RIP

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

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.