Dave McPherson (musician)

Dave McPherson
Also known as	MC PhD
Born	(1982-10-03) 3 October 1982 Harold Wood, London, England
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1996–present

Dave McPherson is an English singer, songwriter, guitarist and sometimes rapper from Harold Wood, London. He is best known as the frontman of the British rock band InMe. He is also the lead vocalist of the electronic metal band Centiment as well as a solo artist both under his own name and under his rap alias MC PhD.

InMe

Main article: InMe

McPherson founded InMe (originally known as Drowned) in 1996 as a three piece with him on lead vocals & guitar, Joe Morgan on bass & backing vocals and Simon Taylor on drums when they were just 14 years old. They were signed to MFN in 2001 and released their debut album Overgrown Eden in 2003. The band have consistently been active ever since. Joe Morgan departed from the band in 2006 and was replaced by McPherson's brother Greg. In 2009, the band expanded to a four piece with the addition of Ben Konstantinovic on lead guitar, but he left the following year and was replaced by Gazz Marlow. In 2019, the band expanded to a five piece with the addition of rhythm guitarist John O'Keeffe, who had previously been a member of the band's touring crew. With the addition of O'Keeffe, McPherson stepped away from guitar duties and transitioned to solely being a vocalist. However, he still remains as the band's primary songwriter.

Solo

McPherson started working on solo material as early as 2004 during downtime from InMe's touring cycle (though it seems he has been writing music from a younger age). Since then, he has released a long string of solo EPs, albums and compilations of various rarities. He has also toured extensively both as a solo artist and with InMe and Centiment, playing close to 200 shows annually.

Discography

InMe

Studio albums

• Overgrown Eden (2003)
• White Butterfly (2005)
• Daydream Anonymous (2007)
• Herald Moth (2009)
• The Pride (2012)
• Trilogy: Dawn (2015)
• Jumpstart Hope (2020)

Live albums

• Caught: White Butterfly (2006)
• iTunes Live: London Festival '08 (2008)

EPs

• The Destinations EP (2014)

Compilations

• Phoenix: The Very Best of InMe (2010)

Bootlegs

• Medusa (2012)

Centiment

• Streets Of Rage (2014)

Solo

Albums

• The Hardship Diaries (2011)
• Death By Sunset (2011)
• Dreamoirs (2013)
• Journal of a Journey Buoy (2014)
• Living A Life Without The F (2015)
• Photo Album (2015)
• Pastels in the Old Trawler (2018)

EPs

• B.S.W.U.E (2006)
• Crescent Summer Sessions (2006 – recorded 2004)
• A Bridge For Burning (2007)
• I Don't Do Requests (2008)
• Hard Reset (2019)

Other releases

• The Rarities Collection: Vol. 1–4 (2007–2010)
• The Grand Odyssey of the Whale and the Barnacle (2010)
• As Sunlight Kisses The Sea (2010 – recorded 2002)
• A Pauper's Prequel (2010)
• The Arms of Morpheus (2012)
• Universe Immigration (2012)
• The Good People Movement (2012)
• Submarine Permanence (2017)
• In Lightning 2012 (2019 – recorded 2012)
• The Soul Truth (2019)
• Rarities Compendium Vicennium: Electronica (2019)
• Rarities Compendium Vicennium: Heavy Riffage (2019)
• Rarities Compendium Vicennium: Solo (2019)

Singles

• "Summer: She Puts Me In A Good Mood" (2011)
• "Love Rats" (2012)

MC PhD

• Numb Sun of a Glitch (2019)