Steve White (born on 31 May 1965 in Bermondsey, London) is an English drummer and former competitive martial artist, who has worked extensively with Paul Weller, The Style Council and other British musicians.

Contents 1 MMA Career 2 Musical Career 3 Steve White discography 3.1 with Paul Weller 3.1.1 Albums 3.1.2 Singles 3.2 with The Style Council 3.2.1 Albums 3.3 with The Players 3.4 with The Who 4 External links 5 References

MMA Career

Steve White had a short-lived career as a professional Mixed Martial Artist, suffering a loss by way of TKO stoppage due to strikes to rising Ultimate Fighting Championship star Yushin Okami in the Pride Fighting Championship in November, 2002. He has not fought since and has concentrated on his musical career

• • • • • • NB: This must be a different Steve white. Steve White the drummer is not, and never has been, involved with martial arts, profesionally or otherwise!

Musical Career

Steve White was given a small drum as a child by his uncle and upon joining his local boys brigade he began to learn his craft. As with Steve's band mate Paul Weller, he was given full support from his parents who went out of their way to help their son develop what was sooner rather than later to be Steve's vocation. Steve spent his youth learning from the "greats" such as Buddy Rich and Louis Bellson, along with lessons from well known drumming teacher Bob Armstrong. Steve complemented his work gigging with local bands with part time work, spending any spare cash on updating his collection of jazz records. In 1983 Steve auditioned for an un-named band which turned out to be Paul Weller's new group, The Style Council. Weller was impressed with the 17-year old drummer's jazz background and asked Steve to come back the following day. Steve stayed with the band for some years but was never actually invited to join, even though he appeared in most of their videos and on all but a few recordings. He became the youngest drummer on stage at Live Aid at Wembley in 1985 (and also played the LIVE8 gig at Hyde Park with The Who). Steve left the Style Council in 1988 in order to pursue other projects and went on to play with many well known acts, such as Ian Dury and the Jazz Renegades. When the Style Council reformed for a one off gig for Japanese TV in 1990, Paul Weller invited Steve to his studio to hear a few demo tracks and maybe play along. Steve was soon back full time behind the kit for Weller's solo projects which still holds fast today twenty two years later. His brother Alan White is also a drummer, who played in the famous brit pop band - Oasis for nine years (1995-2004). Alan has been quoted as saying about Steve that beside influences such as Ringo Starr and Bonzo, his brother Steve was also one of his main influences. During Oasis's tour of the United States in 2001, Alan had tendonitis leading to Steve standing in for his younger brother on some of these shows.

Steve White is also a member of supergroup The Players with ex-Style Council keyboardist Mick Talbot and ex-Ocean Colour Scene bassist Damon Minchella. Steve also drummed for early 90s band Starclub.

He has his own website, where he answers the fan's questions, and discusses his recent activities with Paul Weller, Chad Smith and many more respected musicians. In 2005, he took over drumming duties for The Who at Live 8, after their regular drummer Zak Starkey, Ringo Starr's son, joined Oasis on their tours and recording sessions.

Steve funded the setting up of a Testicular cancer www.checkemlads.com after he became aware of a fan ill with and on chemo. Its now one of the biggest young men's cancer awareness websites in the uk.

Steve White discography

with Paul Weller

Albums

Paul Weller (1992) - #8 UK

Wild Wood (1993) - #2 UK

Live Wood (1994) - #13 UK

Stanley Road (1995) - #1 UK

Heavy Soul (1997) - #2 UK

Modern Classics - The Greatest Hits (1998) - #7 UK

Heliocentric (2000) - #2 UK

Days Of Speed (2001) - #3 UK

Illumination (2002) - #1 UK

Fly On The Wall - B Sides And Rarities (2003) - #22 UK

Studio 150 (2004) - #2 UK

Stanley Road (10th Anniversary Edition) (2005) - #51 UK

As is Now (2005) - #4 UK

Catch-Flame! (2006)

Singles

"Into Tomorrow" (as Paul Weller Movement) (1991) - #36 UK

"Uh Huh Oh Yeh" (1992) - #18 UK

"Above The Clouds" (1992) - #47 UK

"Sunflower" (1993) - #16 UK

"Wild Wood" (1993) - #14 UK

"The Weaver EP - The Weaver, This Is No Time, Another New Day, Ohio (Live)" (1993) - #18 UK

"Hung Up" (1994) - #11 UK

"Out Of The Sinking" (1994) - #20 UK

"The Changingman" (1995) - #7 UK

"You Do Something To Me" (1995) - #9 UK

"Broken Stones" (1995) - #20 UK

"Out Of The Sinking" re-release (1996) - #16 UK

"Peacock Suit" (1996) - #5 UK

"Brushed" (1997) - #14 UK

"Friday Street" (1997) - #21 UK

"Mermaids" (1997) - #30 UK

"Brand New Start" (1998) - #16 UK

"Wild Wood" re-release (1999) - #22 UK

"The Keeper" (2000) - #? UK

"Sweet Pea, My Sweet Pea" (2000) - #44 UK

"Brother To Brother" Terry Callier featuring Paul Weller (2002) - #81 UK

"It's Written In The Stars" (2002) - #7 UK

"Leafy Mysteries" (2002) - #23 UK

"The Bottle" (2004) - #13 UK

"Wishing On A Star" (2004) - #11 UK

"Thinking Of You" (2004) - #18 UK

"Early Morning Rain"/"Come Together" (2005) - #40 UK

"From The Floorboards Up" (2005) - #6 UK

"Come On"/"Let's Go" (2005) - #15 UK

"Here's The Good News" (2005) - #21 UK

"As Is Now" EP - "Blink and You'll Miss It", "From The Floorboards Up", "Come On"/"Let's Go", "Here's the Good News". (2006)

"Wild Blue Yonder" (2006)

with The Style Council

Albums

Café Bleu (1984) - UK #2

Our Favourite Shop (1985) - UK #1 (Internationalists in USA)

Home and Abroad (1986)

Cost of Loving (1987) - UK #2

Confessions of a Pop Group (1988) - UK#14

Modernism: A New Decade (1989)

with The Players

Clear the Decks (2003)

From the Six Corners (2005)

with The Who

Live8 - DVD - Hyde Park.

External links

• The official Steve White website
• Mr Cools dream. The complete history of The Style Council
• The Steve White myspace

References

Munn, Iain (2006). Mr Cool's Dream. The Complete History Of The Style Council. Wholepoint Publications. ISBN 0-9551443-0-2.