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Steve Byrd

real name Stephen John Byrd

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Steve Byrd is credited on 512 releases across 73 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1975–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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512

Credits

73

Albums

6

Decades active

180

In collections

Biography

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Steve Byrd (born 25 September, 1955, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England - died 2 October, 2016, Munich, Germany) was a British guitarist and session musician. In the mid-1970's he became a member of Zzebra performing on their second and third albums. In 1978 he joined Neo recording one album, before Ian Gillan asked him to join his band Gillan. In 1982 he auditioned for Kim Wilde and became a long-term member of her backing band. Byrd also toured with many other artists. Later in his career he became Managing Director of label.

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Credited work

512 releases · 73 albums · active 1975–2025

  • Performance · 1,033
  • Other credits · 7
  • Production · 1

Studios: Select Sound Studios · Battery Studios, London · RAK Studios · Larrabee Sound Studios

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