Steve Foley (drummer)
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Stephen B. Foley[1] (June 4, 1959 – August 23, 2008) was an American drummer who played for Curtiss A, Things That Fall Down, The Replacements, Bash & Pop, Wheelo, and several other bands in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He played live for the most part, but he recorded with songwriter Peter Lack, and he appears in a Replacements video, "When It Began," which received two 1991 MTV Video Music Awards nominations.[2]
Steve Foley | |
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Born | June 4, 1959 |
Died | August 23, 2008 (aged 49) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
Genres | Rock |
Occupation(s) | Drummer |
Years active | 1979–2008 |
Foley replaced founding member Chris Mars and toured Europe and the United States with the Replacements[3] in support of their final album, All Shook Down, and played in their final show (prior to a reunion in 2013), which took place on July 4, 1991, in Chicago's Grant Park.[4]