Dave Williams

Name Dave Williams Age born in 1972 Nationality USA Bands Drowning Pool

David (Dave) Williams (February 29, 1972 – August 14, 2002) was the singer for the band Drowning Pool. He was born in Princeton, Texas to Charles Edward and Jo-Ann Williams, and was a fixture in the Dallas music scene throughout the 1990s playing in well-known clubs. In 1999, he joined Drowning Pool. The band released the album Sinner in 2001. In 2002 he died due to an apparent heart failure.

Despite the hardcore, grungy attitude that he was known for during concerts, Dave Williams was highly known for his positive, friendly attitude. A statement from his bandmates during his funeral states that he was a friendly man who always made a point to give at least one person a gift and was very friendly- especially to his fans. Dave was also known to be very realistic as well- this was shown when he explained the significance of the lyrics to the song "Sinner". Due to his incredible stage presence, he earned the nickname "Stage" from fellow Texas area musicians, including Dimebag Darrell of Pantera.

Williams' lifeless body was found on the floor of his band's tour bus in Manassas, Virginia. Contrary to speculation, Williams died from natural causes, according to a coroner's toxicology report. It was concluded that the 30-year-old singer died from cardiomyopathy, a disease of the heart muscle. Williams was never diagnosed with the disease, the cause of which is unknown.

A public funeral was held in Plano, Texas, on August 18, 2002 at 10:00, and plans for a DVD chronicling his life called Sinema has been released. His lifelong dream that he wanted to accomplish before he died was to buy his parents a house. The sales from the Sinema fulfilled his dream posthumously.

The Dallas, Texas music community will honor Dave and his legacy with a multi-venue music festival aptly named "Stage Fest". Stage Fest will be held in downtown Dallas' Deep Ellum district on Tuesday, August 14th, 2007, the fifth anniversary of his passing, and will play seven Deep Ellum venues including Club Dada, The Curtain Club, The Liquid Lounge, The Darkside Lounge, Red Blood Club, Reno's Chop Shop, and Tomcat's.

Stage Fest included Dallas area-based rock and metal bands Advent, LaME, Overscene, Sling, System Overload, and The Beautiful Disaster playing at The Curtain Club; Aberrant, Alapeno, DownLo, Edgewater, The Opus Flux, and Vibrosound playing at The Liquid Lounge; Burn In Silence, Jacknife, , Mourning Fury, Revolution Of Knowledge, Somatik, and With These Words playing at Tomcats; Faint The Fiction, Mile Zero, Slak and Suicide Hook playing at Reno's Chop Shop; Deathride, Fallen Breed, Kung Foo Preacher, Reverent, and Ruin playing at The Darkside Lounge; Red Leather, Sea of Sorrow, Xes Whiskey, and Zenabi playing at Club Dada; 12 Guage Warning, July Alley, LastDayLiving, S.A.O., and SiK playing at Red Blood Club.

The ticket price of $10 will include admission into all shows plus donated food and prizes from partners and sponsors. Proceeds from Stage Fest will be donated to Dave's parents. Additional sponsors and bands (including a surprise headliner) will be added as they are confirmed in the coming weeks.

Up to the date information can be found at the official Stage Fest website, www.screamformedallas.com/stagefest.html or at the festival's official page at MySpace.com, www.myspace.com/stagefest. His mic was Given to Cristian Machado from Ill Niño.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Williams_(musician)