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Steve Fossen born November 15th 1949 is a bass player primarily known as one of the founding members of the band Heart. His tenure lasted from 1967 until 1982. Steve Fossen with childhood friend Roger Fisher co-founded the group HEART in the downstairs office of Steve's parent's home in 1967 in Kenmore, Washington. The group went by the names The Army (Oct 1967 – Oct 1968), Whiteheart (Oct 1968 – Oct 1969), Heart (Oct 1969 – Oct 1971), Hocus Pocus (Oct 71 – Apr 72 - first group with Ann Wilson), before settling on just Heart. “We had to have a name for this new band. We considered several, including going back to Hocus Pocus. Eventually, we settled on a name that Roger and Steve had used before: Heart. HEART'S recordings along with Ann and Nancy Wilson have been honored with a star on the Hollywood "Walk of Fame" and HEART was inducted in the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" 2014.

Steve played the bass parts heard on "Magic Man" and "Crazy On You" from HEART'S debut multi-platinum album "Dreamboat Annie", "Heartless" from HEART'S LP "Magazine", "Barracuda", "Love Alive" and "Kick It Out" from "Little Queen" LP, "Straight On", "Dog and Butterfly" and one of HEART'S fan favorite "Mistral Wind" on the "Dog and Butterfly" LP.

Two years after Roger Fisher’s departure from the group in 1980, Steve Fossen also left Heart to eventually join the band "Alias" with his fellow musicians Roger Fisher and Michael Derosier. Alias had a few hits, most notably in 1990 with the song “More Than Words Can Say”, which recently resurfaced in a Subway sandwich commercial. Alias toured extensively through 1990. The band also performed twice on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The group disbanded in the early 1990s whilst touring to promote their album.

Steve now plays in his new band Heart By Heart with fellow musicians Michael Derosier, Randy Hansen, Andy Baldwin and singer Somar Macek.