Chris Joyce

For other people named Christopher Joyce, see Christopher Joyce (disambiguation).

Chris Joyce
Born (1957-10-11) 11 October 1957 (age 67)
OriginChorlton, Manchester, England
OccupationMusician
InstrumentsDrums
Years active1970s – 2010
LabelsFactory

Chris Joyce (born 11 October 1957 in Manchester, England)[1] is an English musician, known for being the drummer with various groups and with Simply Red in the 1980s.

Coming from Chorlton, Manchester, he adopted the hippie lifestyle.[2] His most remote band was Fast Breeder, a short-lived late 1970s punk group from Manchester formed by him on drums and Dave Rowbotham on guitar and managed by Tony Wilson. Wilson called Joyce and Rowbotham to form a band alongside guitarist Vini Reilly and bass guitarist Tony Bowers, The Durutti Column.[3] That line-up released only two songs from Factory's first EP, A Factory Sample, before Joyce, Rowbotham and Bowers quit the band to form another post-punk band around 1979, The Mothmen.

The Mothmen released only two studio albums and a number of singles, before disbanding in the 1980s. During his time with The Mothmen, Joyce worked with Pink Military,[4] London Underground and Judy Nylon. By the mid-1980s, he was working with Suns of Arqa, playing drums on their second LP Wadada Magic. He later formed Simply Red, alongside his bandmate Tony Bowers and singer Mick Hucknall.

Joyce shares further details of his life and career, up to and beyond his work with Simply Red, in his biography on Chris Joyce School of Drums.[5]

  1. ^ "Chris Joyce [b. 11 Oct. 1957, Manchester], drums". The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. Fireside. 2001. ISBN 0-7432-0120-5.
  2. ^ "The Durutti Column Biography 1978-1991 by Mark Prendergast". Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Buckley, Pete (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. p. 793. ISBN 1-84353-105-4.
  5. ^ "Biography". Chris Joyce School of Drums. Archived from the original on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2013.