Stephan Ellis

Elis joined Survivor in 1981 to record their second album, Premonition.^[1] A year later, they recorded the Grammy winning song "Eye of the Tiger" for the film Rocky III.^[1] In 1987, he developed stomach ulcers and was forced to leave the band while he recovered.^[1] After leaving Survivor, Ellis and Survivor member Marc Droubay, formed a group called Club M.E.D., who released one album for disbanding.^[1] He returned to Survivor in 1996 but left again three years later but returned as a substitute in 2005.^[2][3][4] Ellis also played bass on David Glen Eisley’s 2000 album Stranger From the Past and in 2005 produced Samantha Fox's album Angel with an Attitude.^[5][6]

Ellis died on February 28, 2019.^[5] He was 69.^[7][8] His official cause of death was not confirmed but he had dementia.^[5] Survivor member Frankie Sullivan called Ellis "a special charm with the fans and within the band" and Jim Peterik said his death "hit me like a shot".^[2][9]