Clem Burke: Revisited

I've tried not to repeat my series on drummers too often, but sometimes I explore someone and then drop them...or give them short strife the first time around...and rediscover them later. Lately I've been thinking about Clem Burke again.

Listening to the Blondie greatest hits disk on Sunday in the car, I was noticing that, though his beats aren't super complicated (he isn't doing tons of fills and such)...he's got alot of finesse stuff going on. Almost jazz-like. Detailed high hat and ride work. Not typical rock stuff. Just really nice. It's dance music, of course, so a steady/catchy beat is the key.

He's got something going called The Clem Burke Drumming Project: The Clem Burke Drumming Project is based on the pursuit of knowledge through the application of scientific principles to the various art forms of drumming. It is committed to the dissemination of information leading to increased enjoyment, health and well-being of all participants involved in drumming.

Found something on the net that said he played on Joan Jett's "I Love Rock and Roll" but I think this was wrong. Sounds like he played on some cuts on the "Bad Reputation" album...but nothing top 40. Also sounds like lots of those tunes were recorded multiple times before the "famous" versions were done.

Rapture live:


The Tide is High live:


Call Me live:


Here he is playing with Eurythmics:


At a solo clinic: