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Colin Flooks (December 29, 1947 - April 5, 1998), better known as Cozy Powell, was an English
England

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 rock
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
 drummer who made his name with major rock bands
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
.

Powell was born in Cirencester
Cirencester

Cirencester is a market town in Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in Cotswold ....
, Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire is a Counties of England in South West England England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
, England
England

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, and started playing drums in the school orchestra (aged 12), thereafter playing along in his spare time to popular singles of the day. The first band he was in was called the Corals, and played each week at the Youth Club in Cirencester - he was a fantastic drummer even then (aged 15) and already had worked out an impressive drum solo.






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Colin Flooks (December 29, 1947 - April 5, 1998), better known as Cozy Powell, was an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 rock
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
 drummer who made his name with major rock bands
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
.

Early history

Cozy Powell was born in Cirencester
Cirencester

Cirencester is a market town in Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in Cotswold ....
, Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire is a Counties of England in South West England England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
, England
England

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, and started playing drums in the school orchestra (aged 12), thereafter playing along in his spare time to popular singles of the day. The first band he was in was called the Corals, and played each week at the Youth Club in Cirencester - he was a fantastic drummer even then (aged 15) and already had worked out an impressive drum solo. The nickname 'Cozy' was borrowed from the jazz drummer Cozy Cole
Cozy Cole

Cozy Cole was a Jazz drumming who scored a chart-topper hit record with the Gramophone record "Topsy Part 2". The recording contained a lengthy drum solo, and was one of the few drum solo sound recording and reproduction that ever made the Billboard Hot 100 record chart....
.

Semi-profesional

The semi-professional circuit was next, with semi-pro outfit The Sorcerers, a vocal harmony pop band. The late nights and usual on-the-road exploits began to affect his education, and Powell left to take an office job in order to finance the purchase of his first set of Premier
Premier Percussion

Premier Percussion Limited is an England manufacturer of drums and percussion instruments.The company was founded in 1922 as the Premier Drum Company by London drummer Albert Della Porta and drum builder George Smith....
 drums. The Sorcerers performed in the German club scene of the 1960s. By 1968 the band had returned to England, basing themselves around Birmingham
Birmingham

Birmingham is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. Birmingham is the most populous of England's English Core Cities Group, and is the List of United Kingdom cities by population British city after London, with a population of 1,010,200 ....
. Powell struck up friendships with fellow musicians like Robert Plant
Robert Plant

Robert Anthony Plant Order of the British Empire , is an England Rock and Roll singer and songwriter, famous for his membership in the former rock band Led Zeppelin as the lead vocalist, as well as for his successful solo career....
 and John Bonham
John Bonham

John Henry "Bonzo" Bonham was an English drummer and member of the band Led Zeppelin. He was renowned for his power, fast right foot, distinctive sound and "feel" for the groove ....
 (both at the time unknowns in Listen), future Slade
Slade

Slade are an England glam rock band. Slade were one of the most recognizable acts of the glam rock movement and were, at their peak, the most commercially popular band in the UK....
 vocalist Noddy Holder
Noddy Holder

Noddy Holder Order of the British Empire is an England musician and actor best known as the Singer, guitarist, and occasional bass guitarist with 1970s rock music group Slade....
, bassist Dave Pegg
Dave Pegg

Dave Pegg is a bass guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is the longest serving member of the pre-eminent electric folk band Fairport Convention and has been bassist with a number of important folk and rock groups including The Ian Campbell Folk Group and Jethro Tull ....
 and a young guitarist called Tony Iommi
Tony Iommi

Frank Anthony "Tony" Iommi is an English guitarist and songwriter best known as the founding member of pioneering Heavy metal music band Black Sabbath, and the sole constant band member through multiple personnel changes....
. The Sorcerers now became Youngblood, and a series of singles were released in late 1968-69. The group then linked up with the Move bassist/singer Ace Kefford
Ace Kefford

Christopher John "Ace" Kefford is a bassist and was the co-founder of The Move in October 1965 with Trevor Burton, after meeting David Bowie at Birmingham's Cedar Club, following a concert by Bowie's band Davy Jones and the Lower Third....
 to form The Ace Kefford Stand. Powell also began session work. Powell with fellow Sorcerers Dave and Dennis Ball formed Big Bertha
Big Bertha

Big Bertha may refer to:Krupp* Big Bertha , a heavy mortar-like howitzers built and used by Germany during World War I, the name being associated with Bertha Krupp, heiress and owner of the Krupp industrial empire....
.

