Simon Phillips (born 6 February 1957) is a US-based English jazz, fusion and rock drummer, songwriter, and record producer. He worked with rock bands during the 1970s and 1980s and was the drummer for the band Toto from 1992 to 2014. Phillips worked as a session drummer for

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Bernie Marsden Bernard John Marsden (born 7 May 1951) is an English rock and blues guitarist. He is primarily known for his work with Whitesnake, having written or co-written with David Coverdale many of the group's hit songs, such as " Fool for Your Loving" ...

Jon Lord John Douglas Lord (9 June 194116 July 2012) was an English orchestral and rock composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player known for his pioneering work in fusing rock with classical or baroque forms, especially with the British rock band Deep ...

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, Mike Oldfield,

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, Mike Rutherford,

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and

The Who The Who are an English rock band formed in London in 1964. Their classic lineup consisted of lead singer Roger Daltrey, guitarist and singer Pete Townshend, bass guitarist and singer John Entwistle, and drummer Keith Moon. They are considered ...

. He was the drummer for The Who during the band's American reunion tour in 1989. He became the drummer for the band Toto in 1992 after the death of

Jeff Porcaro Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro (; April 1, 1954 – August 5, 1992) was an American drummer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work with the rock band Toto but is one of the most recorded session musicians in history, working o ...

Career

Phillips began to play professionally at the age of twelve in a Dixieland band led by his father, Sid Phillips for four years. After his father's death, he started playing pop and rock and found work in a production of the musical ''

Jesus Christ Superstar ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' is a sung-through rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Loosely based on the Gospels' accounts of the Passion, the work interprets the psychology of Jesus and other characters, with ...

''. He worked as a session musician for cast members, and this led to other session work. Beginning in the 1970s, he worked with

, Gil Evans, Stanley Clarke,

Peter Gabriel Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and activist. He rose to fame as the original lead singer of the progressive rock band Genesis. After leaving Genesis in 1975, he launched ...

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, and

Frank Zappa Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader. His work is characterized by nonconformity, free-form improvisation, sound experiments, musical virtuosity and satire of ...

. Phillips was the drummer in the

Phil Manzanera Phillip Geoffrey Targett-Adams (born 31 January 1951), known professionally as Phil Manzanera, is an English guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is the lead guitarist with Roxy Music, and was the lead guitarist with 801, and Quiet Su ...

and

Brian Eno Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (; born Brian Peter George Eno, 15 May 1948) is a British musician, composer, record producer and visual artist best known for his contributions to ambient music and work in rock, pop a ...

supergroup 801 on their 1976 album '' 801 Live''. He replaced

drummer

Alan Moore Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including '' Watchmen'', ''V for Vendetta'', '' The Ballad of Halo Jones'', ''Swamp Thing'', ''Batman:'' ''The Killing Joke'', and '' From He ...

to record on the band's '' Sin After Sin'' album (1977), and on that album, Phillips introduced the combination of the double bass drumming that would come to define heavy metal in later years, particularly the

thrash metal Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and often fast tempo.Kahn-Harris, Keith, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'', pp. 2–3, 9. Oxford: Berg, 2007, . ...

sub-genre which emerged in the 1980s. The track "

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" was an early example of the tempo and aggression which would soon become synonymous with the

New Wave of British Heavy Metal The new wave of British heavy metal (commonly abbreviated as NWOBHM) was a nationwide musical movement that started in England in the mid-1970s and achieved international attention by the early 1980s. Journalist Geoff Barton coined the term i ...

. Author Andrew L. Cope has described ''Sin After Sin'' as a key album in the development of heavy metal technique, in particular for its use of double kick drumming. That same year, Phillips played on Evita. Around 1978, British guitarist Gary Boyle made an album called "The Dancer" featuring Simon Phillips. Phillips played on

's 1980 debut album ''

The Michael Schenker Group The Michael Schenker Group (often abbreviated as MSG) are a guitar-oriented hard rock band, formed in London in 1979 by former Scorpions and UFO guitarist Michael Schenker. In 1986, Schenker and vocalist Robin McAuley formed the McAuley Sche ...

