Of all the new wave and punk era drummers,Stewart Copeland was maybe the first and maybethe only one to call attention to himself, to distinguish himself in the genre as a drummerone would admire, and, if one was a fledglingpercussionist, one to aspire to. He was, possibly, the Neil Peart of the punk and newContinue reading “#835: P is for The Police”
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#779: K is for Klark Kent
It’s alphabetized under Klark and not Kentbecause this is more of a project namethan it is the name of an artist. It is the pseudonym, the stage name, the appellation, the moniker, the sobriquet, used on the first solo album by the most famous drummer of the most famous band of the 80’s, one ofContinue reading “#779: K is for Klark Kent”
#716: G is for Gizmodrome
Okay. Super group time, it is, again. I don’t know whose brainchild this was, but Gizmodrome brings together Mark King, the bass player from Level 42, Adrian Belew, from King Crimson, Zappa,Talking Heads, Laurie Anderson, et al.(his fourth or fifth appearance now in my record collection, A to G), Vittorio Cosma, a renowned Italianjazz pianist,Continue reading “#716: G is for Gizmodrome”