Isle of White 1970 and Jeff Beck

Powell also played with swamp rocker Tony Joe White
Tony Joe White

Tony Joe White is an United States singer-songwriter and guitarist best known for his 1969 hit record "Polk Salad Annie", and for "Rainy Night in Georgia" which he wrote but was firstly made popular by Brook Benton, and "Steamy Windows" - a hit for Tina Turner in 1989....
 at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
Isle of Wight Festival 1970

File:Isle1970.jpgThe 1970 Isle of Wight Festival was held on August 26 - August 31, 1970. It was held on Afton Down an area on the Western side of the Isle of Wight....
. Powell then landed the then highly prestigious drumming job with Jeff Beck
Jeff Beck

Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck is an England rock music guitarist. He was one of the three noted guitarists — the others being Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page — to have played with The Yardbirds....
's group
The Jeff Beck Group

The Jeff Beck Group were an England rock band formed in London in January 1966 by ex-Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck. Their innovative approach to heavy-sounding blues was a major influence on popular music during the late 1960s and early 1970s....
 in April 1970. After the recording of two albums, Rough and Ready
Rough and Ready (album)

Rough and Ready is the third album by The Jeff Beck Group and the first of two by the second The Jeff Beck Group. Released in 1970, it featured more of a Jazz, Soul music and Rhythm and blues edge to counter Beck's lead guitar....
 (October 1971) and Jeff Beck Group
Jeff Beck Group (album)

Jeff Beck Group is the fourth studio album by The Jeff Beck Group and the second album with the line up of Jeff Beck, Bobby Tench, Clive Chaman, Max Middleton and Cozy Powell....
 (July 1972), the band fell apart.

1972-1974

By late 1972 Powell had joined up with the Ball brothers and singer Frank Aiello to form Bedlam
Bedlam (band)

Bedlam was an English rock band formed by Cozy Powell and the Ball brothers in November 1972, first known as Beast....
, whose eponymous album was recorded for Chrysalis
Chrysalis Records

Chrysalis Records was a British record label that was created in 1969. The name was both a reference to the pupal stage of a Pupa#Chrysalis and an amalgam of its founders names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis ....
 and released in August 1973.. Eventually Powell abandoned Bedlam
Bedlam (band)

Bedlam was an English rock band formed by Cozy Powell and the Ball brothers in November 1972, first known as Beast....
 to record singles such as Dance with the Devil which reached #3 in the UK singles chart during January 1974. Beck's studio producer was Mickie Most
Mickie Most

Mickie Most, born Michael Peter Hayes , was a successful English record producer, with a string of Number One singles with his own RAK Records, and with acts such as The Animals, Herman's Hermits, Donovan, and Suzi Quatro and the Jeff Beck Group....
 and Powell soon found himself drafted into sessions for artists signed to Most's RAK label, including Julie Felix
Julie Felix

Julie Felix is a folk rock sound recording and reproduction musician, who was notably record producer by Mickie Most on his RAK Records record label....
, Hot Chocolate, Donovan
Donovan

Donovan , is a Scotland singer-songwriter and guitarist. Emerging from the British folk music scene, he developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, Popular music, psychedelic rock, and world music....
 and Suzi Quatro
Suzi Quatro

Suzi Quatro is an United States singer-songwriter, musician, radio personality and actress....
. To cash in on his chart success the drummer formed Cozy Powell's Hammer in April 1974.

