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Gary Wallis is a British drummer, percussionist, drum programmer, producer and musical director. He has worked with a wide range of artists and bands, including
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,
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Mike + The Mechanics Mike and the Mechanics (stylised as Mike + The Mechanics) is an English rock supergroup formed in Dover in 1985 by Mike Rutherford, initially as a side project during a hiatus period for his earlier group Genesis. The band is known for hit si ...
,
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, All Saints,
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, Jean Michel Jarre,
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and
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.


Early career

As a young drummer/percussionist, Gary Wallis worked with a number of prominent British bands. From 1982 to 1984, he was the drummer for the Truth, working alongside Chris Skornia (Hammond organ/keyboards); Dennis Greaves (guitar); Mick Lister (guitar) and Brian Bethell (bass). After leaving the Truth, Wallis went on to perform as a percussionist with
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(1984–1985). He was invited by
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to perform as a percussionist at the
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concert at
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, Philadelphia, 13 July 1985, with Robert Palmer and
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, as well as
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. In the mid to late eighties, Wallis was drummer for the Krew, the backing band for
Nik Kershaw Nicholas David Kershaw (born 1 March 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. Kershaw came to prominence in 1984 as a solo artist. He released eight singles that entered the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart during th ...
(''Riddle'' and ''Radio Musicola'' tours) and
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(1988). It was at a Kershaw concert where his energetic playing and elaborate percussion set-up drew the attention of key Pink Floyd musicians to Gary Wallis.


Pink Floyd (1987–1994)

Wallis is perhaps best known as the percussionist for
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in the post- Waters era for both their live and recorded performances. Pink Floyd's drummer
Nick Mason Nicholas Berkeley Mason, (born 27 January 1944) is an English drummer and a founder member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. He is the only member to feature on every Pink Floyd album, and the only constant member since its formation i ...
described the first time that he and
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saw Wallis play: "Wallis was spotted playing percussion with Nick Kershaw at a charity show where Gilmour was also appearing. Neither of us had ever seen anything like it. Instead of sitting down to play Gary was working in a kind of cage stuffed full of percussion, some pieces of which were mounted so high that a three-foot leap was needed to strike the required object. With his obvious musical skills this additional showmanship seemed an ideal bonus for a stage that looked initially as though it might be occupied by the living dead." Wallis was invited to join Pink Floyd, playing on their A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour (which was released as ''
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'' in 1988). Blake (2008, p. 328) describes Wallis's playing as a "highly visual performing style – attacking an array of gongs, drums and cymbals mounted around him in a cage – was the perfect contrast to Mason's considerably more restrained approach." He continued to perform with Pink Floyd until they took a break after their final tour concert at the Knebworth Festival in August 1990. Wallis has stated that performing live at Knebworth with Pink Floyd (1990) was one of the most memorable moments of his career. From 1990 to 1992, Gary Wallis performed alongside various members of Pink Floyd in different bands, including
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(1990),
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with Gilmour and Guy Pratt (1991) and
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with Gilmour (1992). In December 1991, Wallis performed at the Amnesty International 30th Anniversary Concert, as part of a band directed by Gilmour. At the performance, the band backed
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and Spinal Tap, the "fictional" heavy metal band. Spinal Tap is known for its succession of drummers who "they claim died under odd circumstances", and Wallis was shown "exploding" at the end of the performance. The following year, he performed alongside Gilmour and other Pink Floyd band members at the Chelsea Arts Ball. In 1993–94 Wallis played percussion during sessions for Pink Floyd's then-upcoming album, ''
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'' (1994). He went on to perform with them on The Division Bell world tour, during the European leg of which Pink Floyd recorded the ''
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'' live album and ''
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'', with Wallis playing percussion. In the same year, Wallis and Gilmour attended a concert in Croydon by the tribute band the Australian Pink Floyd, afterwards inviting the band to attend ''The Division Bell'' end of tour party. The drum sets used by Wallis and Mason on
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tour and Pulse DVD were from the Drum Workshop (DW). Mason states, "Gary Wallis and I ended up with thirty-odd drums, twenty pads, forty-odd cymbals and innumerable other bits of junk bolted to the drum risers, an installation that should have qualified us for the Turner Prize." Wallis's playing with Pink Floyd can also be seen and heard in the box set, '' The Later Years 1987–2019''.


