Steve ‘Grizzly’ Nisbett (69) – Drummer for reggae band Steel Pulse from 1977 – 2001 – was born March 15, 1948Â in Nevis, (Nevis & St.Kitts) the eldest of seven children. He left the Caribbean in 1957 at the age of nine to join his parents who had migrated to Saltley, Birmingham, England.
He began playing drums and percussion as a teenager, and was a member of various soul bands, such as Penny Black, Rebel, and Roy Gee and the Stax Explosion.
He joined Steel Pulse in 1977 before their debut album Handsworth Revolution through to their 1997 release Rage and Fury. Seen as the old man of the group he was the main drummer until 1998 when he gave up the honors to Conrad Kelly, but continued to play percussion. Nisbett retired from the band in 2001 due to health concerns.
He latterly lived in Perry Barr, Birmingham, England, and owned his own record company, Grizzly Records.
Steve Nisbett died on 18 January 2018, at the age of 69.
