An Alternative Biography

David Gate was born and raised in Harrow, North London. He didn't do too well at school and, not fancying a decade working in a call centre, decided against university. Whilst still at school David wrote a couple of songs that ended up on a worship album. It was probably a fluke.

In 2000/01 David spent a year at Bible College learning about theology, the Bible, how to be eternally pedantic and cynical whilst continually developing his smug persona. Due to the fact that he didn't want to gain 10 grand more debt, and wanted to keep any last piece of goodness left in his soul, he left Bible college after a year. Without a degree.

By now Emilie had swept into his life and the next few years were spent earning money to get married, getting a place to live and filling a home full of flimsy Ikea furniture. This period included a spell working for J.John which involved trying to sneak on the internet instead of lifting heavy boxes up two flights of stairs. By now David had recorded the Emerge album 'Redemption'. Which was an interesting experience.

In 2003 Team Gate upped sticks and moved to Northern Ireland (Norn Iron) where they were greeted with indifference. Whilst in Carrickfergus, David led at such major events as the 'evening service at church' and 'home group'. 2004 saw the birth of Ethan and the end of trips to the cinema and lie-ins. The following year was busy, relocating to East Belfast to join Willowfield Church, which involved moving house twice. During the moving of houses, David 

recorded his first full length CD 'Unapproachable Light'. Many droll people now call it 'Unlistenable Shite' - which isn't entirely fair. It's actually somewhere between the two. More importantly Liverpool won the Champions League in Istanbul which remains, to this day, the best day of David's life. (Not the most important, special or significant, obviously, but definitely the best)

Zachary was born in June 2006 just before the Gate clan headed back to England to begin life in Cheltenham Spa, working for Trinity Church. This also involved moving house twice - the flimsy Ikea furniture now inhabits a landfill somewhere in Gloucestershire. In 2007, and at the end of his publishing deal, David left the 'Survivor' record label to release his records on the famous 'Trinity' label - home to such genre defining albums as 'Garments of Praise' and 'The Family Album'. 

2008 sees the imminent release of David's 3rd album 'Nothing to Fear'. David elected to produce this himself to save money. Brian Eno and Nigel Godrich will still be sleeping safe in their beds. David still hasn't won any awards or bothered the upper (or lower, for that matter) reaches of the CCLI charts. Though his family still love him and Trinity keep paying his salary, so he must be doing something right. One can only imagine the success to come.....