'', as well as in Mike Rutherford's '' Smallcreep's Day''. In the early 1980s, Phillips formed part of RMS with session musicians

Mo Foster Mo Foster (born Michael Ralph Foster, 22 December 1944) is an English multi-instrumentalist, record producer, composer, solo artist, author, and public speaker. Through a career spanning over half a century, Foster has toured, recorded, and perf ...

and Ray Russell. Phillips played & co-wrote songs on Jeff Beck's 1980 jazz-rock fusion album '' There & Back'', featuring his double-kick prowess on the song "Space Boogie" which he also co-wrote. Another track "The Pump" was co-written by Phillips & appeared on the soundtrack to the 1983 film ''

Risky Business ''Risky Business'' is a 1983 American teen comedy-drama film written and directed by Paul Brickman (in his directorial debut) and starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay. Best known as Cruise's breakout film, ''Risky Business'' was a critica ...

''. In 1981, he formed Ph.D. with Jim Diamond and Tony Hymas. The new wave outfit released two albums and five singles, including " Little Suzi's on the Up" and " I Won't Let You Down", before splitting up in 1983. He was the drummer for

the Who The Who are an English rock band formed in London in 1964. Their classic lineup consisted of lead singer Roger Daltrey, guitarist and singer Pete Townshend, bass guitarist and singer John Entwistle, and drummer Keith Moon. They are considered ...

on their 1989 American reunion tour and appeared on solo recordings by band members

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and

. Also in 1989, he recorded his debut album with the band Protocol. Wanting to make bigger changes in his music career, Phillips decided to move to Los Angeles in the 1990s.

Toto

In 1992, Phillips had recently completed the recording of an album in England when he was invited by Toto to fill in for

after the latter died following the completion of the recording of ''

Kingdom of Desire ''Kingdom of Desire'' is the eighth studio album by Toto, released in 1992. It is the first album on which guitarist Steve Lukather assumed sole lead vocal duties and the final album to feature drummer Jeff Porcaro, who died during rehearsals fo ...

''. He became the band's only choice to replace Jeff for two reasons: Jeff himself viewed Phillips as one of his most favorite drummers (the others being Gregg Bissonnette and

Vinnie Colaiuta Vincent Peter Colaiuta (born February 5, 1956) is an American drummer who has worked as a session musician in many genres. He was inducted into the '' Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 1996 and the ''Classic Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2014. Cola ...

) and that he toured with

Steve Lukather Steven Lee Lukather (born October 21, 1957) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer, best known as the sole continuous founding member of the rock band Toto. His reputation as a skilled guitarist led to a stea ...

and

Carlos Santana Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán (; born July 20, 1947) is an American guitarist who rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band Santana, which pioneered a fusion of Rock and roll and Latin American jazz. Its sound feature ...

on their solo tours. Phillips decided to settle permanently in Los Angeles on that matter and began rehearsals with the band. After the Kingdom of Desire tour, Phillips officially joined Toto. As the band began its 1995 Tambu tour, Phillips suffered from back problems and was unable to play on the first leg of the said tour; the band turned to Gregg Bissonette to substitute for him. When Phillips fell ill prior to the 2004 Night of the Proms concert, Bissonette was unavailable to take over his drumming duties, causing the band to invite Ricky Lawson instead. Phillips' last show with Toto was in 2013. He left the following year to focus on his solo career and was replaced by Keith Carlock.

Other ventures

Five years later he led a band that performed at the

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. In 2000 he recorded a jazz album, ''Vantage Point'', with trumpeter Walt Fowler, saxophonist Brandon Fields, and pianist Jeff Babko. He has co-produced and engineered albums by Mike Oldfield,

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, and Toto. After leaving Toto, he became a member of a trio with Hiromi Uehara and bassist Anthony Jackson. Phillips has also worked with Big Country,

Jack Bruce John Symon Asher Bruce (14 May 1943 – 25 October 2014) was a Scottish bassist, singer-songwriter, musician and composer. He gained popularity as the primary lead vocalist and ‍bassist ‍of British rock band Cream. After the group disband ...

