Simon Phillips (born 6 February 1957) is a US-based English jazz,

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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

Jeff Beck Geoffrey Arnold Beck (born 24 June 1944) is an English rock guitarist. He rose to prominence with the Yardbirds and after fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. In 1975, he switched to a mainly instrumental style, with a focus ...

, Gary Moore,

Michael Schenker Michael Schenker (born 10 January 1955) is a German guitarist. He played in the rock band UFO and leads the Michael Schenker Group. He was an early member of the hard rock band Scorpions, a band co-founded by his elder brother Rudolf Schenker ...

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 ...

Nik Kershaw Nicholas David Kershaw (born 1 March 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. Kershaw came to prominence in 1984 as a solo artist. He released eight singles that entered the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart during the ...

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, Judas Priest,

Mike Rutherford Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford (born 2 October 1950) is an English guitarist, bassist and songwriter, co-founder of the rock band Genesis. Rutherford and keyboardist Tony Banks are the group's two continuous members. Initially servin ...

Tears for Fears Tears for Fears are an English pop rock band formed in Bath, England, in 1981 by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith. Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, Tears for Fears were associated with the new wav ...

, 10cc 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

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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 ''

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''. 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 Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (né Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) was a Canadian–American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz, playing an important role ...

Stanley Clarke Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first jaz ...

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 ...

Pete Townshend Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is co-founder, leader, guitarist, second lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s. Townsh ...

, and

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. 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

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supergroup

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on their 1976 album ''

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''. He replaced Judas Priest drummer

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to record on the band's ''

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'' album (1977), and on that album, Phillips introduced the combination of the

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ming that would come to define heavy metal in later years, particularly the

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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

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. 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

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drumming. That same year, Phillips played on

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. Around 1978, British guitarist Gary Boyle made an album called "The Dancer" featuring Simon Phillips. Phillips played on

's 1980 debut album ''

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'', as well as in

's '' Smallcreep's Day''. In the early 1980s, Phillips formed part of RMS with session musicians

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and

Ray Russell Ray Russell (September 4, 1924 – March 15, 1999) was an American editor and writer of short stories, novels, and screenplays. Russell is best known for his horror fiction, although he also wrote mystery and science fiction stories. His most ...

. 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''. In 1981, he formed

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with Jim Diamond and

Tony Hymas Anthony James Keith "Tony" Hymas (born 23 September 1943) is an English keyboard player, pianist, and composer. Career Hymas started as a chorister at Exeter Cathedral School, where his contemporaries included composer and cathedral organist ...

. The new wave outfit released two albums and five singles, including "

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" and " I Won't Let You Down", before splitting up in 1983. He was the drummer for

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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''. 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

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) and that he toured with Steve Lukather and

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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

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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

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instead. Phillips' last show with Toto was in 2013. He left the following year to focus on his solo career and was replaced by

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Other ventures

Five years later he led a band that performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival. In 2000 he recorded a jazz album, ''Vantage Point'', with trumpeter Walt Fowler, saxophonist

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, and pianist Jeff Babko. He has co-produced and engineered albums by

Derek Sherinian Derek Sherinian (born August 25, 1966) is an American keyboardist who has toured and recorded for Alice Cooper, Billy Idol, and Joe Bonamassa, among others. He was also a member of Dream Theater from 1994 to 1999, is the founder of Planet X and ...

, and Toto. After leaving Toto, he became a member of a trio with

Hiromi Uehara , known professionally as Hiromi, is a Japanese jazz composer and pianist. She is known for her virtuosic technique, energetic live performances and blend of musical genres such as stride, post-bop, progressive rock, classical and fusion in her ...

and bassist Anthony Jackson. Phillips has also worked with

Big Country Big Country are a Scottish rock band formed in Dunfermline, Fife, in 1981. The height of the band's popularity was in the early to mid 1980s, although it has retained a cult following for many years since. The band's music incorporated Scott ...

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, 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 entit ...

