Steve Alexander (born 20 November 1962) is a Welsh drummer. Starting out with the Irish band ''Shook Up!'', he earned a living as a session drummer, working regularly in London's recording studios on film, TV and commercial sessions and playing with the BBC Radio Orchestra. He became a permanent member of

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following the departure of Eg White in 1986.

Biography

In 1995, Alexander was hired by Duran Duran"Steve Alexander on DrummerWorld"
Drummerworld. Retrieved on June 16, 2011. and continued to work with them for 6 years following the departure of their previous drummers

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, Steve Ferrone,

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and

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. During these years he contributed to the ''Thank You'', ''Medazzaland'' and ''Pop Trash'' albums, also working with

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and Grandmaster Flash on the track "White Lines" which led to live work with these founders of rap. Alexander resumed his freelance career, working with a wide variety of artists from

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and recording the award winning Voyegeur album with Zaire's Papa Wemba. In 1998, Alexander started working with

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, recording the Who Else album and toured for 18 months in the USA, Japan, South America and Europe. He also continued recording for his solo ''Flashman'' projects. In May 2011, a film called ''

Killing Bono ''Killing Bono'' is a 2011 comedy film directed by Nick Hamm, based on Neil McCormick's 2003 memoir ''Killing Bono: I Was Bono's Doppelgänger''. The film stars Ben Barnes as Neil McCormick, Robert Sheehan as Ivan McCormick and Martin McCann ...

'' saw a major cinematic release, based around the story of Alexander's first band and their rivalry with U2. It featured archive footage of ''Shook Up!''"Shook Up! Original Footage"
The Official Killing Bono Blog. Retrieved on June 16, 2011. performing live in Ireland, and Alexander was invited to attend the London premiere. As of June 2011, Alexander currently plays with The Fabulous Lampshades, who regularly perform charity gigs in London in aid of the

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