Paul Burgess
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Paul Burgess is an English rock drummer, notable for his association with a wide range of British rock and folk-rock bands. In addition to extensive session work, he has been an official member of 10cc
, Jethro Tull
, Camel
, Magna Carta
, and The Icicle Works
.
on their 1973 UK tour and subsequently played with the band on most of their tours until 1983.
He played on the 10cc Live: King Biscuit Flower Hour album recorded in 1975 and officially joined 10cc
in 1976 after the departure of Kevin Godley
and Lol Creme
. His first studio album with the band was Deceptive Bends
, which featured the hits "The Things We Do For Love", "Good Morning Judge" and "People In Love". During the 1977 10cc tour Burgess was joined on drums by Stuart Tosh
.
Burgess continued his association with 10cc on their 1978 album Bloody Tourists
, Look Hear?
(1980) and Ten Out of 10
(1981). Paul also played drums on Graham Gouldman
's Animalympics
(1980) soundtrack and Eric Stewart
's first two solo albums; the soundtrack to the French film Girls (1980) and Frooty Rooties (1982).
Burgess subsequently became a member of The Invisible Girls
, a band that backed punk-influenced performance poet John Cooper Clarke
on several of his late 70s/early 80s recordings. Burgess temporarily left the band in 1980 and was replaced by Buzzcocks
drummer John Maher for the album Pauline Murray and the Invisible Girls, on which the band backed ex-punk singer Pauline Murray
.
He was also a member of folk-rock outfit Magna Carta
for one album, 1981's Midnight Blue. Ater the release of this album, Magna Carta broke up for several years.
The following year, Burgess was briefly a member of Jethro Tull
, replacing Gerry Conway
, and touring throughout Europe and North America with the band. Burgess was in turn replaced by Doane Perry
, and did not record with the band.
Burgess rejoined 10cc for their 1983 tour, after which 10cc broke up.
In 1984, Burgess became a member of progressive rock unit Camel
, replacing Stuart Tosh
, who had also been a member of 10cc. He stayed for one studio album (Stationary Traveller), and one live album (Pressure Points) before the band dissolved in 1985.
Around the same time, Burgess was the session drummer (though not an official band member) for pop band The Colourfield
, playing drums on virtually all the tracks on their 1985 debut LP, Virgins & Philistines
.
In 1986, he toured with Joan Armatrading
and returned as a member of the reformed Magna Carta. During the late 1980s, Burgess also did extensive live work with a range of artists including glam-rocker/rockabilly
revivialist Alvin Stardust
and disco
singer Gloria Gaynor
.
In 1990, Burgess replaced drummer Zak Starkey
in a late-running version of the new-wave rock band The Icicle Works
. He recorded one album, 1990s Permanent Damage, before the group broke up.
In 1992, Camel reformed with Burgess on drums. He stayed until 1993, recording a studio album (Dust and Dreams) and a live album (Never Let Go) with the band. Around the same time, Burgess worked on the debut album from Jynine James
, which also featured Peter Frampton on lead guitar.
Burgess then joined Chris Farlowe
's R&B styled backing band in 1995 and worked with Farlowe steadily for the next decade. In 2000, Burgess once again re-joined 10cc for a series of live shows. Generally speaking, ex-10cc bassist Graham Gouldman
tours along with Burgess and guitarist Rick Fenn under names such as "10cc featuring Graham Gouldman & Friends" or "Graham Gouldman plays 10cc".
In 2003, in addition to semi-regular gigs with Farlow and 10cc, Paul Burgess played drums with The Soul Company (a band headed by Dave Sharp
, formerly of The Alarm
), as well as Then Came The Wheel, a band consisting of several veterans of the UK folk-rock scene.
During the mid-2000's Paul also began playing and touring with The Stockport based band The Removal Men.
More recently Paul has been working and performing as a member of English band Katy Lied, whose album, Late Arrival was released in 2008.
10cc
10cc are an English art rock band who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. The band initially consisted of four musicians -- Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme -- who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the "10cc" name...
, Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull (band)
Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the vocals, acoustic guitar, and flute playing of Ian Anderson, who has led the band since its founding, and the guitar work of Martin Barre, who has been with the band since 1969.Initially playing blues rock with...
, Camel
Camel (band)
Camel are an English progressive rock band formed in 1971. An important group in the Canterbury scene, they have been releasing studio and live recordings steadily, with considerable success, since their formation.-1970s:...
, Magna Carta
Magna Carta (band)
Magna Carta is a folk rock group originally formed in London in April 1969; their first concert was on 10 May 1969, by Chris Simpson , Lyell Tranter , and Glen Stuart ....
, and The Icicle Works
Icicle Works
The Icicle Works were an English alternative rock band of the 1980s. Named after the 1960 short story "The Day the Icicle Works Closed" by science fiction author Frederik Pohl, The Icicle Works joined Liverpool's early 1980s 'neo-psychedelia' wave, which also propelled Echo & the Bunnymen and The...
.
Career
Burgess started playing drums in 1965 and played in 60's Stockport four piece band Axis, which he left in July 1971. He then joined 10cc10cc
10cc are an English art rock band who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. The band initially consisted of four musicians -- Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme -- who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the "10cc" name...
on their 1973 UK tour and subsequently played with the band on most of their tours until 1983.
He played on the 10cc Live: King Biscuit Flower Hour album recorded in 1975 and officially joined 10cc
10cc
10cc are an English art rock band who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. The band initially consisted of four musicians -- Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme -- who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the "10cc" name...
in 1976 after the departure of Kevin Godley
Kevin Godley
Kevin Godley is a British musician and music video director.He was born in a family of Jewish descent, and went to North Cestrian Grammar School in Altrincham....
and Lol Creme
Lol Crème
Lol Creme is an English musician and music video director, best known for his work in 10cc. He sings, plays guitar and keyboards.-Biography:...
. His first studio album with the band was Deceptive Bends
Deceptive Bends
Deceptive Bends is an album released in 1977 by rock band 10cc.The departure of Kevin Godley and Lol Creme in 1976 to form Godley & Creme almost ended 10cc. However Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman kept the group alive as a duo...
, which featured the hits "The Things We Do For Love", "Good Morning Judge" and "People In Love". During the 1977 10cc tour Burgess was joined on drums by Stuart Tosh
Stuart Tosh
Stuart MacIntosh is a drummer, songwriter and vocalist.Also known as Stuart Tosh, MacIntosh recorded and toured with a succession of well-known and respected bands during the 1970s and 1980s, including Pilot, The Alan Parsons Project, 10cc and Camel. Stuart now lives in the Bridge of Don area of...
.
Burgess continued his association with 10cc on their 1978 album Bloody Tourists
Bloody Tourists
Bloody Tourists was the sixth studio album by 10cc and the second to be produced following the band's 1976 split. It yielded the singles "Dreadlock Holiday", which reached No.1 in the UK in August 1978, and "Reds in My Bed", which did not chart. "For You and I" was issued as a double a-side single...
, Look Hear?
Look Hear?
Look Hear? is the seventh studio album by 10cc, released in 1980. It reached No.35 in the UK and No.180 in the United States. The album, recorded at the band's Strawberry Studios South in Dorking, Surrey, was the first by 10cc since its 1976 split to include songs written by neither Graham Gouldman...
(1980) and Ten Out of 10
Ten Out of 10
Ten Out of 10 is the eighth studio album by 10cc and was released in 1981. It failed to chart in the US or UK. The album marked the first involvement with the band by American singer-songwriter Andrew Gold, who was also invited to join the band, but declined because of other commitments.Gouldman...
(1981). Paul also played drums on Graham Gouldman
Graham Gouldman
Graham Keith Gouldman is an English songwriter and musician who is a long-time member of British band 10cc.-Early life and 1960s pop career: 1946–1968:Gouldman was born in Broughton, Salford, England...
