Blondie drummer Clem Burke dies, aged 70

[The Grand Illuminist]

Source: BBC

Clem Burke, the drummer for 1970s new wave band Blondie, has died aged 70 following a "private battle with cancer", the band's spokesperson has confirmed to the BBC.

Named one of the greatest drummers of all time by Rolling Stone magazine, his energetic fills and melodic flourishes elevated UK number one hits like Call Me, The Tide Is High, Atomic and Heart Of Glass - with Burke deftly switching between punk, reggae, disco and hip-hop grooves.

In a long and varied career, he also played with Iggy Pop, Bob Dylan, The Ramones, Eurythmics and Take That's Mark Owen.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1wd0qvx2gvo

[Mister Ed]

1. Augh! In my book, he was one of the very best. n/t

[SheltieLover]

2. RIP

[area51]

3. RIP

[Kaleva]

4. Just 4 years older then me

[ElementaryPenguin]

5. Very sad. Brilliant drummer/great guy! I actually got to work with him on a song of mine

Clem played drums on a song of mine that was for a film... We rehearsed in his house and recorded in a studio in Hollywood. We had a couple of his Blondie bandmates - bassist Nigel Harrison and lead guitarist Frank Infante play on it.

He was a really nice guy - good person.
Very sad to hear of his passing.

[tishaLA]

6. I just saw this on YouTube and was going to post here.

Thank you for beating me to it. His drumming on Dreaming is one of the great power pop performances ever.

[electric_blue68]

7. 🕯RIP