Simon Phillips (drummer)
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Phillips in 2013
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| Background information | |
| Born |
6 February 1957 London, England |
| Genres | Rock, hard rock, heavy metal, jazz fusion, jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Drums, percussion, keyboards, guitar, bass |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Associated acts | 801, Nik Kershaw, Hiromi Trio Project, Phil Manzanera, Toto, The Who, Derek Sherinian, David Coverdale, Judas Priest, Far Corporation, RMS, Gary Moore, Michael Schenker Group, PhD, Doves of Fire, Gordon Giltrap, PSP, Jeff Beck, Mike Rutherford, Jon Anderson, Tears for Fears, Mike Oldfield, David Gilmour, Roxy Music |
| Website | Official website |
Simon Phillips (born 6 February 1957) is an English jazz, pop and rock drummer and producer, best known for his studio and session work with seminal English rock acts throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
Phillips first started to play professionally at the age of twelve in his father’s Dixieland band for four years. Phillips was the drummer on the 1976 LP 801 Live with Phil Manzanera and Brian Eno. He is also a prolific session drummer, having played for Jeff Beck, The Who, Judas Priest, Tears for Fears, Mike Oldfield and Gary Moore, among others. He was The Who’s drummer in their 1989 American reunion tour. He has released four of his own solo albums. Phillips joined Toto in 1992 after Jeff Porcaro died during rehearsals for an upcoming tour. On January 26, 2014 Phillips left Toto to focus on his own career.
He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2003.
Phillips began to play professionally at the age of twelve in his father's (Sid Phillips) Dixieland band for four years. He was then offered the chance to play in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar. He quickly became a sought-after session player. By the mid 1980s he was well established on the session scene, with Queen drummer Roger Taylor commenting in an interview in 1984: "You have to be as good as Simon Phillips to crack it these days." In 1992, he released two instructional videos displaying some of his best work.
Phillips found an early prominence as the drummer on the 1976 LP 801 Live with Phil Manzanera and Brian Eno. He replaced Judas Priest drummer Alan Moore on the band's Sin After Sin album (1977) and went on to record Michael Schenker's 1980 debut album The Michael Schenker Group.
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