Simon Fox is a drummer who played in different rock bands during the 1970's and the 1980's, most notably band of Joy, and Be Bop Deluxe.



Simon Fox's earliest band was Hackensack, during the 1970's. He was a session player before joining Be Bop Deluxe, in 1974, with whom he played on four studio albums, Futurama (1975), Sunburst Finish (1976), Modern Music (1976) and Drastic Plastic (1978), and one live album, Live in the Air Age (1977). The band split up in 1978, shortly after the release of Drastic Plastic.



After Be Bop Deluxe, Simon Fox played in the Trevor Rabin's band, touring with them in Britain. Later, he joined Blazer Blazer, along with bassist Steve Barnacle (later in Visage), with whom he toured extensively in 1979 and 1980. They released just one single, Cecil B. Devine, in 1979. Later, he played on Jack Green's Reverse Logic, released in 1981. Later, he played with The Pretty Things, and, in 1983, in Electric Sun.



In 1988, Simon Fox joined Orkestra (a post-Electric Light Orchestra band formed by bassist Kelly Groucutt and violinist Mik Kaminski), releasing with them two albums, Beyond The Dream and Roll Over Beethoven.