David Lewis Gedge (born 23 April 1960, in Bramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England)[citation needed] is an English musician and songwriter.

[1] Gedge grew up in Middleton, Greater Manchester, in the area known as Top of Hebers.

He studied at the University of Leeds, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics in 1981.

[2] Gedge, together with Peter Solowka, fellow founder member of The Wedding Present, met Keith Gregory, an English student, by placing an advert for a bass player in the Leeds University Union.

I’ve always thought that The Wedding Present was an inappropriate name for a pop group — more like a poem, or a book or something — and therefore quite attractive (to me!).