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RIP Clem Burke

AlgarveaddickAlgarveaddick
in Not Sports Related
The brilliant drummer who came to fame with Blondie has died from cancer aged 70. RIP Clem. 

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  • RalphMilnesgutRalphMilnesgut
    Sad news
  • ChizzChizz
    Oh no. Brilliant drummer. Enormous consumer of hairspray. Clem Burke was probably the most British drummer not to have come from the UK. 
  • CafcWestCafcWest
    edited 2:50PM
    Sad news.  Another from my youth gone!  RIP.  Always think of him as Blondie's drummer but had a really diverse drumming career.  As per Wikipedia.
  • BilkoBilko
    Bloody Hell RIP.
  • charlton4evercharlton4ever
    Remember buying "Denis/Contact in Red Square/Kung Fu Girls" and playing it on repeat. Parallel Lines is still a great listen. Thank you Clem and RIP.
  • bristoladdickbristoladdick
    Sad news. RIP Clem.
  • eastterrace6168eastterrace6168
    RIP Clem...
    This is terrible news...an absolute icon as regards drumming and such a huge driving force behind Blondie...so sad but great memories...
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEqXgPtbQ6w

  • paulbaconsarniepaulbaconsarnie
    Was only a month or 2 ago when the Jams drummer passed away that I was talking to a mate and said I thought the drumming in blondies ‘dreaming’ as being the lead instrument in that track, something not very common.
    RIP
  • Hal1xHal1x
    edited 2:34PM
    Bloody hell thats an awful shock! He was one of the driving forces in Blondie and one of the few not to fall out with Debbie Harry.

    RIP
  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    RIP
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  • hoof_it_up_to_bentyhoof_it_up_to_benty
    Outstanding drummer with great head of hair. RIP
  • soapy_jonessoapy_jones
    RIP
  • HardyAddickHardyAddick
    Sad unexpected news. Great drummer 
  • SouthallAddickSouthallAddick
    I saw him do a smashing-up-the-drum-kit tribute to Keith Moon, at Blondie's Hammersmith Odeon gig two days after Moon died in 1978.  RIP
  • Covered EndCovered End
    RIP Clem, I took my wife to see Blondie (she was a big fan) a few times.
  • stonemusestonemuse
    Great drummer great band … RIP
  • Hal1xHal1x
    Also was the Eurythmics drummer for a while.
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