Elaine Brown
Peter Flory
Steve Foster
Andy Mitchell
Clive Dunstall
Dave Harte          Eddie McManus
Sarah Robson    Tim Gillett
Fiona Gillett        Matt Talks
Mary Tyler         Caron Cavalier

Steve Foster
Drums & percussion
Steve Foster was born in December 1959, in Solihull in the West Midlands, way before a lot of music (like disco, punk and modern romantic) had been invented. However, jazz had already been around a long time and has managed to persist to this very day. Steve has had no formal drumming tuition whatsoever which may come as a big surprise to anyone who knows nothing about drumming. His career, if you can call it that, started through playing drums/percussion using diverse instruments such as Twigglets (Original flavour), spoons, chop sticks, school desks and eventually bongos. He joined a pub-based band in 1978 called ‘The Maggots’ (a subtle name, metamorphosed from ‘The Beatles’) where he learnt important life skills such as eating curries and avoiding buying drinks. Unfortunately, like the Beatles, the band eventually split due to various members becoming too big for their boots and wanting to pursue solo careers (I wish!).
After gaining his degree in Biology at the University of York, he moved to Nottingham in 1983 to do a PhD on Population Genetics; a weird choice really considering he had vowed never to go near this subject after his horrendous undergraduate experiences. Anyway, while at Nottingham, he was invited to join a band called ‘The Opera Buffs’ and after being sacked for being too old (all the other members looked as if they were still at school), found God and in 1989 joined a Christian rock band named “Solid Air” who performed covers and original material. They were billed as “Probably the Best Nottingham Rock Band in the World” and produced two albums in Steve's time, released through Plankton Records (OK, so you've never heard of them).
Unfortunately, the band split in 1993 coinciding with Steve moving to Chesham to start a job working as a Research Entomologist protecting UK crops from pests. Yes, he spends all his time running up and down fields shouting and waving his arms at bugs and stuff! In 1995 at a Kings Church gig the drummer was taken ill (this often happens to drummers) and Steve was asked to stand-in at the last minute. Afterwards, the guitarist asked Steve if he was interested in joining a band called ‘Chrysalis’. Intrigued by the name, for entomological reasons, he met up with Mandy, Nicki et al. and agreed to play a few gigs. 10 years later and at least 150 performances of the ‘Millennium Medley’ (Oh, Good Grief!), he is still waiting for permission to leave.
Likes: Loud, fast rock numbers that annoy keyboards’ players.
Dislikes: The colour purple (no, not the film but the shirts) and wearing anything too formal such as ties.