. In 2009, Phillips joined with keyboardist

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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 ''

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'', appearing on multiple tracks. Phillips appears in

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

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album ''

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'' and took part to the band's 30th Anniversary world tour in 2010. Phillips is featured on

'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

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, Tony Williams,

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and Bernard 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

, 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

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, Steve Weingart, Ernest Tibbs (Phantom, 2013) * ''Protocol III'' with Andy Timmons, Steve Weingart, Ernest Tibbs (In-akustik, 2015) * ''Protocol 4'' with

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, Dennis Hamm, Ernest Tibbs (Phantom, 2017) * ''Protocol V'' with Otmaro Ruiz, Alex Sill, Jacob Scesney, Ernest Tibbs (Phantom, 2022)

As sideman

With

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

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* ''

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'' (1992) * '' Aura'' (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 (musician), Slash, John Petrucci of Dream Theater, in addition to previous collabor ...

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

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'' (Inside Out, 2022) With Gary Moore * '' Back on the Streets'' (1978) * '' After the War'' (1989) With

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*''

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'' (The Electric Record Company, catalogue no. TRIX 2) (1976) *''

Perilous Journey ''Perilous Journey'' is a 1977 studio album by guitarist Gordon Giltrap. The album was remixed and re-released in 1998. Reception AllMusic awarded the album with 2.5 stars and its review by Stewart Mason states: "Part of a trilogy of mid-'70s ...

'' (The Electric Record Company, catalogue no. TRIX 4) (1977) *''

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'' (The Electric Record Company) (1978) With

* ''

'' (1976) * ''

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

'' (Telarc, 2011) * ''

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'' (Telarc, 2012) * ''

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'' (Telarc, 2014) * ''Move: Live in Tokyo'' (Telarc, 2014) * ''

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'' (Telarc, 2016) With

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

* ''

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'' (RSO, 1977) * ''

Cities of the Heart ''Cities of the Heart'' is a Jack Bruce double CD release of sections of two live performances given on 2 and 3 November 1993 in Cologne, Germany, to celebrate Bruce's 50th birthday. They were recorded for the WDR "Rockpalast" TV show and a D ...

'' (CMP, 1994) * ''

Jet Set Jewel ''Jet Set Jewel'' is the sixth studio album by Scottish musician Jack Bruce. The album was recorded in 1978 with the same musicians as his previous album, '' How's Tricks'', but was rejected as uncommercial and not released until Polydor Records' ...

'' (Polydor, 2003) With

* ''

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'' (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) * ''

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'' (Relativity, 1993) * ''

'' (Epic, 2006) With Jon Anderson * '' Song of Seven'' (Atlantic, 1980) * ''

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'' (Polydor, 1982) With

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

'' (CBS, Inc. (UK)), (Columbia (US)) (1977) With

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* '' Touch Me There'' (Produced by Frank Zappa) (1979) With

* ''

'' (Chrysalis, 1980) * ''

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'' (In-akustik, 2010) * ''

'' (In-akustik, 2008) * ''

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'' (In-akustik, 2011) With

* ''

Crises A crisis ( : crises; : critical) is either any event or period that will (or might) lead to an unstable and dangerous situation affecting an individual, group, or all of society. Crises are negative changes in the human or environmental affair ...

'' (Virgin, 1983) * ''

Discovery Discovery may refer to: * Discovery (observation), observing or finding something unknown * Discovery (fiction), a character's learning something unknown * Discovery (law), a process in courts of law relating to evidence Discovery, The Discover ...

'' (Virgin, 1984) * ''

Islands An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

'' (Virgin, 1987) * ''

Heaven's Open ''Heaven's Open'' is the 14th record album performed by Mike Oldfield, released in 1991. It was his last album on Virgin, and also the only album he released under the name Michael Oldfield, instead of Mike Oldfield. The producer of the album, ...