10cc (1993–1995)

After disbanding in the eighties, two of the original four members of the British rock group
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re-formed in 1992 to record new tracks. They subsequently undertook a tour of Japan in 1993, with Gary Wallis as their drummer. Their tour recording ''Alive in Japan'' featured Eric Stewart (vocals, guitar, keyboard),
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(vocals, bass, guitar), Rick Fenn (vocals, guitar, bass), Stuart Tosh (vocals, percussion), Stephen Piggott (keyboards) and Gary Wallis (drums). In 1995, 10cc released their album '' Mirror Mirror'' with Gary Wallis playing drums and percussion.


Jean Michel Jarre (1999–2000)

Gary Wallis performed in front of a crowd of 50,000 with French musician Jean Michel Jarre at a 12-hour
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concert at the
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on New Year's Eve 1999/2000. The spectacular concert was part of Egypt's millennium festivities, which included a giant party at the pyramids. Wallis played drums and percussion alongside Jean Michel Jarre (musical direction, keyboards, laser harp, vocals),
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(keyboards), Joachim Garraud (keyboards), Christopher Papendieck (bass), as well as a thousand singers, dancers and musicians.


Tom Jones (1991–present)

Wallis has collaborated on various tours and concert events over two decades with legendary Welsh singer Sir
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, as his drummer and musical director, including residencies in Las Vegas. From 2009 to 2011, Wallis toured extensively with Tom Jones, performing in the UK, Europe, USA, South America, Australia, New Zealand, South-East Asia, South Africa, the Middle East, and the Russian Federation. Other band members on the 2011 tour were: Davide Bronze (bass guitar); Jamie Moses (guitar)
Toby Chapman
(keyboard); Lutz Rainer Krajenski (keyboard); Laura Critchley (backing vocals)
Sophie Hiller
(backing vocals); Francis Samuel Walden (saxophone) and Trevor Mires (trombone). On earlier tours Wallis worked with musicians Christoph Papendieck (keyboards)
Peter Honoré
(guitarist)
Alex Meadows
(bass), Janet Ramus (backing vocals) an

(backing vocals). Wallis has appeared as the drummer for Tom Jones in significant televised performances, including the opening of the 2012 BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) award ceremony and the Diamond Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace. He has also played many shows with Sir Tom in 2013, 2014, 2015 and went on a world tour with Sir Tom in 2016.


Mike and the Mechanics (1995–present)

From 1995 to 1999, Gary Wallis was the drummer for
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, working with
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(vocals),
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(guitar, bass),
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(vocals, keyboard),
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(guitar) and Jamie Moses (guitar). In 1997, Wallis performed with Paul Carrack's band as part of the ''Beautiful World'' album promotion. Wallis played on 1999 Mechanics tour, which became the last for several years, due to Paul Young's untimely death. In 2003, a comeback of the band was announced by Rutherford, and Wallis performed in their concert at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London, which was filmed and released as a live DVD by Eagle Rock Entertainment. Wallis has been the drummer for the re-formed Mike + The Mechanics, from 2011 'till present day. He has played both in recordings and live acts, including last year's sold-out tours. He played on their returning album,
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, released in April 2011, and their last-to-date album, Let Me Fly (2017). In 2011 he performed across the UK, Germany, and other European cities on their ''Hit the Road Tour'', "The Hits Tour", and "Let Me Fly Tour". It's been announced a brand new album along 2019, while the band is touring again across Europe.


Electronic drums and programming

Gary Wallis has also worked extensively as a drum programmer. In an interview for Roland UK, Wallis declared his "complete thirst for electronic drums". He is known for performing on an elaborate, massive drum set-up featuring both acoustic and electronic drums. Wallis used this configuration of instruments during his work with the German band
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, among others.


