Geoff Dugmore (born 12 April 1960) is a Scottish drummer, musical director and producer. He was a member of the bands the Europeans, and Wildlife.
Career
Educated at Kelvinside Academy in Glasgow, Scotland, Dugmore started his musical career initially playing guitar. However, he became enamored with the drums upon seeing pictures Ringo Starr playing inside his Beatles records, immediately becoming impressed with the drum set equipment. He eventually traded his guitar equipment with a school friend for a drum set. At the age of 13 he started making demos and sending them to record labels, and also played in cover bands from the age of 16. Signed to the short-lived Coma Records, at age 16 he released just one recording on the label. Dugmore moved to London at the age of 18 with his band the Europeans (Steve Hogarth, Colin Woore & Fergus Harper) and signed to A&M Records. They released three albums: Vocabulary, Live and Recurring Dreams. The band achieved much critical acclaim within the industry but broke up shortly after the release of the last album.
In 1993, Dugmore and Nigel Butler produced Belouis Some's album Living Your Life.
His first major recording session after the Europeans was Joan Armatrading's Sleight of Hand. Soon Dugmore was playing on albums with many major artists from around the world including on Tina Turner's Foreign Affair, Stevie Nicks' Other Side of the Mirror, Rod Stewart's single "Downtown Train", Robbie Williams' Life through a Lens, Demi Lovato's Here we Go Again and Killing Joke's Pandemonium. He has toured constantly with many major acts worldwide and more recently has been recording with Richard Ashcroft and Newton Faulkner. In 2013, Dugmore produced the debut album for Little Eye.
To date, Dugmore has performed on 89 top 20 albums worldwide.
Equipment
Dugmore currently plays DW drums, Remo drumheads, Sabian cymbals, and also uses Vater drumsticks.
Live tours
Ronnie Lane Memorial Concert
1 Giant Leap
Damien Saez
Robert Palmer
Paul Rodgers
Mike Scott
Killing Joke
Debbie Harry
Climie Fisher
Thompson Twins
The Waterboys
Belouis Some
Eikichi Yazawa
Wildlife
The Europeans
Fine Young Cannibals
Psyched Up Janis
Jimmy Nail
Ray Davies
Tim Finn
Heather Nova
Johnny Hallyday
Lulu
Xu Wei
CBGB's Special with Debbie Harry, Iggy Pop, Deee-lite, Anthony Kiedis, Lou Reed
Discography
1986 Joan Armatrading, Sleight of Hand
1986 Tim Finn, Big Canoe
1989 Bankstatement, Bankstatement
1989 Stevie Nicks, The Other Side of the Mirror
1989 Debbie Harry, Def, Dumb & Blonde
1989 Tina Turner, Foreign Affair
1992 Brian May, Back to the Light
1993 Debbie Harry, Debravation
1994 Jimmy Nail, Crocodile Shoes
1994 Killing Joke, Pandemonium
1995 Peter Murphy, Cascade
1995 Jimmy Nail, Big River
1996 Killing Joke, Democracy
1997 Robbie Williams, Life Thru A Lens
1998 Heather Nova, Siren
1999 Dido, No Angel
2001 Natalie Imbruglia, White Lilies Island
2001 Ian McNabb, Ian McNabb
2001 Ian McNabb, Waifs & Strays
2003 Mark Owen, In Your Own Time
2005 Natalie Imbruglia, Counting Down the Days
2005 Lee Ryan, Lee Ryan
2008 Will Young, Let It Go
2011 Heather Nova, 300 Days at Sea
2012 Ronan Keating, Fires
2016 Richard Ashcroft, These People
2019 Heather Nova, Pearl
References
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