site, "we are unclear as to actually what happened. We are putting together an official press release and will post that out as soon as we get it done."
Wayne sang on METAL CHURCH's first two classic offerings (1984's "Metal Church" and 1986's "The Dark") before leaving the group and being replaced by Mike Howe. Wayne subsequently teamed up with members of HERETIC members to form REVEREND, with whom he released two full-length albums and a couple of EPs. He eventually rejoined METAL CHURCH in time for the 1999 reunion album, "Masterpeace". A "solo" album (under the WAYNE banner),entitled "Metal Church" followed in 2001.
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