Rainbow

In 1975 he joined Ritchie Blackmore
Ritchie Blackmore

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's Rainbow
Rainbow (band)

Rainbow were a hard rock and Heavy metal music band formed by former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in 1975 in music. In addition to Blackmore, the band originally consisted of former Elf members; lead singer Ronnie James Dio , keyboardist Mickey Lee Soule, bassist Craig Gruber, and drummer Gary Driscoll....
. Powell, together with Blackmore, were the only constants in the band's line-up over the next five years, as Blackmore evolved the sound of the band from a neo-classical hard rock to a more commercial AOR
Album-oriented rock

Album-oriented rock is a United States FM broadcasting Radio format focusing on album tracks by Rock music artists....
 sound. Rainbow's 1979 Down to Earth
Down to Earth (Rainbow album)

Down To Earth is the fourth studio album released by Rainbow , released in 1979 . Most of the album had been already written and recorded by the time Graham Bonnet was recruited....
 LP (from which singles "Since You Been Gone
Since You Been Gone

"Since You Been Gone" is a 1970s The title of the song is taken from its chorus:The song was featured in a 2009 T-Mobile commercial, which was shot at Liverpool Street station in London, England....
" and "All Night Long" are taken) proved to be the band's most successful album thus far, although Powell was concerned over the overtly commercial sound. Powell decided to leave Rainbow, although not before they headlined the first ever Monsters of Rock
Monsters of Rock

Monsters of Rock was an annual rock music festival in England held every August at the Castle Donington Donington Park from 1980–1996 . Monsters of Rock festivals have also been organized in other cities around the world....
 show at Castle Donington
Castle Donington

Castle Donington is a small town, with a population of around 7000 in the North West of Leicestershire, part of the DE postcode area and on the edge of the National Forest, England....
, England on August 16 1980. The festival was Powell's last show with the band. During 1980, when Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock music band formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page , Robert Plant , John Paul Jones and John Bonham . With their heavy, guitar-driven sound, Led Zeppelin are regarded as one of the first heavy metal music bands....
 drummer John Bonham
John Bonham

John Henry "Bonzo" Bonham was an English drummer and member of the band Led Zeppelin. He was renowned for his power, fast right foot, distinctive sound and "feel" for the groove ....
 died, Powell was considered as a possible replacement for Bonham, but this possibility faded when Zeppelin disbanded.

Post-Rainbow


1980-1989

After Powell left Rainbow he worked with ex-vocalist Graham Bonnet
Graham Bonnet

Graham Bonnet is a rock and roll vocalist and songwriter. He has recorded and performed as a solo artist and with several bands including Rainbow , Michael Schenker Group, Impellitteri and Alcatrazz....
 on Bonnet's new project called Graham Bonnet & The Hooligans, their most notable single being the UK top 10 single "Night Games" (1981), also on Bonnet's solo Line Up album. Powell then performed with a number of major bands - Michael Schenker Group
Michael Schenker Group

The Michael Schenker Group is a guitar-oriented hard rock band formed in 1979 by the former Scorpions and UFO guitarist Michael Schenker.It is best described as mostly melodic hard rock with progressive undertones....
 from 1981 to 1982, and Whitesnake
Whitesnake

Whitesnake is an England hard rock band, founded in 1977 by David Coverdale . The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple and by the mid eighties Whitesnake were writing in a melodic hard rock style....
 from 1982 to 1984. In 1985 he started recording with Phenomena for their first album, which was released in 1986 when he joined up with Keith Emerson
Keith Emerson

Keith Noel Emerson is a British keyboard player and composer. Formerly a member of the Keith Emerson Trio, John Brown's Bodies, The T-Bones, V.I.P.s, P.P....
 and Greg Lake
Greg Lake

Greg Lake is an England bass guitarist, guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and record producer, best known as a founding member of King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer....
 as a member of Emerson, Lake & Powell
Emerson, Lake & Powell

Emerson, Lake & Powell, sometimes abbreviated as ELPowell, were an England rock band, an offshoot or variant lineup of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, that released one official studio album in 1986....
.

