Duncan Phillips

Duncan Arthur Phillips, (born March 3 1964 in Nambour, Queensland), is an Australian pop/rock drummer, percussionist, keyboardist, and composer. He is best known for his career with the Newsboys as their drummer and percussionist.

Phillips' involvement with musical performance began in the 80s with a band he had in Queensland, Australia, which played for local youth groups. Peter Furler and Phillips were in rival bands at the time. Unbeknownst to either of them, they both moved to the U.S. at the same time, Furler pursuing his career with the Newsboys in Tennessee and Phillips pursuing his career with his own band on the West Coast.Phillips joined the Newsboys in 1993 when Furler surprisingly found him in the U.S. and asked him to join the Newsboys, who were in need of a keyboardist. Phillips's role as a keyboardist only lasted for one album, "Going Public". After that he played as the percussionist until 1997, when lead vocalist John James left the band and Peter Furler took his place. Since then he has played as the Newsboys' main drummer and occasional percussionist. He has remained as a part of the Newsboys ever since.

Personal life

Phillips married Breeon Wood (who formerly worked for Inpop Records) on May 31, 1998. He now lives with his wife, two daughters, Taylor Holden Phillips and Madison Phillips, and son, Jack Dillon Phillips in Franklin, Tennessee

Outside the Newsboys

Before the Newsboys, Phillips was involved with two other Australian Christian bands, namely:
*Scary Cats
*JudahPhillips has produced and contributed to various albums other than those by the Newsboys. These include:
* Soulbait (1996) by Code of Ethics -- Played percussion for the tracks "That Was Then", "Glory", "Free", "Good things" and "Echo".
* Jody Davis (2001) by Jody Davis -- Played percussion for the album.
* Infectious (2001) by Go Fish -- Executive Producer together with Steve Ford
* Unshakeable (2001) by Various Artists -- Executive Producer together with Steve Ford
*Wonderfully Made (2001) by The Waiting -- Played percussion as well as Executive Producer
* Bring it On (2002) by Phil Joel -- Played tambourine for the album.

See also

*Newsboys

Trivia

*Duncan Phillips co-wrote the Newsboys' hit song Love Liberty Disco

External links

* [http://www.newsboys.com/tour Newsboys official website]