's Animalympics
Animalympics
Animalympics is a 1980 animated film produced by Lisberger Studios and released by Warner Bros.. Originally commissioned by the NBC network as two separate specials, it spoofs the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, and features the voices of Billy Crystal, Gilda Radner, Harry Shearer and Michael...
(1980) soundtrack and Eric Stewart
Eric Stewart
Eric Stewart is an English musician, songwriter and record producer most known for his tenure with The Mindbenders in the 1960s, and 10cc from 1972 to 1995....
's first two solo albums; the soundtrack to the French film Girls (1980) and Frooty Rooties (1982).
Burgess subsequently became a member of The Invisible Girls
The Invisible Girls
The Invisible Girls were a British rock band, formed in Salford, Greater Manchester in 1978, to provide a musical backdrop to the recorded output of Salford punk poet John Cooper Clarke...
, a band that backed punk-influenced performance poet John Cooper Clarke
John Cooper Clarke
John Cooper Clarke is an English performance poet who first became famous during the punk rock era of the late 1970s when he became known as a "punk poet"...
on several of his late 70s/early 80s recordings. Burgess temporarily left the band in 1980 and was replaced by Buzzcocks
Buzzcocks
Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Bolton in 1976, led by singer–songwriter–guitarist Pete Shelley.They are regarded as an important influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent record label movement, punk rock, power pop, pop punk and indie rock. They achieved commercial...
drummer John Maher for the album Pauline Murray and the Invisible Girls, on which the band backed ex-punk singer Pauline Murray
Pauline Murray
Pauline Murray was the lead singer of the punk rock band, Penetration, which was originally formed in 1976.In May 1976 the then 18-year-old Murray saw the Sex Pistols...
.
He was also a member of folk-rock outfit Magna Carta
Magna Carta (band)
Magna Carta is a folk rock group originally formed in London in April 1969; their first concert was on 10 May 1969, by Chris Simpson , Lyell Tranter , and Glen Stuart ....
for one album, 1981's Midnight Blue. Ater the release of this album, Magna Carta broke up for several years.
The following year, Burgess was briefly a member of Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull (band)
Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the vocals, acoustic guitar, and flute playing of Ian Anderson, who has led the band since its founding, and the guitar work of Martin Barre, who has been with the band since 1969.Initially playing blues rock with...
, replacing Gerry Conway
Gerry Conway (musician)
Gerald Conway is an English folk and rock drummer/percussionist, best known for having performed with the backing band for Cat Stevens in the 1970s, Jethro Tull during the 1980s, and currently a member of Fairport Convention as well as his side projects...
, and touring throughout Europe and North America with the band. Burgess was in turn replaced by Doane Perry
Doane Perry
Doane Ethredge Perry is an American musician, composer and author. He has been working since 1984 as drummer and percussionist with Grammy award winning band Jethro Tull.-Early life:...
, and did not record with the band.
Burgess rejoined 10cc for their 1983 tour, after which 10cc broke up.
In 1984, Burgess became a member of progressive rock unit Camel
Camel (band)
Camel are an English progressive rock band formed in 1971. An important group in the Canterbury scene, they have been releasing studio and live recordings steadily, with considerable success, since their formation.-1970s:...
, replacing Stuart Tosh
Stuart Tosh
Stuart MacIntosh is a drummer, songwriter and vocalist.Also known as Stuart Tosh, MacIntosh recorded and toured with a succession of well-known and respected bands during the 1970s and 1980s, including Pilot, The Alan Parsons Project, 10cc and Camel. Stuart now lives in the Bridge of Don area of...
, who had also been a member of 10cc. He stayed for one studio album (Stationary Traveller), and one live album (Pressure Points) before the band dissolved in 1985.
Around the same time, Burgess was the session drummer (though not an official band member) for pop band The Colourfield
The Colourfield
The Colourfield were a British band formed in 1984 in Manchester, when former Specials and Fun Boy Three frontman, Terry Hall, joined up with ex-Swinging Cats members Toby Lyons and Karl Shale...
