Forward as one…
After his solo album, while the other ex-members of The English Beat were busy with their various projects, Dave decided to use his notoriety for good, and pursued a full-time position saving the planet at a job with Greenpeace. This didn't mean a break from music, just a break from being the lead singer, as he stepped inside the mixing booth to produce the Greenpeace album "Alternative NRG".
What made this album outstanding and ground breaking was not just the roster of rock luminaries who Dave convinced to performed on it, including REM, U2, Midnight Oil, UB40, Annie Lennox, Sonic Youth, and more, but the fact that it was recorded in 14 separate venues across America using a recording truck powered exclusively by solar power - a 160 square foot, 1,920-watt solar panel array contained in a trailer known as Cyrus. The power produced by the solar array, once converted to AC (the sun is DC), generated enough electricity to meet the needs of an average-size house for several days, and was proof positive of the viability of solar and other forms of alternative energy.
