Rock / Hard Rock / Blues / Folk / Experimental
West Point, Kentucky, USA

Dale Thompson (born 1963) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter. Dale, along with his younger brother Troy, was inspired to form a Christian rock band after seeing a band called Asher play at a skating rink in Louisville, Kentucky. Thompson brothers formed a few small bands after that. After Asher broke up, Billy Sutherland of Asher formed a band called Warrior. When Dale found out that Sutherland was auditioning for a bass player, he tried out and got the position even though he did not know how to play bass. Troy became a roadie and explosive expert for Warrior. Dale played for a little while with Warrior but left for personal reasons in 1983. Sutherland remained friends with the brothers and even played on future projects.

The Thompson brothers started writing music and recording demos in 1983. At some point in 1983, the Thompson brothers bumped into the ex-drummer of another Christian rock band called Strait Gate named Steve Childers. The three of them decided to form Matrix. In 1985, Matrix was signed to a record deal and changed their name to Bride while signing the contract. Between 1986 and 2023, Thompson released 15 studio albums with Bride, along with five solo albums, before disbanding the group, with the brothers remaining the only two original members throughout Bride's career. Thompson and his brother retired Bride in 2013, but reunited in 2018 to release new albums.

Thompson currently lives in New Zealand and has several musical projects including The World Will Burn, N.O.G., Perpetual Paranoia, Dabster Gentlemen, and Haunted no More.

1983 Independent

Dale Thompson - Vocals
Billy Sutherland - Guitar
Otis Dunnavan - Guitar
Dale Buckingham - Bass
Todd Bryant - Drums

1. Military Halo
2. Child of Hell
3. Butterfly
4. His Love is Everywhere
5. Studio Junkie
6. Lost in His Love

19?? Independent

1994 Independent

1. What You Do in the Dark (4:46)
2. Sleeping Savior (5:14)
3. I've Never Seen War (2:02)
4. Pig Sty Hog Wash (3:23)
5. Like a Priest I Pray (4:32)
6. Modern Psalms (1:25)
7. Sarah Remembers (3:58)
8. One Shot (5:25)
9. Shower Scene (7:25)
10. Butterfly (3:46)

1995 Rugged Records (RGD1112)

Dale Thompson
Mark Thompson
Max Maxwell

1. Bombay Taxi Horn (2:43)
2. The Motel (2:31)
3. Thought I Met the Devil (2:48)
4. Wringing This Hands (2:55)
5. Blackout (2:42)
6. If God is Dead (4:28)
7. St. Vitas Dance (4:00)
8. Three Rusty Nails (4:41)
9. I Could (3:32)
10. Knob Creek Road (2:19)
11. Ed's Barber Pole (2:54)
12. Back the Road (2:02)

1998 Independent

Dale Thompson - Vocals
Greg Martin - Guitar

1. The Door Post (2:36)
2. If Wishes Were Horses (4:02)
3. The World Needs One Less Poet (2:39)
4. Never Alone (3:50)
5. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (3:17)
6. Waiting (3:02)
7. Poured Out Like a Drink (3:16)
8. What's a Man Made of? (2:30)
9. Lost and We Wander (3:12)
10. Don't Give Me Know Run Around (3:05)
11. Take a Tooth (Give and Eye) (3:53)
12. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (5:33)
13. The Last Song (2:21)

The last three songs were originally recorded for the Dale Thompson and The Kentucky Cadillac's record. Style wise they did not fit so they were dropped.

1998 Organic Records (ORCD 9745)

Dale Thompson - Vocals

1. Better Watch What You Say (4:01)
2. Hand Me Down Religion (3:40)
3. Business as Usual (3:59)
4. Don't You Judge the Preacher (5:05)
5. Road Less Traveled (4:38)
6. Who'll Bell the Cat (5:47)
7. One Man's Opinion (3:30)
8. Ain't No Devil (4:09)
9. Ain't Done Me No Wrong (3:43)
10. If I Plant a Tree (2:26)

2002 Independent

Dale Thompson - Vocals
Rob Johnson - Electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Bob Ramsey - Organ, piano
Lawrence Bishop - Bass
Jerry McBroom - Drums

Steve Curtsinger - Additional bass
Howie Gano - Additional keyboards and anomolies

1. Leave Me Behind (3:40)
2. By Your Traditions (4:23)
3. More Than Friends (3:28)
4. I'm Your Servant (3:42)
5. Just Keep On Needing Me (3:03)
6. I Won't Be Ignored (2:37)
7. Obsessed and Driven (4:17)
8. Lost Without Your Love (5:37)
9. Ask of Me (3:13)
10. I Looked Into Her Eyes (3:52)
11. The Devil Finds Nothing in Me (2:40)
12. The Kiss (6:49)