List of Heart band members

Members of Heart performing live in 1978 (top), 2007 (middle) and 2010 (bottom)

Heart is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington. Formed in 1973, the group evolved from the earlier band The Army, which featured guitarist Roger Fisher, bassist Steve Fossen and drummer Mike Fisher (Roger's brother).^[1] It went through a number of lineup changes in its early years, as well as changing its name to White Heart (also credited simply as Heart) and later Hocus Pocus.^[2] Once it had settled on the name Heart, the band included Roger Fisher and Fossen, vocalist Ann Wilson, keyboardist John Hannah and drummer Brian Johnstone.^[3] Wilson's younger sister Nancy joined as rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist the following year, while Hannah and Johnstone were replaced by Howard Leese and Michael Derosier, respectively, upon the band's signing with Canadian record label Mushroom Records in 1975.^[4]

After the release of the band's first four albums, Fisher was fired from Heart in October 1979 due to increased tensions within the group stemming from his lifestyle and breakup with girlfriend Nancy Wilson.^[5] Leese took over the role of the band's lead guitarist.^[6] Fossen and Derosier also left after the recording of 1982's Private Audition, with Mark Andes and Denny Carmassi taking their respective positions.^[7] Both members remained with the band until the early 1990s; Andes left in 1992, prior to recording for the following year's Desire Walks On,^[8] before Carmassi followed the next year, after performing on said album.^[9] Following the album's release, the departed Andes and Carmassi were replaced by Fernando Saunders and Denny Fongheiser, respectively, both of whom featured on the 1995 live album The Road Home.^[10]

Heart spent several years in the late 1990s on temporary hiatus as the Wilson sisters worked on other projects, including together in the group The Lovemongers.^[4] The band toured occasionally without Nancy Wilson, adding lead guitarist Frank Cox, rhythm guitarist Scott Olson, bassist Jon Bayless and drummer Ben Smith.^[11] After a tour in 1998, long-time guitarist and keyboardist Leese left the band, later joining the solo band of Paul Rodgers. Ann and Nancy Wilson began touring in 1999 for the first time without a backing band.^[12] In 2002, a new lineup of Heart was introduced featuring returning members Olson and Smith, as well as new bassist Mike Inez and keyboardist Tom Kellock.^[13] The following year, Olson and Kellock were replaced in the Heart touring lineup by Gilby Clarke and Darian Sahanaja, respectively.^[14]

Sahanaja remained for Heart's first studio album in eleven years, Jupiters Darling, which also featured Clarke's replacement Craig Bartock.^[15] Debbie Shair replaced Sahanaja after the album's release.^[16] Ric Markmann became Heart's new bassist in 2005,^[17] after Inez's former band Alice in Chains reformed.^[18] Markmann left the touring lineup in 2009, introducing the band to his eventual replacement Kristian Attard,^[19] although he would later work with the band in the studio for Red Velvet Car and Fanatic.^[20][21] Dan Rothchild took over on bass in 2012.^[22] Chris Joyner replaced Shair in 2014.^[23]

Members

Current

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Ann Wilson	1973–present	lead and backing vocals flute acoustic guitar	all Heart releases
	Nancy Wilson	1974–1995 1999–present	rhythm guitar acoustic guitar backing and lead vocals harmonica mandolin keyboards
	Ben Smith	1995–1998 2002–present	drums percussion	all Heart releases from Alive in Seattle (2003) onwards
	Craig Bartock	2004–present	lead guitar backing vocals	all Heart releases from Jupiters Darling (2004) onwards
	Dan Rothchild	2012–present	bass backing vocals	all Heart releases from Fanatic Live from Caesar's Colosseum (2014) onwards
	Chris Joyner	2014–present	keyboards rhythm guitar	Beautiful Broken (2016) Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2016)

Former

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Steve Fossen	1973–1982	bass backing vocals	all Heart releases from Dreamboat Annie (1975) to Private Audition (1982)
	Roger Fisher	1973–1979	lead guitar acoustic guitar lap steel guitar mandolin	all Heart releases from Dreamboat Annie (1975) to Dog & Butterfly (1978)
	Brian Johnstone	1973–1975	drums	none
	John Hannah		keyboards
	Howard Leese	1975–1998	keyboards lead guitar backing vocals mandolin	all Heart releases from Dreamboat Annie (1975) to The Road Home (1995)
	Michael Derosier	1975–1982	drums percussion	all Heart releases from Dreamboat Annie (1975) to Private Audition (1982)
	Denny Carmassi	1982–1993		all Heart releases from Passionworks (1983) to Desire Walks On (1993)
	Mark Andes	1982–1992	bass backing vocals	all Heart releases from Passionworks (1983) to Rock the House Live! (1991)
	Fernando Saunders	1993–1995		The Road Home (1995)
	Denny Fongheiser		drums
	Scott Olson	1995–1998 2002–2003	rhythm guitar (1995–1998) lead guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals (2002–2003)	Alive in Seattle (2003)
	Frank Cox	1995–1998	lead guitar backing vocals	none
	Jon Bayless		bass
	Mike Inez	2002–2005		Alive in Seattle (2003) Jupiters Darling (2004)
	Tom Kellock	2002–2003	keyboards	Alive in Seattle (2003)
	Darian Sahanaja	2003–2004 2007	keyboards percussion backing vocals	Jupiters Darling (2004) Dreamboat Annie Live (2007)
	Gilby Clarke	2003	lead guitar	none
	Debbie Shair	2004–2014 (touring only)	keyboards percussion backing vocals	Dreamboat Annie Live (2007) Night at Sky Church (2010) Fanatic Live from Caesar's Colosseum (2014) Home for the Holidays (2014)
	Ric Markmann	2005–2009	bass	Dreamboat Annie Live (2007) Red Velvet Car (2010) Fanatic (2012)
	Kristian Attard	2009–2012 (touring only)		Night at Sky Church (2010)

Timeline

References

External links

• Heart official website