Schiller (2001–2004; 2018–)

Between 2001 and 2004 he toured Germany with the electronic ambient band
Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friends ...
, led by
Christopher von Deylen Schiller () is a German electronic music band that rose to fame in 1998 and is named after the German poet and dramatist Friedrich Schiller. Originally, it was a duo consisting of Christopher von Deylen () and Mirko von Schlieffen. Around 2001 ...
. During this time, he worked alongside many prominent artists, including the celebrated musical theatre singer
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and renowned German pop singer Peter Heppner. Wallis played live on Schiller's first live concert, "Voyage," on 9/19/2001 at Gum Club in Hamburg, Germany. Wallis also played on the Europe wide hit ''I Feel You''. Wallis played percussion on Schiller's ''Live (Er)Leben'' album (2004) and drums/percussion on the ''Tag Und Nacht'' (Day and Night) album (tracks 2, 10, 15 and 18), released in 2005 by Island Records and Universal Music, Germany. The album was also released in Russia (2005 & 2008) and the USA (2007). Gary Wallis contributes drums to Schiller upcoming album "Morgenstund" and is expected to follow Christopher von Deylen on the next live tour in 2019.


Producer

Together with long-term colleagu
Toby Chapman
Wallis has co-produced tracks for artists such as
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(1996),
Belinda Carlisle Belinda Jo Carlisle ( ; born August 17, 1958) is an American singer. She gained fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, the most successful all-female rock band of all time, and went on to have a prolific career as a solo artist. Raised in ...
(1997),
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(2000),
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(2001), Swedish band
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(2001), and Zididada, a Danish act signed to Universal Denmark (2003).


Musical director

In the latter part of his career, Gary Wallis has been in demand as a musical director and drummer. From 2004 to the present, Wallis has toured extensively around the world in this role with various bands and solo artists, including
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,
Atomic Kitten Atomic Kitten is an English girl group formed in Liverpool in 1998, whose current members are Liz McClarnon, Jenny Frost and Natasha Hamilton. The group was founded by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) members Andy McCluskey and Stuart ...
,
Il Divo Il Divo (; ) are a multi-national classical crossover vocal group. The male quartet, which originated in the United Kingdom in December 2003, consists of tenors Urs Bühler, David Miller, and Sébastien Izambard. It also included baritone ...
,
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(''Back Home Tour'') and Sir
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.


Philosophy on drumming

In the Roland UK interview with Ben Stone, Wallis explains his own approach to drumming: "There's nothing you would call real 'drummer's drummer', cause, you know, that's not my thing. I like to play in a band and be part of the team. I like to watch all those other really good guys play the fancy stuff!" Stone then asked Wallis about the importance of this aspect of playing in the current musical climate, with so many drum clinics taking place. Wallis stated, "It's a very precarious subject really ... Not for me. It doesn't work for me, 'cause I've never enjoyed that aspect of drumming at all. But, I really marvel in it and I wonder in it and I watch it myself and think, "wow!". I don't know how much it applies to any music that you record, or bands that you play with. I mean, it's great to have all those chops and it allows you to interpret whatever's in your mind, which is great, but, it's never really been for me. I mean, I like band drummers ... I like to see bands as a cohesive unit and no-one sticking out too much."


Other

Gary Wallis is the cousin of
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guitarist and former member of
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,
Larry Wallis Larry Wallis (19 May 1949 – 19 September 2019) was an English guitarist, songwriter and producer. He was best known as a member of the Pink Fairies and an early member of Motörhead. Biography and career Early bands In 1968, he formed a ban ...
.


Drums

Gary Wallis is a Vater Artist (United Kingdom) and also officially endorse
DW (Drum Workshop)
products, using their drums, pedals and hardware. 1987–1990 touring kit with Pink Floyd (A Momentary Lapse Of Reason Tour): Tama Artstar piano black finish.
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Cymbals. Simmons Electronic drums (SDS9 Pads, MTM, MTX). Akai S900 Digital Sampler. LP Latin Percussion. 1994 Pink Floyd touring kit (Division Bell Tour): DW Drums (Drum Workshop) kit in Exotic Birdseye Maple with a lacquer finish. Zildjian cymbals. Latin percussion. Vater drumsticks. Dauz electronic drums. Yamaha DTS-70 drum trigger system & DMP-7 mixer. Kurzweil K2000r sampler.