1989-1998

A stint with Gary Moore
Gary Moore

Gary Moore is a Northern Irish guitarist. In a career dating back to the 1960s, he has played with artists including Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II, Greg Lake and the Blues-rock band Skid Row , as well as having a successful solo career....
 followed in 1989. His most well-known association was with was Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath are an English Rock music band. Formed in Birmingham in 1968 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward , the band has since experienced multiple lineup changes, with a total of twenty-two former members....
 from 1988 to 1991, and again from 1995–96. Between late 1992 and early 1993, Powell put together an occasional touring band using the old band name 'Cozy Powell's Hammer' featuring himself on drums, Neil Murray
Neil Murray (British musician)

Philip Neil Murray is a Scottish people bass guitar player, best known for his work in Whitesnake and Black Sabbath....
 on bass, Mario Parga
Mario Parga

Guitarist Mario Parga, born in Lytham, Lancashire, England on 7 August 1969, came into the spotlight during the late 1980s when he began appearing in numerous guitar and rock magazines such as Guitar Player, Metal Hammer, Kerrang, Metal Forces and played a live guitar solo on MTV's 'Metal Hammer' show....
 on guitar and Tony Martin on vocals and occasional rhythm guitar/synth module. The band performed throughout Europe and appeared on German T.V. Powell along with Neil Murray
Neil Murray (British musician)

Philip Neil Murray is a Scottish people bass guitar player, best known for his work in Whitesnake and Black Sabbath....
 were members of Brian May's band, playing on the Back To The Light
Back to the Light

Back to the Light is the first solo effort of Queen 's guitarist Brian May. It was recorded between 1988 and 1992 at the Allerton Hill Studios, mixed at the Metropolis Studios and then released on September 28, 1992 in the UK....
 and Another World albums. Cozy played with May opening for Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses is an American Rock music band, formed in Los Angeles, California, California in 1985. The band, led by frontman and co-founder Axl Rose, has gone through numerous line-up changes and controversies since their formation....
 on the second American leg of their Use Your Illusion
Use Your Illusion

Use Your Illusion is a Guns N' Roses compilation album that is mixed from the Use Your Illusion I & Use Your Illusion II albums , and has only been released in the United States....
 tour in 1993. The duo also served a spell with blues guitarist Peter Green
Peter Green (musician)

Peter Green is a United Kingdom blues-rock guitarist and founder of the band Fleetwood Mac.A figurehead in the British blues movement, Green inspired B....
 in the mid-nineties. Cozy's last recording session was for Colin Blunstone
Colin Blunstone

Colin Edward Michael Blunstone is an England pop music singer/songwriter, best known as a member of the pop band The Zombies, and for his participation on various albums with the Alan Parsons Project....
's The Light Inside, alongside Don Airey
Don Airey

Don Airey has been the keyboardist in the rock band Deep Purple since 2002, succeeding Jon Lord. He has had a long and productive career, playing with such acts as Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull , Whitesnake, Colosseum II, Sinner , Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth, Rainbow , Divlje jagode and Living Loud....
, which was released shortly after Cozy's death. Prior to his death in 1998, Cozy had pulled out of a tour with Yngwie Malmsteen due to an injury and was preparing to tour with Brian May.

Motor racing and TV appearances

Powell had a fascination with fast cars and motorbikes, and raced for Hitachi
Hitachi, Ltd.

is a multinational corporation specializing in high-technology and services headquartered in Marunouchi Itchome, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. The company is the parent of the Hitachi Group as part of the larger DKB Group companies....
 on the UK saloon car circuit for a few months. He made headlines when he appeared on the BBC children's programme Record Breakers
Record Breakers

Record Breakers was a United Kingdom children's TV show, themed around world records and produced by the BBC and originally presented by Roy Castle with twin brothers Norris McWhirter and Ross McWhirter....
 where he set a world record for being the world's fastest drummer, live on television.

