DAVID VICTOR - BIO
David Victor onstage in 2007
San Francisco Bay Area vocalist/guitarist David Victor first picked up a guitar at the age of 16 after seeing his sister’s boyfriend strum a few chords. David began performing at age 18 with several original hard rock bands in northern California and recorded and produced his first commercial release PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT in 1991.
David put together his first original band Velocity in 1996 and recorded and produced Velocity’s debut album IMPACT in 1997 which included veteran drummer Pat Torpey (Mr. Big, Robert Plant, The Knack) on drums.
Velocity was a dynamic live act that would go on to play numerous shows throughout the western U.S. from 1996 until 2000. As a result of touring as well as U.S. and Canadian commercial rock radio airplay, Velocity’s IMPACT and the followup album ACTIVATOR went on to sell over 5,500 in the U.S., and over 12,000 units worldwide with deals on europe’s MTM records and Japan’s AVEX records.
In 1999, David decided to move to the Los Angeles area in order to bring about additional musical opportunities. David has recently been performing with a variety of acts such as PLATINUM ROCKSTARS (multi-tribute tribute band) , Eruption (Van Halen tribute band), The Exile Social Club (consisting Chuck Wright -- Quiet Riot, Alice Cooper -- on bass, Jason Hook -- Vince Neil, Alice Cooper -- on guitar and teh aforementioned Pat Torpey on drums. David has also recently began doing voiceover/vocal work for various TV and web commercials.
