Robbie Bachman, founding drummer of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, has died on the age of 69.
The rocker’s demise was confirmed by his brother and former bandmate, Randy Bachman.
“One other unhappy departure,” the frontman tweeted. “The pounding beat behind BTO, my little brother Robbie has joined Mum, Dad and brother Gary on the opposite aspect. Perhaps Jeff Beck wants a drummer! He was an integral cog in our rock ‘n’ roll machine and we rocked the world collectively.”
The Bachman brothers grew up enjoying collectively of their Winnipeg, Canada dwelling and have become pure collaborators. It was Randy who gave Robbie his first job, enlisting the drummer to affix him and bassist Fred Turner within the band Courageous Belt in 1971. A 3rd Bachman, guitarist Tim, joined Courageous Belt a yr later.
After two unsuccessful albums, Courageous Belt was dropped by their label. Undeterred, the band looked for a brand new dwelling. On the suggestion of administration, they started calling themselves Bachman–Turner Overdrive.
The identical band however with a brand new title, Bachman–Turner Overdrive launched their self-titled debut in 1973. Industrial success continued to elude the group, however later that yr they launched a second LP, Bachman–Turner Overdrive II. That album featured BTO’s first High 40 single, “Let It Journey,” which peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard Sizzling 100. The album’s second single would rocket the group to stardom: “Takin’ Care of Enterprise.”
The hits stored on coming for BTO, as their third album, 1974’s Not Fragile, reached No. 1 within the U.S. “You Ain’t Seen Nothing But” turned a large, chart-topping hit, whereas follow-up single “Roll On Down the Freeway” continued the band’s run of success. The latter observe was co-written by Robbie, one in all a handful of basic tunes he helped pen.
“We didn’t inform anyone they had been fallacious or something was dangerous or don’t do that. It was mainly, have a superb time, enjoyable music,” Robbie recalled, trying again on the band’s success throughout a 2014 interview with the Toronto Star. “Simply popping out of the ’70s with the Vietnam Warfare and all of the political issues happening — in Canada with Trudeau, and Richard Nixon and stuff like that — we simply mainly had sufficient of that stuff.”
Because the ‘70s wore on, BTO’s reputation step by step slowed. The band’s members started arguing about their musical route and, in 1977, Randy Bachman give up the group.
Bachman–Turner Overdrive continued with out their unique vocalist, recruiting Jim Clench to fill Randy’s sneakers. The band launched two albums with their new singer, 1978’s Avenue Motion and 1979’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Nights, neither of which moved the needle.
BTO disbanded in 1980, however reformed with Randy again as frontman in 1983. Robbie opted to not be a part of the reunion, citing disagreements over enterprise and trademark issues. As such, Bachman–Turner Overdrive, launched in 1984, could be the band’s solely studio album to not characteristic Robbie’s enjoying.
The drummer finally returned to Bachman–Turner Overdrive in 1988 and caught with the group till they disbanded as soon as extra in 2005. After a hiatus, Randy and Turner once more revived BTO in 2009, however as a consequence of ongoing authorized battles Robbie rejected the prospect to rejoin the group. He did, finally take the stage with the basic lineup once more in 2014, when Bachman–Turner Overdrive was inducted into the Canadian Music Corridor of Fame.
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