RIP

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• Bad Thoughts

  April 7

  Clem Burke,  the great drummer from Blondie
  
  https://ultimateclassicrock.com/clem-burke-dead/
• djh

  April 9

  Bad Thoughts said:

  Clem Burke,  the great drummer from Blondie
  
  https://ultimateclassicrock.com/clem-burke-dead/

  The first gig I ever went to was Blondie on their Parallel Lines tour. Clem Burke's drumming blew me away... and I was sat up in the balcony!
• ScissorMan

  April 9 edited April 9

  Dave Allen

  Bass player (and founding member) of both Gang of Four and Shriekback

  https://pitchfork.com/news/gang-of-four-bassist-dave-allen-dies-at-69/

  Bummer.
• Bad Thoughts

  April 11

  djh said:

  Bad Thoughts said:

  Clem Burke,  the great drummer from Blondie
  
  https://ultimateclassicrock.com/clem-burke-dead/

  The first gig I ever went to was Blondie on their Parallel Lines tour. Clem Burke's drumming blew me away... and I was sat up in the balcony!

  I was too young to have sent them in their heyday, too disinterested in their reunion years. However, Clem was an amazing drummer. He was effectively old-fashioned, channeling Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich--isn’t Dreaming essentially Sing, Sing, Sing? But it sounded so fresh.
  
  I recommend Kathy Valentine's autobiography, which really shows what an upstanding man he was.