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Steve Prestwich was an English musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was best known as the drummer and co-founder of the rock band, Cold Chisel. He was born in Liverpool, England, and moved to Australia with his family when he was five years old. Prestwich began playing drums at the age of nine and joined his first band, The Starfighters, at the age of fourteen. He went on to play in several other bands before joining Cold Chisel in 1973. With Cold Chisel, Prestwich wrote and co-wrote many of the band's hits, including "Khe Sanh", "Flame Trees", and "Saturday Night". Prestwich left Cold Chisel in 1983 to pursue a solo career, releasing two albums, Every Highway and Silver Lady. He also wrote and produced music for other artists, including Jimmy Barnes, John Farnham, and The Angels. Prestwich died on 16 January 2011, aged 56, after suffering a brain hemorrhage. He was survived by his wife, two sons, and two daughters. At the time of his death, Prestwich had an estimated net worth of $10 million.

Popular As Steven William Prestwich
Occupation Musician, producer
Age 57 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 5 March 1954
Birthday 5 March
Birthplace Liverpool, England
Date of death 16 January 2011,
Died Place Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality United Kingdom

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2011

Prestwich died on 16 January 2011 following surgery to remove a brain tumour, two months before his 57th birthday.

2000

Prestwich released his first solo album, Since You've Been Gone in August 2000, which he also produced. His second album, Every Highway was released in October 2009.

1984

From 1984 to 1986 Prestwich was the drummer in the Little River Band. He toured the United States and released two albums with LRB. Little River Band recorded a version of "When the War is Over" with John Farnham on vocals. Prestwich rejoined Cold Chisel in later reformations.

1973

In 1973, he was the founding drummer for heavy metal group, Orange, with the line-up of Jimmy Barnes, Ian Moss, Don Walker and Leszek Kaczmarek. Orange evolved into Cold Chisel in 1974 and a year later, Kaczmarek was replaced by Phil Small. Prestwich remained a member until early 1983 and during his time in Cold Chisel, he wrote "When the War Is Over" and "Forever Now". Both songs appeared on the 1982 album Circus Animals. He co-wrote with Walker the song Flame Trees from the 1984 album Twentieth Century. He briefly rejoined Cold Chisel for their Last Stand Tour from October to December 1983.

1954

Steven William Prestwich (5 March 1954 – 16 January 2011) was an English-born Australian drummer, guitarist, singer and songwriter. After relocating from Liverpool, Prestwich was the founding and long-term drummer for the band Cold Chisel, which formed in Adelaide in 1973. He wrote the Cold Chisel songs "When the War Is Over" and "Forever Now". Prestwich also had a short spell with the Little River Band in the 1980s. He released two solo albums in the 2000s.

Prestwich was born in Liverpool, England in 1954. He was a member of a folk-rock band called Sandy in 1970. His family relocated to Adelaide, South Australia in 1971 when he was 17. He was a member of Elizabeth band, Ice, with bassist Michael Smith, later of Scandal, and guitarist John Pryer from 1971 to 1973.