Steve Barnard

{{Infobox musical artist

| image = Melt Festival 2013 - Archives-8.jpg

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| caption = Barnard playing with Archive in 2013

| name = Steve "Smiley" Barnard

| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist

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| birth_place = London, England

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1968|01|10}}

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| instruments = {{hlist|Drums|bass|guitar|keyboards}}

| genre = {{hlist|Rock|electronica}}

| occupations = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter|music producer}}

| years_active = 1997–present

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| current_member_of = {{hlist|The Alarm|Holy Holy|Archive|The Mock Turtles}}

| past_member_of = {{hlist|The Mescaleros|From the Jam}}

| website = {{URL|smileysfriends.co.uk}}

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Steve "Smiley" Barnard (born 10 January 1968) is an English musician, songwriter and music producer, best known as a drummer for The Mock Turtles, Robbie Williams, The Mescaleros, Archive, Holy Holy, From the Jam and The Alarm.

Music career

Steve Barnard, also known as Smiley, began playing music at a young age and his first major success as a drummer was in 1997–1998, when he was the drummer for Robbie Williams' solo debut album, single B-sides and tours Life thru a Lens.{{cite magazine|title=Smiley − From classic rock to hip hop and in between... |last=Chamberlain |first=Rich |magazine=Rhythm |issue=297 |date=November 2020}}{{cite web|title=Steve Barnard |publisher=Robbie Williams Database |url=https://www.rwdb.info/band/steve-barnard/ |access-date=3 March 2023}} From 1999, he joined for two years Joe Strummer's newly formed band The Mescaleros.{{cite news|title=Two Mescaleros and their amigos come to the Casbah |newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator |date=7 March 2009 |url=https://www.thespec.com/life/2009/03/07/two-mescaleros-and-their-amigos-come-to-the-casbah.html |access-date=3 March 2023}}Anthony Davie, Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros. Vision of a Homeland., Effective Publishing, 2004 {{ISBN|1-903111-75-7}} Afterwards, Barnard joined the rock/electronica band Archive, which turned into a long-term collaboration spanning along several albums and film soundtracks.{{cite web|title=On the Beat with UK Drummer Steve "Smiley" Barnard of the Alarm and Archive: Talks Artists, Albums, and Tours |date=22 June 2017 |publisher=Modern Drummer |url=https://www.moderndrummer.com/2017/06/beat-uk-drummer-steve-smiley-barnard-alarm-archive-talks-artists-albums-tours/ |access-date=3 March 2023}} He collaborated with various other bands and musicians, including From the Jam{{cite web|title=From The Jam: Aberdeen 18th May 2014 – live review |date=21 May 2014 |publisher=Louder Than War |url=https://louderthanwar.com/from-the-jam-aberdeen-18th-may-2014-live-review/ |access-date=12 March 2023}}{{cite web|title=From The Jam – The Public Gets What The Public Wants Tour |date=2 November 2014 |publisher=Rock Zone UK |url=http://www.rock-zone.co.uk/2014/11/02/from-the-jam-the-public-gets-what-the-public-wants-tour/ |access-date=12 March 2023}} and Gene Loves Jezebel.{{cite web|title=Gene Loves Jezebel play rare Brighton gig |date=27 April 2022 |publisher=Brighton and Hove News |url=https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2022/04/27/gene-loves-jezebel-play-rare-brighton-gig/ |access-date=12 March 2023}}

In 2010, he played in the band Los Mondo Bongo, formed by Mike Peters to celebrate the music of Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros. Subsequently, he joined Peters' band The Alarm on a full-time basis, another long-term collaboration.{{cite web|title=Steve "Smiley" Barnard |date=17 June 2020 |publisher=The Alarm Archive |url=https://thealarmarchive.com/encyclopedia/steve-smiley-barnard/ |access-date=3 March 2023}}

Since the beginning of 2022, Barnard has been playing in the band Holy Holy, performing the music of David Bowie, alongside Tony Visconti and Glenn Gregory, among others.{{cite web|title=Bowie supergroup Holy Holy and Woody Woodmansey part ways over 'medical differences' |publisher=Planet Rock |url=https://planetradio.co.uk/planet-rock/news/rock-news/woody-woodmansey-holy-holy/ |access-date=3 March 2023}}

Barnard is also a music producer at his studio, Sunshine Corner Studios, where he produced several artists and released eight albums of his songs including collaborations with musicians like Bruce Foxton, Steve Norman, Richard Archer, James Stevenson, Ian McNabb.Steve Barnard − Puzzled album review, Vive Le Rock, April 2023, p. 82{{cite web|title=Smiley − Discography |publisher=Discogs |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/559801-Smiley-6 |access-date=3 March 2023}}

Author

In 2020, Barnard published the book Clang! Smiley Drops a Few, about his experiences in the music industry.

Discography

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"\|Year !scope="col"\|Album !scope="col"\|Band/Artist !scope="col"\|Credits
scope="row"\|2023 \|Forwards \|The Alarm \|Drums
scope="row"\|2022 \|Peninsular III \|Robin Foster \|Drums
scope="row"\|2022 \|Omega \|The Alarm \|Drums
scope="row"\|2022 \|These Four Walls \|In The Forest \|Drums
scope="row"\|2022 \|Call To Arms & Angels \|Archive \|Drums
scope="row"\|2022 \|L'Emprise \|Mylène Farmer \|Drums
scope="row"\|2021 \|History Repeating \|The Alarm \|Drums, Vocals (background)
scope="row"\|2019 \|Sigma \|The Alarm \|Drums, Percussion, Vocals (background)
scope="row"\|2019 \|Now Playing \|Mark Butcher \|Drums
scope="row"\|2019 \|25 \|Archive \|Drums
scope="row"\|2018 \|Equals \|The Alarm \|Drums
scope="row"\|2018 \|Peninsular II \|Robin Foster \|Drums
scope="row"\|2018 \|Our Future in Space \|Ian McNabb \|Drums
scope="row"\|2017 \|Life in Space \|Nik Turner \|Composer
scope="row"\|2016 \|The False Foundation \|Archive \|Drums
scope="row"\|2015 \|Restriction \|Archive \|Drums
scope="row"\|2015 \|Delivery \|Hero Fisher \|Drums
scope="row"\|2014 \|Axiom \|Archive \|Drums
scope="row"\|2012 \|Global Lows \|Birdpen \|Drums
scope="row"\|2012 \|With Us Until You're Dead \|Archive \|Drums
scope="row"\|2010 \|Bleu noir \|Mylène Farmer \|Drums
scope="row"\|2009 \|Controlling Crowds \|Archive \|Drums
scope="row"\|2006 \|Lights \|Archive \|Drums
scope="row"\|2004 \|Noise \|Archive \|Drums
scope="row"\|2003 \|Can You Dig It?: The Best of the Mock Turtles \|The Mock Turtles \|Composer, Drums
scope="row"\|2002 \|You All Look the Same to Me \|Archive \|Drums
scope="row"\|1999 \|Rock Art and the X-Ray Style \|Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros \|Drums
scope="row"\|1998 \|The Dream Society \|Roy Harper \|Drums, Percussion
scope="row"\|1997 \|Life thru a Lens \|Robbie Williams \|Drums, Vocals (background)

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!scope="col"|Year

!scope="col"|Album

!scope="col"|Band/Artist

!scope="col"|Credits

scope="row"|2023

|Forwards

|The Alarm

|Drums

scope="row"|2022

|Peninsular III

|Robin Foster