Budgie (musician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Budgie (musician)

English drummer

Date of Birth: 21-Aug-1957

Place of Birth: St Helens, England, United Kingdom

Profession: drummer, songwriter

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Budgie (musician)

  • Peter Edward Clarke (born 21 August 1957), known professionally as Budgie, is an English drummer.
  • His first recording was with The Spitfire Boys in 1977 and then the Slits in 1979.
  • He then became the drummer of the influential band Siouxsie and the Banshees (1979–96) and the drum-and-voice duo the Creatures (1981–2004).
  • Budgie worked with other musicians including John Cale, Leonard Eto (formerly of the Kodo Drummers) and John Grant. In 2013, Spin rated him at No.
  • 28 in their list of "The 100 Greatest Drummers of Alternative Music", writing: "Post-punk introduced a lot of amazing drummers, but none more influential than Budgie.
  • With the Banshees, Budgie didn't just play rhythms—he played hooks and leads, brilliant parts that set the songs on fire.
  • His tom-tom-intensive approach, [was] enlightened by his awareness of world music".
  • Spin considered his "most booming moment" to be "Into the Light", from 1981's Juju, saying: "Budgie drums up a marvel of kinetic syncopation and invention".Budgie was hailed in 2013 by peer Stewart Copeland of the Police as one of the 16 most interesting drummers.
  • Copeland described Budgie's playing as "very economical and offbeat", adding, "Budgie didn’t play your standard hi-hat–kick–snare; there were a lot of tom-toms and a big throb." Ari Up of the Slits praised him as "a very sensitive drummer", saying, "He could go from reggae to punk to funk to jazz [...] but still very steady." NME named Budgie the best drummer of 1983, while music journalist David Cavanagh referred to him as "the outstanding English drummer of the post-punk era".

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