David Gilmour David Jon Gilmour ( ; born 6 March 1946) is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and member of the rock band Pink Floyd. He joined as guitarist and co-lead vocalist in 1967, shortly before the departure of founding member Syd Barrett. P ...

Big Jim Sullivan James George Tomkins (14 February 1941 – 2 October 2012), known professionally as Big Jim Sullivan, was an English musician whose career started in 1958. He was best known as a session guitarist. In the 1960s and 1970s, he was one of t ...

, and

Whitesnake Whitesnake are an English hard rock band formed in London in 1978. The group was originally put together as the backing band for singer David Coverdale, who had recently left Deep Purple. Though the band quickly developed into their own en ...

. In 2009, Phillips joined with keyboardist

Philippe Saisse Philippe Saisse is a French jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, record producer, and arranger. Career He was born in Marseille and raised in Paris. After studying at the Conservatoire de Paris he won a scholarship to the Berklee College of Mus ...

and bassist

Pino Palladino Giuseppe Henry "Pino" Palladino (born 17 October 1957) is a Welsh musician, songwriter, and record producer. A prolific session bassist, he has played bass for acts such as The Who, the John Mayer Trio, Nine Inch Nails, Gary Numan, Jeff Beck ...

in forming an instrumental

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trio: Phillips Saisse Palladino, PSP, which toured in Europe in 2009 and 2010. Phillips also performed on

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's album '' Super Colossal'', appearing on multiple tracks. Phillips appears in

Alan Parsons Alan Parsons (born 20 December 1948) is an English audio engineer, songwriter, musician and record producer. Parsons was involved with the production of several notable albums, including the Beatles' ''Abbey Road'' (1969) and ''Let It Be'' ( ...

' ''Art & Science of Sound Recording'' educational video series, as well as the program's single "All Our Yesterdays". He played in the

Michael Schenker Group The Michael Schenker Group (often abbreviated as MSG) are a guitar-oriented hard rock band, formed in London in 1979 by former Scorpions and UFO guitarist Michael Schenker. In 1986, Schenker and vocalist Robin McAuley formed the McAuley Sche ...

album '' In the Midst of Beauty'' and took part to the band's 30th Anniversary world tour in 2010. Phillips is featured on Hiromi Uehara's 2011 album, ''

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''. He also toured with Hiromi and bassist Anthony Jackson as part of the Hiromi Trio Project. Simon-Phillips

In 2019 Phillips was featured on the album ''Origin of Species''. In addition to playing drums and keyboards, he engineered, mixed, and helped produce. Phillips cites

Buddy Rich Bernard "Buddy" Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer, songwriter, conductor, and bandleader. He is considered one of the most influential drummers of all time. Rich was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, ...

, Tony Williams,

Billy Cobham William Emanuel Cobham Jr. (born May 16, 1944) is a Panamanian–American jazz drummer who came to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s with trumpeter Miles Davis and then with the Mahavishnu Orchestra. He was inducted into the ''Mode ...

Steve Gadd Stephen Kendall Gadd (born April 9, 1945) is an American drummer, percussionist, and session musician. Gadd is one of the best-known and highly regarded session and studio drummers in the industry, recognized by his induction into the '' Modern ...

Ian Paice Ian Anderson Paice (born 29 June 1948) is an English musician, best known as the drummer and last remaining original member of the rock band Deep Purple. He is often cited as one of the greatest drummers of all-time. He remains the only membe ...

, Tommy Aldridge and

Bernard Purdie Bernard Lee "Pretty" Purdie (born June 11, 1939) is an American drummer, and an influential R&B, soul and funk musician. He is known for his precise musical time keeping and his signature use of triplets against a half-time backbeat: the "Purdie ...

as his main influences.

Awards and honours

* In 2003, he was inducted into the ''

Modern Drummer ''Modern Drummer'' is a monthly publication targeting the interests of drummers and percussionists. The magazine features interviews, equipment reviews, and columns offering advice on technique, as well as information for the general public. ''Mo ...

