Trevor Steel
| Trevor Steel | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Trevor David Steel |
| Born | 1958 (age 58–59) Hampstead, London, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Alternative rock, pop rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, record producer, record label owner |
| Instruments | Voice, guitars |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Labels | EMI, Atlantic, Sunday Morning, Whipped Cream |
| Associated acts | Mad Shadows, Planning by Numbers, The Escape Club |
Trevor David Steel (born January 5, 1958 in Hampstead) is a singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is a mainstay member of the alternative rock band, The Escape Club, which formed in 1983, disbanded in 1992 and reformed in 2009. In 1988, with other members of The Escape Club, he co-wrote their number-one Billboard Hot 100 hit "Wild, Wild West". Steel has also worked as a record producer and owns a recording label. In 2004 he relocated to Australia and appeared as a judge on TV talent search series, Popstars Live. In 2006 Steel founded a record Label, Sunday Morning Records, with Chris Johns in Sydney, they co-managed pop punk group Short Stack from 2007 to 2011. Steel co-produced the group's first two albums, with their singer-songwriter, Shaun Diviney.
Trevor David Steel was born in 1958 in Hampstead, London, United Kingdom. In the early 1980s, Steel was a part of the dance-rock group, Mad Shadows, and by 1982, the band consisted of Steel on lead vocals, John Holliday on lead guitar, Hermann Profile, and Milan Zekavica (ex-The Expressos) on drums. They backed electronic rock musician Stephen Milford on his Planning by Numbers release 1: Catch the Beat (1982), where Steel played lead and rhythm guitars and Holliday played bass. In 1983, Steel, Holliday and Zekavica formed an alternative pop rock group, The Escape Club, with Zekavica's former Expressos bandmate Johnny Christo (aka John Christoforou) on bass guitar. In 1983 their debut single, "Breathing", was issued on Bright Records. It was co-written by Steel with fellow The Escape Club band members. In 1985 they signed with EMI which released their first album, White Fields. In 1988 their second album, Wild Wild West, was released on Atlantic Records. The title track and lead single went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The track was co-written by Steel with Christoforou, Holliday, Zekavica and UK pop singer-songwriter Amos Pizzey. The Escape Club released two more singles from Wild, Wild West, "Shake for the Sheik" which reached No. 28 and "Walking Through Walls" which peaked at No. 81. They released their third album, Dollars & Sex, in March 1991 which included the No. 8 single, "I’ll Be There".
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