David Stone (born Michael David Stoyanoff on March 20, 1953) is a Canadian keyboard player best known for playing with Rainbow.[1] He later joined Max Webster for their album Universal Juveniles.[2]
David Stone | |
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 David Stone January 2022 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Michael David Stoyanoff |
| Born | March 20, 1953 Toronto, Ontario, Canada, |
| Genres | Progressive rock, hard rock, heavy metal |
| Instrument | Keyboards |
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Stone worked on the Bud Matton Agency tour circuit and played in the band Symphonic Slam, whose self-titled and only album released in 1976 went gold in Japan. He then joined Rainbow, and was voted the fifth best keyboardist in the world in the Japanese magazine Music Life in January 1978. After performing on Long Live Rock 'n' Roll, he returned to Canada and played with Max Webster and singer B. B. Gabor. In 1991, Stone played on a demo by US prog metal band Vision.[3] Stone also played on the hard rock/prog metal band AraPacis' 2019 album Paradox of Denial and joined the band in September 2019.[4] He also played on AraPacis' 2020 EP Déja Hard, their 2021 full length Waterdog and their 2022 full length Suburban Mist. Stone was formerly married to award-winning journalist Madelaine Drohan.[5]
Discography
editSymphonic Slam
edit- Everytime (1976)
Rainbow
edit- Long Live Rock 'n Roll (1978)
- Live in Munich 1977 (2006)
BB Gabor
edit- BB Gabor (1980)
Max Webster
edit- Universal Juveniles (1980)
AraPacis
edit- Déjà Hard (2020)
- Waterdog (2021)
- Suburban Mist (2022)
Avi Rosenfeld
edit- Very Heepy Very Purple XI (2020)
References
edit- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Biography: Rainbow". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ "A Very Candid Conversation With David Stone". Stone Cold Crazy. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ "Vision (14) – Vision". Discogs. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ "ARAPACIS TO RELEASE PARADOX OF DENIAL ALBUM; RAINBOW KEYBOARDIST DAVID STONE JOINS BAND". BraveWords. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ^ "The Ronnie James DIO album-by-album thread | Page 14 | Steve Hoffman Music Forums". Forums.stevehoffman.tv. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
External links
edit- David Stone discography at Discogs