'' magazine Hall of Fame. *In 2015 at the 14th Annual Independent Music Awards, Phillips was the winner in the Jazz Instrumental Album category for ''Protocol II''. * In 2019 Simon was voted #1 in the Fusion category of the annual ''Modern Drummer'' Readers Poll. *In 2019 the Protocol 4 album was nominated for a GRAMMY Award in the Contemporary Instrumental Album category.

Partial discography

As leader

* ''

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'' (Food for Thought, 1988) * ''Simon Phillips'' (Manhattan, 1992) * ''Force Majeure'' with Ray Russell, Anthony Jackson, Tony Roberts (B&W, 1993) * ''Symbiosis'' (Lipstick, 1995) * ''Another Lifetime'' (Lipstick, 1997) * ''Out of the Blue'' (Victor, 1999) * ''Vantage Point'' with Jeff Babko (Jazzline, 2000) * ''Protocol II'' with Andy Timmons,

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, Ernest Tibbs (Phantom, 2013) * ''Protocol III'' with Andy Timmons, Steve Weingart, Ernest Tibbs (In-akustik, 2015) * ''Protocol 4'' with Greg Howe, Dennis Hamm, Ernest Tibbs (Phantom, 2017) * ''Protocol V'' with Otmaro Ruiz, Alex Sill, Jacob Scesney, Ernest Tibbs (Phantom, 2022)

As sideman

With Duncan Browne * '' The Wild Places'' (1978) * '' Streets Of Fire'' (1979) With

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* '' Aqua'' (1992) * ''

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'' (2001) With DarWin * ''DarWin 2: A Frozen War (2020)'' With

* ''

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'' (Inside Out, 2001) * ''

Black Utopia ''Black Utopia'' is the third solo album by keyboard player Derek Sherinian. In addition to the returning members Zakk Wylde, Simon Phillips and Steve Lukather, three new musicians joined Sherinian: bass guitarist Billy Sheehan and guitarists ...

'' (J.S.H.P., 2003) * ''

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'' (Inside Out, 2004) * ''

Blood of the Snake ''Blood of the Snake'' is the fifth solo album by keyboard player Derek Sherinian. It has contributions from Billy Idol, Zakk Wylde, Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash, John Petrucci of Dream Theater, in addition to previous collaborators Simon Phill ...

'' (Inside Out, 2006) * '' Oceana'' (Music Theories, 2011) * '' The Phoenix'' (Inside Out, 2020) * ''

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'' (Inside Out, 2022) With

* '' Back on the Streets'' (1978) * '' After the War'' (1989) With

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*'' Visionary'' (The Electric Record Company, catalogue no. TRIX 2) (1976) *'' Perilous Journey'' (The Electric Record Company, catalogue no. TRIX 4) (1977) *''

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'' (The Electric Record Company) (1978) With 801 * '' 801 Live'' (1976) * ''

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'' (1977) * ''Live @ Hull'' (2009) * ''Latino'' (2013) * ''Manchester'' (2015) With Hiromi * ''

'' (Telarc, 2011) * ''

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'' (Telarc, 2012) * '' Alive'' (Telarc, 2014) * ''Move: Live in Tokyo'' (Telarc, 2014) * '' Spark'' (Telarc, 2016) With

* '' There & Back'' (Epic, 1980) With

* '' How's Tricks'' (RSO, 1977) * '' Cities of the Heart'' (CMP, 1994) * '' Jet Set Jewel'' (Polydor, 2003) With

* '' Flying in a Blue Dream'' (Relativity, 1989) * ''

The Extremist ''The Extremist'' is the fourth studio album by guitarist Joe Satriani, released on July 21, 1992 through Relativity Records The album is one of Satriani's most popular releases and his highest-charting to date, reaching No. 22 on the U.S. ''Bil ...

'' (Relativity, 1992) * '' Time Machine'' (Relativity, 1993) * '' Super Colossal'' (Epic, 2006) With

Jon Anderson John Roy Anderson (born 25 October 1944) is an English singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the lead singer of the progressive rock band Yes, which he formed in 1968 with bassist Chris Squire. He was a member of the band across thre ...

