Budgie (drummer)

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Budgie
Background information
Birth name Peter Edward Clarke
Born August 21, 1957 (age 49)
Origin St Helens, Lancashire, England
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s) Percussion and drums
Label(s) Geffen Records, Sioux Records
Associated
acts
The Spitfire Boys
The Slits
Siouxsie & The Banshees
The Creatures

Peter Edward Clarke, (born August 21, 1957, in St Helens, Lancashire), better known as Budgie, is an English drummer. He began his career with the New Wave band Big in Japan and also the Spitfire Boys before briefly playing with The Slits, recording the album Cut. Budgie then joined Siouxsie & the Banshees, the band with whom he would gain most notoriety, in 1979. Initially he was intended to only be a temporary replacement for Kenny Morris, who had left the band two days into a tour. However he remained with the group, from the album Kaleidoscope, until they eventually split up. He also formed the band The Creatures, together with Siouxsie Sioux, whilst with the Banshees and has played on all their subsequent recordings and concerts.

Budgie married Siouxsie Sioux in 1991.

Siouxsie & the Banshees
Siouxsie Sioux | Steven Severin | Budgie
Knox Chandler | John Valentine Carruthers | Peter Fenton | Jon Klein | Martin McCarrick | John McGeoch | John McKay | Kenny Morris | Marco Pirroni | Robert Smith | Sid Vicious
Siouxsie & the Banshees discography
Studio albums and extended plays: The Scream | Join Hands | Kaleidoscope | Juju | A Kiss in the Dreamhouse | Hyæna | The Thorn EP | Tinderbox | Through the Looking Glass | Peepshow | Superstition | The Rapture
Compilations: Once Upon a Time: The Singles | Twice Upon a Time: The Singles | The Best of Siouxsie & the Banshees | Downside Up
Live Albums: Nocturne | Seven Year Itch
Peel Sessions: Voices on the Air: The Peel Sessions
Singles: Hong Kong Garden | The Staircase (Mystery) | Playground Twist | Mittageisen / Love in a Void | Happy House | Christine | Israel | Spellbound | Arabian Knights | Fireworks | Slowdive | Melt! | Dear Prudence | Swimming Horses | Dazzle | Overground | Cities in Dust | Candyman | This Wheel's on Fire | The Passenger | Song from the Edge of the World | Peek-a-Boo | The Killing Jar | The Last Beat of My Heart | Kiss Them for Me | Shadowtime | Fear (of the Unknown) | Face to Face | O Baby | Stargazer
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The Creatures | The Glove | Bromley Contingent
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