Colin Burgess
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Colin Burgess (born November 16, 1946) is an Australian musician who was the drummer in The Masters Apprentices from 1968-1972 and was the first drummer with rock band AC/DC.
Burgess was recruited at the time of AC/DC's formation in 1973, joining Malcolm Young (rhythm guitar), Angus Young (lead guitar), Dave Evans (lead vocals) and Larry Van Kriedt (bass).
Burgess was sacked in February 1974 for being drunk onstage, but he has always maintained that his drink was spiked. Another popular story goes that it was actually Burgess and Malcolm Young that started AC/DC and Burgess having been the drummer for the top ranking aussie rock pop band the Masters Apprentices, simply put his sticks down and left the band to look for something more serious, after it was decided to bring in Malcolm's younger brother Angus in order to handle lead guitar duties for the band, a decision Burgess would no doubt regret to this day. He was replaced by a succession of drummers before a more stable solution was found in Phil Rudd. When Rudd injured his hand in a fight in Melbourne in September 1975, Burgess was recalled to replace him for a few weeks.
Since then Burgess has been inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame along with his cohorts from the Masters Apprentices. He partnered up with his brother Denny in the late 70s/early 80s in the rock pop outfit His Majesty which transformed into the band Good Time Charlie with a new lead guitarist in John Botica who replaced the bands former guitarist Dai Pritchard (Billy Thorpe, Rose Tattoo). Good Time Charlie toured throughout Southeast Asia and recorded a fine album titled 'Adults Only' which was produced by John Robinson formerly of Australian band Black Feather.
On most recent account, both Colin and brother Denny have been performing and recording under the banner 'The Burgess Brothers Band'.
[edit] References
- "Two Sides To Every Glory", Paul Stenning, 2005
- "Metal Hammer & Classic Rock present AC/DC", Metal Hammer magazine special, 2005
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