•
Rick Allen of
Def Leppard •
Die Flippers •
Akira Jimbo of
Casiopea •
Jet Black of
the Stranglers •
Bill Bruford of
Yes and
King Crimson (one of the first and last users of Simmons, used them from 1981 to 1998) •
Richard James Burgess of
Landscape •
Warren Cann of
Ultravox •
Phil Collins of
Genesis •
Stewart Copeland of
the Police. Provides the sequenced drum backbeat in the main title theme of the American crime drama television series
The Equalizer (1985–1989). • Darren Costin of
Wang Chung •
F. R. David on his 1982 album
Words •
Thomas Dolby used an SDSV extensively during the production and touring of the 1982 album
The Golden Age of Wireless. • Producer
Gus Dudgeon played the SDSV on two of
Elton John's albums, 1985's
Ice on Fire, and 1986's
Leather Jackets • Mark Fordyce of
The Mood •
Lee Harris of
Talk Talk •
Don Henley of the
Eagles used them in the 1980s. The 1989
Bee Gees hit, "
Ordinary Lives", features crashing drum sounds which were played by Henley on the SDSV. •
Rob Hirst of
Midnight Oil •
Steve Jansen of
Japan •
Jean-Michel Jarre on his 1982 live album
Concerts in China (recorded in 1981) •
Chris Kavanagh and Ray Mayhew of
Sigue Sigue Sputnik •
John Keeble of
Spandau Ballet •
Nick Mason with
Pink Floyd •
Jon Moss of
Culture Club •
James Murphy of
LCD Soundsystem •
Steve Negus of
Saga • Roland Vaughn Kerridge of
Re-Flex • Gary Olds of Dino, Arsenio Hall, NKOB Tour 1989–1990. Las Vegas shows and Lounges. In concerts and studios Las Vegas and Los Angeles 1989–2015. •
Alan Parker used extensively on the British television crime drama
Dempsey and Makepeace (1985–1986) soundtrack and main theme. The Simmons triplet drum rolls (with heavy reverb) were a characteristic motif of the main theme. •
Neil Peart of
Rush from 1983 to 1989 •
Jerzy Piotrowski of Polish band
Kombi from the 1983 single "Linia Zycia" to the 1985 album
Kombi 4. •
Roger Rizzitelli of
Space Art •
David Robinson of
The Cars • Ali Score of
A Flock of Seagulls •
Space featured a SDSV on their 2017 album
Give Me Your Future. •
Dave Stewart (UK keyboard player, from 1981 to circa 1983) •
Roger Andrew Taylor of
Duran Duran •
Roger Taylor of
Queen •
Chester Thompson with
Phil Collins and
Genesis • Franck Vaillant (independent drummer) •
Alex Van Halen of
Van Halen •
Peter Van Hooke of
Mike + The Mechanics •
Bobby Z with
Prince • Jürgen "CC" Behrens of the German Synth-Pop band
Silent Circle •
Yukihiro Takahashi •
Danny Carey of
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