Dani Filth

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Dani Filth

Dani Filth (born Daniel Lloyd Davey on July 25th, 1973 in Hertford, England) is the lyricist, vocalist, artistic director and founder member of the British heavy metal band Cradle of Filth. Filth is the only remaining member of the band's original line-up, and has been accused by former members of regarding it almost as his own solo project ("Dani and the Filths", according to ex-keyboard player Les Smith).

Facts and Rumours

He currently lives in Suffolk, England with his wife Toni and daughter Luna (born February 8, 1999).
He has three cats named Lilith, Mushka and Rumble.
He is 5'5" (1.65 metres) tall.
He went to a private school and hated having to attend on Sundays.
He had the choice of becoming a journalist or pursuing a career in music.
His previous bands were PDA and Feast of Excrement and his first band was called The Lemon Grove Kids.
His favorite musical bands are Judas Priest, Emperor, Destruction, Slayer, Iron Maiden, Misfits, Paradise Lost.
He wrote a column for the magazine Metal Hammer called "Dani's Inferno".
One of the reasons he decided to make music was his fascination with its influence on people.
He is renowned for his vocal range. He has the ability to sing very "clean and clearly" but chooses a "dirty screaming" style because it fits better with the sound of Cradle of Filth.
He legally changed his name to Dani Filth by deed poll.
In 2000 he appeared in the movie Cradle of Fear as The Man, a deranged psychopath hellbent on taking revenge on his father's persecutors.
In 2003, he supplied the voice of a character called Dominator in an animated movie of the same name.
He appeared on the Roadrunner United CD in 2005, providing vocals on "Dawn of a Golden Age".
He appeared during the final season of Bam Margera's MTV series Viva La Bam, in an episode involving a stolen Hummer and a Cradle of Filth concert in Pennsylvania. The episode featured a portion of Cradle performing the song "Nemesis" from the album Nymphetamine.
He is in the process, along with Gavin Baddeley, of co-writing a book called The Gospel of Filth: A Black Metal Bible, currently scheduled for publication in September 2006.
Among his influences are Venom, Iron Maiden, The Sisters of Mercy, Bauhaus, Judas Priest, Emperor, Destruction, Slayer, The Misfits, Paradise Lost and Cathedral.
One of his favourite films is The Nightmare Before Christmas
He once had a skeleton embedded in the floor of his kitchen.

Quotes

"I fucking hate arrogance. No, correct that... I fucking hate people. Vast mindless herds of people, usually around Christmas time or rush hour. And TV stereotyping. Urrrgh! Normality, waiting for anything (patience is not one of my virtues), litter, concrete urbanisation, lack of vision, religious strangleholds, bigotry, sponge cake... hate them all."

"You tend to get rather bored with people or bands not making an effort to look less than ordinary, so we just try and be a little flamboyant, it's just the way we are. We're into this kinda thing."

(When asked why he has a skeleton in his kitchen) "Well, it's a new kitchen.. so we thought it'd be ironic really, to have a skeleton in there."

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