'' (Virgin, 1991) With

* ''

Radio Musicola ''Radio Musicola'' is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Nik Kershaw, released on 24 October 1986 by MCA Records, just under two years after Kershaw's previous studio album, '' The Riddle'' (1984). It was the first studio a ...

'' (MCA, 1986) * '' You've Got to Laugh'' (Short House Records, 2006) With

* ''

Empty Glass ''Empty Glass'' is the second solo studio album by English rock musician Pete Townshend, and his first composed of original material, released on 21 April 1980 by Atco Records. The album deals with issues that Townshend was struggling with at ...

'' (ATCO, 1980) * '' All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes'' (ATCO, 1982) * '' White City: A Novel'' (ATCO, 1985) * '' The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend'' (Virgin, 1989) With

* '' PhD'' (Atlantic, 1981) * ''

Is It Safe? ''Is It Safe?'' is the second album from Ph.D., released in 1983. It was their last album until their 2009 comeback ''Three''. ''Is It Safe?'' was reissued by Voiceprint Records in 2010. Drummer Simon Philips had quit the band, which now consi ...

'' (WEA, 1983) * ''

Three 3 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 3, three, or III may also refer to: * AD 3, the third year of the AD era * 3 BC, the third year before the AD era * March, the third month Books * '' Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 1901 ...

'' (Voiceprint, 2009) With

Steve Hackett Stephen Richard Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who gained prominence as the lead guitarist of the progressive rock band Genesis from 1971 to 1977. Hackett contributed to six Genesis ...

* ''

Beyond the Shrouded Horizon ''Beyond the Shrouded Horizon'' is the twenty-first studio album by English guitarist and songwriter Steve Hackett. Background and recording "Loch Lomond" is named after the loch of the same name in Scotland. Hackett described the track as bl ...

'' (WHD 2011) * ''

At the Edge of Light ''At the Edge of Light'' is the twenty-fifth studio album by English guitarist and songwriter Steve Hackett, released on 25 January 2019 by InsideOut Records. Release The album was announced on 25 October 2018. It will be available on CD, a two ...

'' (2019) With

* '' Smallcreep's Day'' (Charisma Records, 1980) With

Madness (band) Madness are an English ska and pop band from Camden Town, North London, who formed in 1976. One of the most prominent bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s two-tone ska revival, they continue to perform with six of the seven members of the ...

* '' The Madness'' (Virgin, 1988) With Steve Lukather * '' Candyman'' (Columbia, 1994) * '' Santamental'' (Favored Nations, 2005) With Toto * '' Absolutely Live'' (Columbia, 1993) * '' Tambu'' (Columbia, 1995) * '' Toto XX'' (1998) * '' Mindfields'' (Columbia, 1999) * '' Livefields'' (Columbia, 1999) * ''

Through the Looking Glass ''Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There'' (also known as ''Alice Through the Looking-Glass'' or simply ''Through the Looking-Glass'') is a novel published on 27 December 1871 (though indicated as 1872) by Lewis Carroll and the ...

'' (EMI, 2002) * '' Live in Amsterdam'' (Eagle, 2002) * ''

Falling in Between ''Falling in Between'' is the twelfth studio album (though counted as the 13th album overall — see '' Toto XIV'') by American rock band, Toto. The album was released in February 2006 on the Italian label Frontiers Records, the band supporting ...

'' (Frontiers, 2006) * ''

Falling in Between Live ''Falling in Between Live'' is the fourth live album by American band Toto, released in 2007. It was recorded live at Le Zénith, Paris, France. The album is the first Toto record to feature bassist Leland Sklar, who at the time was thought to b ...

'' (2007) * ''Live in Poland'' (Eagle, 2014) With Toyah * '' The Changeling'' (1982) * '' Warrior Rock: Toyah on Tour'' (1982) With

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

Thirty Years of Maximum R&B ''Thirty Years of Maximum R&B'' is a box set by British rock band, The Who released by Polydor Records internationally and by MCA Records in the U.S.; since 2003, it has been issued in America by Geffen Records. The set consists of four CDs th ...

'' (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

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