David George Mount [1] was the drummer for glam rock group Mud from 1966 to 1980. Mount was born and raised in Carshalton, Surrey. [1]
He played in local groups with Rob Davis including The Apaches and The Barracudas. [2] While in The Remainder with Davis and Ray Stiles, they joined Les Gray from The Mourners and in 1966 created Mud, and went professional in March 1968. [1] [3] The group were originally an unsuccessful flower power group signed to CBS Records, [4] [5] [6] but found fame as a glam rock / rockabilly group [7] in the 1970s under Rak Records. They had fourteen UK top 20 hits and three number ones; "Tiger Feet" (1974), "Lonely This Christmas" (1974), and "Oh, Boy!" (1975). [8] [9] Mount gave up his job as an electrician once the band were big. [10] The groups A-side were either written for them by songwriters or cover songs, but the B-sides were written by the band, although Mount was not involved in the songwriting. [1]
Mount remained in Mud until they broke up in 1980. He worked as a kitchen salesman and later in Insurance. [1] Mount died in St Helier Hospital on 2 December 2006 after taking his own life, aged 59. [11] He was married twice and had four sons. [1] [3]