Discography

* 1983, The Truth: Confusion (Hits Us Everytime) – WEA Records (drums) * 1985, Style Council: Our Favourite Shop; Polydor (percussion) * 1986, Bucks Fizz: Writing on the Wall; Polydor (percussion) * 1986, John Wilson: The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine; Legacy Records (drums/percussion) * 1987, So: Horseshoe in the Glove; EMI (percussion) * 1989, Pink Floyd: Delicate Sound of Thunder (video); (percussion) * 1990, Blue Pearl: Blue Pearl (percussion) * 1990, Pink Floyd: Knebworth – The Album; Polydor (percussion) * 1990, Dusty Springfield: Reputation; Parlophone (percussion) * 1991, Heeren Stevens: Trust; Bronze (drums) * 1992, Westernhagen: Jaja; WEA Musik (percussion) * 1993, 10cc: Alive in Japan, released 2002 by Sanctuary, (drums) * 1995, 10cc: Mirror Mirror (drums) * 1995, Pink Floyd: Pulse; EMI (percussion) * 1995, Mike and the Mechanics: Beggar on a Beach of Gold; Atlantic (drums) * 1995, Miguel Mateos: Pisanlov; Curb (assistant engineer) * 1995, The Pharcyde: Labcabincalifornia; Delicious Vinyl (engineer) * 1996, Pastilla: Pastilla; Aztlan Records (engineer) * 1996, Bonnie Tyler: Free Spirit; Atlantic (drums/percussion) * 1996, Mike and the Mechanics: Hits; Virgin (drums) * 1996, Paul Carrack: Beautiful World; Ark 21 Records (producer, drums) * 1996, Paul Carrack: Blue Views; (producer) * 1996, Cameron Silver: Berlin to Babylon: Hollywood (engineer, mixing) * 1997, Belinda Carlisle: I Won't Say (I'm in Love); Walt Disney Records (producer) * 1998, Chris Farlowe: The Voice; Intuition (drums) * 1998, Style Council: The Complete Adventures of the Style Council (percussion) * 1999, Szina: Heavenly; Stella Music (producer/arranger) * 1999, Tom Jones and the Cardigans: Burning Down the House; Mushroom Records (producer) * 1999, Mike and The Mechanics: Mike and the Mechanics; Virgin (drums/programming) * 1999, Paul Thorn: Ain't Love Strange; Ark21 (drums) * 2000, Addis Black Widow: Goes Around Comes Around; Instant Karma (co-producer/mixing) * 2001, Rod Stewart: Human; Atlantic (string arrangements) * 2002, Sort Sol: Golden Wonder; Mercury (producer/programming/mixing/arranging) * 2003, The Beautiful South: Gaze; Universal (programming) * 2004, Schiller: Live (Er)Leben; Universal/Island (percussion) * 2004, Blue: Breathe Easy (mixing) * 2004, Marianne Rosenberg: Für immer wie heute (DVD); SPV (drums/percussion) * 2004: Fire Escape: While We're Here; Orchard (bass, vocals) * 2005, Schiller: Tag Und Nacht; Island Records (drums/percussion) * 2005, Girls Aloud: Long Hot Summer; Polydor (drums/mixing) * 2005, Mike and the Mechanics: Live at Shepherds Bush London (DVD); Eagle Rock Entertainment (drums) * 2006, Pink Floyd: Pulse; Columbia (percussion) * 2009, The Fishermen: Respect for These Knights (The Copenhagen Secret Gig); The Godfather Records (drums) * 2010, Romanzo Criminale: Romanzo Criminale; X Note (drums) * 2011, Mike and the Mechanics: The Road; Arista (drums) * 2017, Mike and the Mechanics: Let Me Fly; BMG (drums) * 2019, Mike and the Mechanics: Out of the blue; BMG (drums) * 2019, Pink Floyd: '' The Later Years 1987–2019''; Pink Floyd Records (percussion)


References


External links

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