Stephen Morris

Infobox Musical artist
Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Name = Stephen Morris


Img_size = 200
Img_capt = Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert (1993)
Birth_name = Stephen Paul David Morris
Born = birth date and age|1957|10|28|df=y
Origin = Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
Died =
Instrument = drums, keyboards, percussion
Associated_acts = New Order
Joy Division
The Other Two

Stephen Paul David Morris (born 28 October 1957 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England) is a musician in the Manchester based rock band New Order. Although he is primarily a percussionist, he also plays keyboards. He also drummed in the band from which New Order was formed, Joy Division, and in The Other Two, a band made up of Morris and his wife, Gillian Gilbert. Morris is known for his machine like drumming that is seamlessly woven with New Order's drum machine sounds.

He attended the same school in Macclesfield as Joy Division vocalist Ian Curtis and was expelled for abusing cough syrup. Early on, Morris was a strong contender to become New Order's lead vocalist, and his voice can be heard on some early tracks (especially live versions). He also contributed musically to as-yet-unreleased demos by fellow Mancunians Quando Quango.

Something of an eccentric, Morris has been called "daft as a brush" by bandmate Peter Hook. Morris reportedly used some of his fortune to purchase several military vehicles. He and Gilbert live in Rainow, outside Macclesfield. Together they formed the side-project The Other Two.

They have together two daughters, Tilly and Grace. Grace has transverse myelitis, which has effects similar to a spinal injury. The disease initially left Grace paralysed from the waist down, but Grace has largely recovered and can walk unaided, but she still continues to need care and treatment. Consequentially Gillian has stayed home and not toured with the band since 2001. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/reports/misc/today_fifty_stephen_morris_20070531.shtml]

In 2007, Morris and Gilbert remixed two tracks for the Nine Inch Nails remix album "Year Zero Remixed".

External links

* [http://www.joydiv.org/members.htm Short bio at JoyDiv.org]