Dave Sharp was born Dave Kitchingman on 28th January 1958 in Salford, England. He is part English and part French, growing up in Manchester, but moved to Wales as teenager when he met Nigel Twist.
Dave was a guitarist who joined the Merchant Navy, the first band he formed in North Wales were called Chuck Burial and the Embalmed. He was guitarist for the band Seventeen before he became full member of The Alarm.