* ''

Song of Seven ''Song of Seven'' is the second solo album by Yes lead singer Jon Anderson, released in 1980, and his first to use an actual band (the New Life Band). Overview ''Song of Seven'' was released during Anderson's first hiatus from Yes and suppor ...

'' (Atlantic, 1980) * ''

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'' (Polydor, 1982) With

* '' Before I Forget'' (Harvest, 1982) With

* '' Sin After Sin'' (CBS, Inc. (UK)), (Columbia (US)) (1977) With L. Shankar * ''

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'' (Produced by Frank Zappa) (1979) With

* ''

'' (Chrysalis, 1980) * '' The 30th Anniversary Concert – Live in Tokyo'' (In-akustik, 2010) * '' In the Midst of Beauty'' (In-akustik, 2008) * ''

Temple of Rock ''Temple of Rock'' is the debut album by the German hard rock band Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock. Curiously, Schenker's tour for the record featured a setlist with very few tracks from the album, the setlists being primarily composed of o ...

'' (In-akustik, 2011) With Mike Oldfield * '' Crises'' (Virgin, 1983) * ''

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'' (Virgin, 1984) * ''

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'' (Virgin, 1987) * ''

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'' (Virgin, 1991) With

* ''

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'' (MCA, 1986) * ''

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'' (Short House Records, 2006) With

* '' Empty Glass'' (ATCO, 1980) * ''

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'' (ATCO, 1982) * '' White City: A Novel'' (ATCO, 1985) * '' The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend'' (Virgin, 1989) With Ph.D. * ''

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'' (Atlantic, 1981) * '' Is It Safe?'' (WEA, 1983) * '' Three'' (Voiceprint, 2009) With Steve Hackett * ''

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'' (WHD 2011) * '' At the Edge of Light'' (2019) With Mike Rutherford * '' Smallcreep's Day'' (Charisma Records, 1980) With

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* '' The Madness'' (Virgin, 1988) With

* '' Candyman'' (Columbia, 1994) * '' Santamental'' (Favored Nations, 2005) With Toto * '' Absolutely Live'' (Columbia, 1993) * '' Tambu'' (Columbia, 1995) * ''

Toto XX ''Toto XX: 1977-1997'' is a compilation album by Toto to celebrate their 20th anniversary. The album features rare original demos, outtakes, previously unreleased recordings and live tracks from the band's 20-year career. The first single releas ...

'' (1998) * ''

Mindfields ''Mindfields'' is the tenth studio album (though counted as the 11th album overall — ''see Toto XIV)'' by the American rock band Toto. It was released on November 16, 1999. ''Mindfields'' saw the return of vocalist Bobby Kimball, who had depa ...

'' (Columbia, 1999) * ''

Livefields ''Livefields'' is a live album by the band Toto. It was recorded during the reunion tour after the release of their album Mindfields, and released in late 1999. Outside the US, the album contained a second CD with 3 extra tracks, recorded durin ...

'' (Columbia, 1999) * '' Through the Looking Glass'' (EMI, 2002) * '' Live in Amsterdam'' (Eagle, 2002) * '' Falling in Between'' (Frontiers, 2006) * '' Falling in Between Live'' (2007) * ''Live in Poland'' (Eagle, 2014) With Toyah * '' The Changeling'' (1982) * '' Warrior Rock: Toyah on Tour'' (1982) With

* '' Join Together'' (Virgin, 1990) * ''

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'' (Polydor, 1994)

References

External links

Official site

Simon Phillips Chronology & Releasography Site
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Phillips, Simon 1957 births Living people People educated at Bushey Meads School People from Los Angeles 20th-century drummers 20th-century British male musicians 21st-century drummers 21st-century British male musicians British male drummers English jazz drummers English rock drummers English session musicians British male jazz musicians 801 (band) members Greenslade members Judas Priest members Michael Schenker Group members Ph.D. (band) members RMS (band) members The Best (band) members Toto (band) members Toyah (band) members Music for Nations artists

Career

Toto

Other ventures

Awards and honours

Partial discography

As leader

As sideman

See also

References

External links