dr, *1968 GB
Musician of Rock
A.k.a. Smiley (6)
Steve "Smiley" Barnard (born 10 January 1968, London) is an English drummer.Having previously drummed for Robbie Williams on the Life Thru a Lens album and tours, Barnard joined Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros after Ged Lynch left. Barnard drummed on the "Forbidden City" track of the Rock Art and the X-Ray Style album.In 2009 Smiley joined fellow Mescaleros Pablo Cook, who together with Mike Peters (The Alarm), Derek Forbes (Simple Minds) and Steve Harris (Archive/Gary Numan) formed Los Mondo Bongo, and have toured the UK, Canada and elsewhere celebrating the music of Joe Strummer.