What key details about chris joyce can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: chris joyce -lrb- born manchester , england , 11 october 1957 -rrb- is known for being drummer with various new wave groups and with simply red in the 1980s . coming from chorlton , manchester , he adopted the hippie lifestyle . his most remote band was fast breeder , a short-lived late 1970s punk group from manchester formed by him on drums and dave rowbotham on guitar , and managed by tony wilson . wilson called joyce and rowbotham to form a band alongside guitarist vini reilly and bass guitarist tony bowers , the durutti column . that line-up released only two songs from factory 's first ep , '' a factory sample '' , before joyce . rowbotham and bowers quit the band to form another post-punk band around 1979 , the mothmen . the mothmen released only two studio albums and a number of singles , before disbanding in the 1980s . during his time with the mothmen , joyce worked with pink military , london underground and judy nylon . by the mid-1980s , he was working with suns of arqa , playing drums on their second lp '' wadada magic '' . he later formed simply red , alongside his bandmate tony bowers and singer mick hucknall . joyce shares further details of his life and career , up to and beyond his work with simply red , in his biography on chris joyce school of drums .
- years active is 1970 's -- 2010- instruments is drums- origin is chorlton , manchester , england- genre is punk rock , sophisti-pop rock , post-punk , new wave , alternative- birth date is 11 october 1957- name is chris joyce- background is non_vocal_instrumentalist- label is factory- associated acts is fast , crucial , suns of arqa , simply red breeder , the durutti column , the mothmen- occupation is musician