Bill Bruford’s instantly identifiable sound and brilliant sense of composition made him the defining drummer of the progressive rock movement; but at age 60, after four decades in the music business, Bill unceremoniously walked away.
Bill tells Joe about: being a young jazz elitist; "leveraging himself sideways" from an upper-middle class family to the seedy life of a musician; doing a lot with “a modest amount of talent”; the creative dynamics of Yes and King Crimson; how he achieved his signature snare sound; retirement; and earning a doctorate from The University of Surrey. During the course of the conversation, Joe and Bill also christen a new band, Wongford. This is a can’t-miss episode with one of the all-time greats.
205: Tucker Rule (Thursday)
204: Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone LIVE (The Zombies)
203: Ian Mackaye Pt. 2 (Minor Threat, Fugazi, The Evens, etc.)
202: Ian MacKaye Pt. 1 (Minor Threat, Fugazi, The Evens, etc.)
201: Brooks Headley (Born Against, Oldest, Universal Order of Armageddon, etc.)
200: Episode 200 Spectacular!
199: Larry Herweg (Pelican, INTRCPTR)
BNS: John Good (Drum Workshop)
198: Zach Lind (Jimmy Eat World)
197: Mona Tavakoli (Raining Jane, Jason Mraz, Ebi)
196: Budgie (The Slits, Siouxsie Sioux and The Banshees, The Creatures, John Grant, etc.)
BNS: Steve Gadd Revisited
BNS: Bill Cardwell (C&C Drum Company)
195: Bryan St. Pere (Hum)
194: Jason Gerken (Shiner, Molly McGuire, Season of Risk, Birth Defects, etc.)
193: Nabil Ayers (The Lemons, The Long Winters, 4AD, Sonic Boom)
192: Kevin Haskins (Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets, etc.)
191: Aaron Sterling (John Mayer, Lana Del Rey, Taylor Swift, Liz Phair, etc.)
190: Parker Kindred (Joan As Police Woman, Jeff Buckley, Amen Dunes, etc.)
189: Rob Ellis (PJ Harvey, Marianne Faithfull, Bat for Lashes, Cold Specks, etc.)
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