Stephen Paul David Morris (born 28 October 1957) is an English drummer who has worked with the rock band New Order and, previously, Joy Division.

After Joy Division (then called Warsaw)[3] tried three other drummers, they eventually recruited Morris, who responded to a wanted ad posted in a local music shop.

[4] Morris is noted for his "machine-like" skills as a drummer, which he credits to krautrock influences,[5] naming Klaus Dinger of Neu!

From 1977, he was influenced by the music of Siouxsie and the Banshees because their "drummer Kenny Morris played mostly toms"; "hearing the sessions they'd done on John Peel's show and reading gig write-ups", [...] inspired him.

[9][10][11] He played drums for Echo & the Bunnymen on their rendition of the Doors' "Soul Kitchen", which they recorded at Amazon Studios in Liverpool in 1986.

[12] During a break from New Order, Morris and Gilbert formed the side project The Other Two; together they have released two albums as well as various remixes and soundtrack work.

[citation needed] In 2019, the book Record Play Pause, the first volume of his Confessions of a Post-Punk Percussionist, was published by Constable[14] and later by Little, Brown and Company.

Joy Division's touring schedule happened to be similar to Peter Sutcliffe's movements which led to the police's suspicion.