Andy Ward (born September 28, 1952 in Epsom, England) was the drummer for and a founding member of the progressive rock band Camel. He was forced to leave the music business due to personal reasons. September 28 is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Epsom is a town in the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England, to the south of Greater London. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... Progressive rock (sometimes shortened to prog, prog rock, or progrock) is a subgenre of rock music which arose in the late 1960s, reached the peak of its popularity in the 1970s, but continues as a musical form long afterward. ... Camel are an English progressive rock band formed in 1971. ...

Ward also joined the neo-prog band Marillion for a few months and appeared in the video for their song "Garden Party". In the 1990s, he worked with Richard Sinclair in a succession of bands including Caravan of Dreams,and Going Going, with Hugh Hopper, Richard Sinclair, Vince Clarke and Mark Hewins, before later joining Mirage. He also played with the studio-only group Chrys&themums, led by eccentric singer-songwriter Yukio Yung (born Terry Burrows), who received drum tracks via post from Ward and then built songs around them playing all the other instruments himself. At the same time, Ward played drums on several albums by the Bevis Frond,as well as yet unreleased studio tracks at Delta Studio, Canterbury, with Hugh Hopper,Lisa Klossner, Patrice Meyer, and others. Andy has released a CD compilation of different projects he has been involved in, called "Sticking Around". Neo-progressive (or neo-prog) is a sub-genre of rock music, a form of progressive rock developed and briefly popular in the 1980s, although it lives on today. ... Marillion are a British Rock group formed in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England in 1979, whose 13 studio album career to date is generally regarded as comprising of two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original frontman Fish in late 1988 after their first 4 albums and the subsequent arrival of... Richard Sinclair (June 6, 1948) is a founding member of the progressive rock band Caravan and was also a member of the mecurial Cantebury band Wilde Flowers for which he was the guitarist. ... Caravan of Dreams album cover Caravan of Dreams was a British progressive rock band from the Canterbury scene. ... Hugh Hopper (born 1945, Canterbury, England) is a bass guitarist and composer. ... Mark Hewins (born 24 March 1955) is a UK jazz guitarist known particularly for his connections to the Canterbury scene. ... Mirage was a progressive rock offshoot from Camel in the 1990s. ... Terrence Ashley Burrows (born January 18 1963)[1] is an English multi-instrumental musician and writer based in London. ... The Bevis Frond is a musical group whose range covers hard edge to melancholy vintage indie rock to poetic, classic-rock songcraft with a thick Walthamstow accent. ... Hugh Hopper (born 1945, Canterbury, England) is a bass guitarist and composer. ...