Shadowchylde has been an evolving band and has been in existence for going on 10 years. The original lineup consisted of Dave Pallister (Guitar and vocals), Brian Vargas (Bass and vocals), and Dave Biddle (Drums). At it's inception, Shadowchylde was a cover band playing songs by Creed, Metallica, Kiss, James Gang, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Their first gig was playing open mic nights at a bar in Glen Burnie Maryland called Crossroads where they eventually became a staple act and allowed other musicians to get up and jam with them on a wide variety of songs.
After an unfortunate incident that saw Dave Biddle depart the band, Dave and Brian recorded a 5 song EP of all original material called "Mixed Emotions" and sent it off to Matt Davis of 98 Rock in Baltimore. Matt decided it was good enough to play on his local artist show called "Noise In The Basement" where he played the song "Suffer".
After they recorded "Mixed Emotions", Dave and Brian had an amicable parting of the ways and Dave moved to Westminster, Maryland where he continued writing music and eventually had enough to record his first full length album called "The Sleeping Chylde Awakes". Since he had no idea how to promote it at first, it simply got passed around to some of his friends, one of whom suggested he put it up on the Internet and go play it on Paltalk. He was a bit leary about having it on the 'net but he did take his friend's advice and started going into music rooms on Paltalk where he was "discovered" by a DJ for Kansas City Internet Audio called "The Voice". He recorded a second album during his tenure as the "first New Artist on KCIA" called "The Chylde Discovers Love".
Dave later discovered that KCIA didn't have all their ducks in a row but he was very happy when they brought someone new on as the "New Artist Director". Her name was Stormy Nyght and it took her even less time to realize how messed up KCIA was so she took all the new artists, including Shadowchylde, and started her own station called "The Spotlight".
During his tenure as a Featured Artist on "The Spotlight", Dave met an extraordinary bassist named Will and Will's friend, Drummerboy Steve with whom he re-formed Shadowchylde. They were well suited musically and they played one gig opening for Lancaster-based Blue Corduroy where they blew the headliners off the stage. Unfortunately, Will and Steve had little faith in their abilities so the band broke up once again.
Determined not to give up, Dave went on to record an album of cover tunes called "Gotcha Covered!!!" and also "Living With The Killer's Name", a double CD of covers called "Tributes" and his latest original CD entitled "Judgement Day", all of which are available for sale on this website.
At present, Dave has relocated to Nottingham, England and has finally found the needed musicians to fill out the lineup so Shadowchylde can start gigging again.
