David Cook: Rock and Rolling His Way to American Idol Success

David Cook: Rock and Rolling His Way to American Idol Success

The season finale of this year’s American Idol is nearing and predictions on who will follow the footsteps of Carrie Underwood and Jordin Sparks are all pointed to a charming rocker that constantly leaves the world breathless with stellar and unique rock and roll performances: David Cook.

25-year-old singer David Cook hails from Houston, Texas and discovered his love for singing at an early age. He began singing in the 2nd grade and it was his music teacher that gave him his first solo in his school choir. Like most artists, he started singing in school musicals such as The West Side Story and Singin’ in the Rain. His Blue Springs South High School was also the setting where he started his first band Axium, where he was the lead singer and played guitars between 1999 and 2006. The band was pretty big in the indie scene, placing top in the “Got Milk” independent band contest. While in the band, he started studying theater in University of Central Missouri, but shifted to graphic design and got his degree in 2004. After college, he went to Tulsa, Oklahoma to pursue his music career. When Axium disbanded in 2006, it left David with no choice but to continue towards the path he has started and began his solo career while singing and playing guitars for the regional touring band Midwest Kings.While performing on amateur nights, he was able to record his first EP Incoherent With Desire To Move On with the band. He released his independently produced album Analog Heart in 2006, which he struggled to make in 2 years. Having a degree in graphic design, he also made the artwork. Analog Heart was indeed a heart full to his fans as his album won in Music Equals Life independent album contest. He also nabbed the awards for Absolute Best of Tulsa, an award also received by the city’s popular settlers and pop superstars Hanson.


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