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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
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While in Fludd, Steve Negus met bassist Jim Crichton and keyboardist Peter Rochon, who would later join him as founding members of Pockets, the original working name of
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With Saga, Negus earned many gold and platinum selling CDs in Europe, Canada, and the U.S. In 1981, the band went to England to work with
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which was produced by Negus came out in 1989. Before a follow-up CD could be written and recorded, Negus and Gilmour reunited with
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on guitar and Michael Sadler as the singer. They changed their name to Saga a year later.
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through Cyclone Records. Steve Negus also co-produced and engineered songs for
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was recorded at Farmyard Studios. Producer Hine also had Steve play drums on
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on her original songs "Whatcha Gonna Do" and "See it Through me" in 2009.
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from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially
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for twenty-six years. In the late 80s, he and keyboardist
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which ended GNP. In 2003, Negus left Saga once again.
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In 2007, Negus released his first true solo project
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Jim Gilmour
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