Dave Lepard was the lead singer and guitarist in the Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 Glam metal

Glam metal

Glam metal is a subgenre of hard rock and heavy metal that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States, particularly on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip music scene...

 band Crashdïet

Crashdïet

CRASHDÏET are a glam metal band from Stockholm, Sweden. They have released three albums: 2005's Rest in Sleaze, 2007's The Unattractive Revolution and 2010's Generation Wild.- Early years :...

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Career

In the mid 1990s he was the lead singer of an old school death-metal band called Warpath and used to play the charango

Charango

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. He formed the band; Crashdiet in 2000, but in 2002 the band split up, and he continued with a new lineup. Their music was based on 80's sleaze bands such as Mötley Crüe

Mötley Crüe

Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1981. The group was founded by bass guitarist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, who were later joined by lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil...

 and Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in 1985. The band has released six studio albums, three EPs, and one live album...

, and the band gained a cult base, especially in Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

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Crashdïet released four singles from their debut album Rest In Sleaze which were hits in Sweden; "Riot in Everyone", "Breakin the Chainz", "Knokk Em Down" and "Its A Miracle".

Death

On the 20th of January 2006, Lepard committed suicide after being in a deep depression. The band announced, via their website:

"We feel that we want to carry on the Crashdïet legacy, which will keep Daves spirit alive for a long long time.. It would be a shame NOT to spread the message across the whole world and let them know what real music should sound like!"

The annual Rest In Sleaze festival was created in Lepard's honor.