David "Shuffle" Steele (born 8 September 1960) is an English musician who was a member of the Beat and

Fine Young Cannibals Fine Young Cannibals (FYC) was a British pop rock band formed in Birmingham, England, in 1984, by bassist David Steele, guitarist Andy Cox (both formerly of The Beat), and singer Roland Gift (formerly of the Akrylykz). Their self-titled 1985 ...

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He was born in Cowes,

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. From 1978 to 1983, Steele was bassist in the

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revival band the Beat, (known in the

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). After

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and

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left the Beat to form

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, Steele and guitarist Andy Cox recruited singer Roland Gift to form

, whose career lasted into the early 1990s. In 1988, while FYC were on hiatus, Cox and Steele released the instrumental house music single, "Tired of Getting Pushed Around", under the name of Two Men, a Drum Machine and a Trumpet. It reached No. 18 on the

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. That same year, they also collaborated with

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on the single "Heat It Up" which reached No. 21. Steele's bass lines in the Beat took the

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n style of ska and added a harder, punk rock-influenced style. The Beat song, "

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", is largely built on top of the driving, eighth-note bass line that runs through the entire song.

had a more soulful, and sometimes electronic sound, and Steele's bass lines were less prominent in the outfit. Steele has co-written songs for both the Beat and Fine Young Cannibals, most notably "

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", " Good Thing" and "

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". After the end of his work with Fine Young Cannibals, Steele went on to play a variety of other roles in the music industry. He co-produced two tracks on Gabrielle's album ''

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'', which reached No. 8 on the

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in 1993, as well as the soundtrack to the film '' The Truth About Cats & Dogs'' in 1996. He has appeared on more than two dozen other albums, most commonly as a backing vocalist, but also as a guitarist, drummer and mixer. In summer 2004, he released the album '' Fried'', on which he collaborated with the

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vocalist, Jonte Short. The album was a mix of

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, funk and R&B. Fried signed to Sony BMG and their album was re-packaged and re-released with a modified tracklisting and running order, including some 3 new tracks replacing the last 2 of the original tracks, as the album ''Things Change'', released in 2007. Steele spent some time living in the

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, but now resides in

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Steele, David 1960 births Living people English record producers English session musicians English songwriters 20th-century English bass guitarists English rock bass guitarists Male bass guitarists The Beat (British band) members Fine Young Cannibals members People from Cowes Musicians from the Isle of Wight English ska bass guitarists English new wave musicians

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