David Cunningham

David Cunningham is a composer and producer born in Northern Ireland in 1954. He studied at Maidstone College of Art in the 1970s and became known as the man behind The Flying Lizards, whose deadpan cover of "Money" was an international hit in 1979. He later worked on sound installations, film scores and productions for experimental musicians. David Cunningham made Grey Scale, an LP of minimalist pieces, in 1976 as part of his degree show, and issued it on his own Piano label, which also released the first This Heat album.