Steven William Forrest (7 February 1960 – 7 December 2021) was a Scottish singer-songwriter, best known for his time as a member of synth-pop band Bronski Beat, with Jimmy Somerville and Larry Steinbachek.
[2][3] He was a co-founder and keyboard player of the group Bronski Beat, known for the singles "Smalltown Boy" and "Why?".
[5] Bronski, whose real name was Steven Forrest, was born and raised in Castlemilk, Glasgow,[6][7] where he worked in his youth as a labourer.
[8] He lived in a flat in Brixton, London, during the early formative period of Bronski Beat with his fellow musicians.
[8] He died at the age of 61, from smoke inhalation in a fire at his home in Soho, London, on 7 December 2021, 5 years to the day after Steinbachek.