Career
In the late 80"s, he and keyboardist Jim Gilmour left Saga and formed the Gross National Product (Gilmour Negus Project). While playing at Larry"s Hideaway, a club in Toronto, Steve Negus" drumming came to the attention of the Canadian rock band, Fludd. The band was searching for a new drummer, and offered Steve the job that night.
Several weeks later Steve joined Fludd as their new drummer.
Brian and Editor Pilling were the creative force behind Fludd, and about a year after Steve joined, Brian was stricken with leukemia and the band couldn"t continue to perform. A new band, Pockets, was formed out of Fludd"s rhythm section.
Negus, Crichton, and Rochon went into eight months of rehearsal to form the new band with Jim Crichton"s younger brother Ian Crichton on guitar and Michael Sadler as the singer. They changed their name to Saga a year later.
With Saga, Negus earned many gold and platinum selling CDs in Europe, Canada, and the United States. In 1981, the band went to England to work with Rupert Hine as producer, and Worlds Apart was recorded at Farmyard Studios.
Producer Hine also had Steve plays drums on Chris de Burgh"s album, The Getaway. “Don"t Pay the Ferryman” was the single from that album, which went to #34 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. The Getaway went to number one on the German charts, followed by Saga"s own Worlds Apart at number two.
In the late 80"s, Negus and keyboardist Jim Gilmour left Saga and formed Gross National Product (Gilmour Negus Project) with singer Robert Bevan for Virgin Records.
The Civil Defense Safety Zone which was produced by Negus came out in 1989. Before a follow-up Civil Defense could be written and recorded, Negus and Gilmour reunited with Saga which ended Gross National Product. In 2003, Negus left Saga once again.
In 2007, Negus released his first true solo project "Dare to Dream" through Cyclone Records. Steve Negus also co-produced and engineered songs for Jaclyn Kenyon on her original songs "Whatcha Gonna Do" and "See it Through me" in 2009.
