Researching Dave Stead
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 6125 people with the Stead surname? In that year Stead was ranked number 685 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Dave means "form of DAVID - beloved" and is of English origin.
Records of Dave Stead on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Dave Stead and the Stead Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 6809 people with the Stead surname in the UK? Stead is now ranked number 884 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called Dave Stead
Dave Stead
David Stead (born 15 October 1966), is a drummer from Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England. Stead was the drummer for the alternate pop / rock band, The Beautiful South.
After his parents separated, Stead moved with his mother and siblings to Cottingham, a village on the outskirts of Hull. He attended Cottingham High school, and following school worked as an electrical fitter for a few years, after which he was employed part-time as a sound engineer at the nearby alternative live music club, The Adelphi.
When sixteen-years-old he, with his older brother Mick, started the band The Luddites, with himself on drums and Mark Fell (1962-1984) on bass. The band released two singles, "Doppelganger" and "Altered States" on Eccentric Records. After The Luddites, Stead joined the band Vicious Circle. In August 1988 he joined The Beautiful South, playing on thirteen albums with the band.
Stead took over the Boars Nest restaurant in Princes Avenue, west Hull, converting it to the 'Union Mash Up' venue and restaurant. Following a July 2012 planning committee failure to add a bar licence for the venue Stead announced that he was closing the business. He promoted a proposed music festival in Huddersfield, 'Song 07', which was cancelled.
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