, playing drums on virtually all the tracks on their 1985 debut LP, Virgins & Philistines
Virgins & Philistines
-US version:-Personnel:* Terry Hall - all instruments and voices* Toby Lyons - all instruments and voices* Karl Shale - all instruments and voicesAdditional Musiciains* Paul Burgess - drums* Pete de Freitas - Drums on "Take" & "Cruel Circus"...
.
In 1986, he toured with Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading, MBE is a British singer, songwriter and guitarist. Armatrading is a three-time Grammy Award-nominee and has been nominated twice for BRIT Awards as Best Female Artist...
and returned as a member of the reformed Magna Carta. During the late 1980s, Burgess also did extensive live work with a range of artists including glam-rocker/rockabilly
Rockabilly
Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating to the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a portmanteau of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development...
revivialist Alvin Stardust
Alvin Stardust
Alvin Stardust is an English pop singer and stage actor.-Career:...
and disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
singer Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor is an American singer, best known for the disco era hits; "I Will Survive" , "Never Can Say Goodbye" , "Let Me Know " and "I Am What I Am" .-Early career:Gaynor was a singer with the Soul...
.
In 1990, Burgess replaced drummer Zak Starkey
Zak Starkey
Zak Starkey is an English rock drummer. He is the son of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and Starr's first wife Maureen Starkey Tigrett. He is also well known for his unofficial membership in the English rock band The Who, with whom he has performed and recorded since 1996. He is also the third...
in a late-running version of the new-wave rock band The Icicle Works
Icicle Works
The Icicle Works were an English alternative rock band of the 1980s. Named after the 1960 short story "The Day the Icicle Works Closed" by science fiction author Frederik Pohl, The Icicle Works joined Liverpool's early 1980s 'neo-psychedelia' wave, which also propelled Echo & the Bunnymen and The...
. He recorded one album, 1990s Permanent Damage, before the group broke up.
In 1992, Camel reformed with Burgess on drums. He stayed until 1993, recording a studio album (Dust and Dreams) and a live album (Never Let Go) with the band. Around the same time, Burgess worked on the debut album from Jynine James
Jynine James
Jynine James is a Welsh actress.Former convent schoolgirl Janine Bellis became a photographic model in the early 1990s working for corporate companies such as Contessa and Chris Evans Photography...
, which also featured Peter Frampton on lead guitar.
Burgess then joined Chris Farlowe
Chris Farlowe
Chris Farlowe is an English rock, blues and soul singer. He is best known for his hit single "Out of Time", which rose to #1 in the UK Singles Chart in 1966, and his association with Colosseum and the Thunderbirds.Outside his music career, Farlowe collects war memorabilia.-Career:Inspired by Lonnie...
's R&B styled backing band in 1995 and worked with Farlowe steadily for the next decade. In 2000, Burgess once again re-joined 10cc for a series of live shows. Generally speaking, ex-10cc bassist Graham Gouldman
Graham Gouldman
Graham Keith Gouldman is an English songwriter and musician who is a long-time member of British band 10cc.-Early life and 1960s pop career: 1946–1968:Gouldman was born in Broughton, Salford, England...
tours along with Burgess and guitarist Rick Fenn under names such as "10cc featuring Graham Gouldman & Friends" or "Graham Gouldman plays 10cc".
In 2003, in addition to semi-regular gigs with Farlow and 10cc, Paul Burgess played drums with The Soul Company (a band headed by Dave Sharp
Dave Sharp
Dave Sharp is an English guitarist who co-founded, along with Mike Peters, the Welsh punk rock band The Alarm.-Early career:...
, formerly of The Alarm
The Alarm
The Alarm are an alternative rock band that emerged from North Wales in the late 1970s. They started as a mod band and stayed together for over ten years. As a rock band, they displayed marked influences from Welsh language and culture...
), as well as Then Came The Wheel, a band consisting of several veterans of the UK folk-rock scene.
During the mid-2000's Paul also began playing and touring with The Stockport based band The Removal Men.
More recently Paul has been working and performing as a member of English band Katy Lied, whose album, Late Arrival was released in 2008.