Stephen Gilchrist

Stephen Paul Gilchrist (born January 1975)^[2] is an English musician from London who also teaches drums and guitar across London. Gilchrist releases music under the name Stephen Evens (stylised Stephen EvEns) and wrote and recorded under the name Stuffy with his band Stuffy/The Fuses (whose second album, Angels Are Ace, was recorded by Steve Albini) from 2003 to 2009, reforming in 2023.

Also known as

• Stephen Evens
• Stuffy

Born

Stephen Paul Gilchrist

January 1975 (age 51)

Occupations

• Musician
• composer
• director
• educator
• producer
• engineer
• singer-songwriter

Instruments

• Drums
• percussion
• vocals
• guitar
• viola

Quick facts Background information, Also known as ...

Stephen Gilchrist
Gilchrist with Graham Coxon in 2012.
Background information
Also known as	Stephen Evens Stuffy
Born	Stephen Paul Gilchrist January 1975 (age 51)
Occupations	Musician composer director educator producer engineer singer-songwriter
Instruments	Drums percussion vocals guitar viola
Member of	Stuffy/The Fuses Bug Prentice Hot Sauce Pony The Monochrome Set Tim Smith's Spratleys[1]
Formerly of	The Scaramanga Six Art Brut

Close

He is best known as the drummer in Blur guitarist Graham Coxon's live band,^[3] and also appears on Coxon's live albums, Burnt to Bitz: At the Astoria and Live at the Zodiac, and on the single "Bloody Annoying / What Ya Gonna Do Now?".

Gilchrist supplied the drums for the Graham Coxon and Jimmy Pursey's single supporting the England national football team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The song was a re-working of the Sham 69 hit "Hurry Up Harry", and was released as "Sham 69 and The Special Assembly". "Hurry Up England" entered the UK Singles Chart at #10. In 2013 he joined Art Brut, replacing founding member Mikey Breyer.

He has also toured and recorded with Charlotte Hatherley, Cardiacs and Cathy Davey. His current drumming duties include The Monochrome Set, Spratleys Japs and Interrobang! a collaboration between Dunstan Bruce from Chumbawamba and Stephen Griffin of Regular Fries.

Gilchrist is the grandson of the conductor Kathleen Riddick.^[4]