Chris Joyce (born 11 October 1957 in Manchester, England)[1] is an English musician, known for being the drummer with various groups and with Simply Red in the 1980s.
[2] 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.
During his time with The Mothmen, Joyce worked with Pink Military,[4] 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.