Simon John Wolstencroft is an English rock drummer, best known for playing with The Fall between June 1986 and August 1997. Wolstencroft was a member of The Patrol, an early incarnation of The Stone Roses, with childhood friends Ian Brown and John Squire, having previously been a member of The Weeds and The Colourfield. He was also drummer for Freak Party which featured Johnny Marr and Andy Rourke. In Songs That Saved Your Life, Marr states that Wolstencroft declined to join what became The Smiths as he didn't like Morrissey's voice. Wolstencroft joined The Fall in time to play on most of the group's Bend Sinister album, and remained in the band for over a decade, occasionally adding keyboards and programming to his role as well as co-writing the group's only self-penned Top 40 single, "Free Range", taken from their Code: Selfish album. He left the band following a dispute over the recording of the Levitate album. In 1996, Wolstencroft had a daughter, Emily Wolstencroft. After, he went on to reunite with Stone Roses singer Ian Brown, performing and co-writing on his Golden Greats album in 2000. 

January 19th, 1963 in (Age 61)