Death

Cozy Powell died on April 5, 1998 following a car crash while driving his Saab 9000
Saab 9000

The 9000, Saab Automobile's first executive car, was released in 1985. It was replaced by the Saab 9-5 in the fall of 1998 for the 1999 model year....
 at 104 mph in bad weather on the M4 motorway
M4 motorway

The M4 motorway is a motorway in Great Britain linking London with West Wales. It is part of the unsigned European route E30. Other major places directly accessible from M4 junctions are Reading, Berkshire, Swindon, Bristol, Newport, Cardiff and Swansea....
 near Bristol. He was talking to his girlfriend on his mobile phone, not wearing a seatbelt and over the drink-drive limit.

He was living at Lambourn
Lambourn

Lambourn is a large village and civil parish in the northwestern corner of the ceremonial counties of England of Berkshire in England. It is best known for its associations with British National Hunt racing horse racing....
 in Berkshire
Berkshire

Berkshire is a Home Counties in the South East England of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1958, and Letters patent issued confirming...
 at the time and had returned to the studio shortly before his death to record with Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac are a United Kingdom/United States rock music band formed in 1967 which have experienced a high turnover of personnel and varied levels of success....
 co-founder Peter Green
Peter Green (musician)

Peter Green is a United Kingdom blues-rock guitarist and founder of the band Fleetwood Mac.A figurehead in the British blues movement, Green inspired B....
. By that time, he had been the drummer on at least 66 albums with minor contributions on many other recordings. Many rock drummers have cited him as a major influence.

Equipment information

Drum set ups through his career included;

1977-78 (with Rainbow):

Ludwig red sparkle: Two 26" bass drums with Premier 250 pedals, two 14" rack toms, two 16" floor toms. 14"x6" metal symphonic snare. Cymbals (All Paiste): 24" ride (formula 602), 18" china, 18" crash-ride, 20" ride, 18" crash, two 16" crashes, 6" splash and 15" hi-hats. Ludwig 3S sticks.

Circa 1983 (with Whitesnake)

Yamaha custom in natural wood finish: Two 26" bass drums, two 15" rack toms, and 18" and 20" floor toms. 14"x6" metal snare. Cymbals (Paiste 2002 series): 24" ride, 18" china, 20" crash-ride, 20" crash,18" crash, 6" splash and 15" hi-hats.

1989 (Black Sabbath)

Yamaha 9000 series custom in black and silver: Two 26" bass drums,6"x16", 8"x18", 13"x9", and 14"x10" rack toms, 18" and 20" floor toms. 14"x6" metal snare. Cymbals (Paiste 3000 series): 24" ride, 18" china, 20" crash-ride, 20" crash, 18" crash, 6" splash, 15" hi-hats and a 36" gong.

Posthumous releases

In October 2005 Powell made a "new" appearance on an album. Former Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath are an English Rock music band. Formed in Birmingham in 1968 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward , the band has since experienced multiple lineup changes, with a total of twenty-two former members....
 vocalist Tony Martin
Tony Martin (rock singer)

Anthony Harford, is a Heavy metal music vocalist best known for his work with Black Sabbath from 1987 to 1991 and again from 1993 to 1997. Martin was the band's second longest serving vocalist after Ozzy Osbourne....
 released a studio album (Scream), and on it is a track named "Raising Hell". This was a track that Powell had recorded the drum track for back when he and Tony were in Hammer in 1992, and gave to Tony for "future use". There are apparently as many as 19 additional drum tracks also recorded that could turn up in the future. Judas Priest
Judas Priest

Judas Priest is an England Heavy metal music band formed in 1969 in Birmingham. Judas Priest's core line-up consists of bass player Ian Hill, vocalist Rob Halford and guitarists Glenn Tipton and K....
 guitarist Glenn Tipton
Glenn Tipton

Glenn Raymond Tipton is one of the guitarists for the British heavy metal music band Judas Priest. Prior to joining Judas Priest, he was in The Flying Hat Band....
 has also released material recorded during the 1997 Baptizm Of Fire
Baptizm Of Fire

Baptizm of Fire is a solo album created by Judas Priest guitarist Glenn Tipton in 1997. It was recorded and mixed at Devonshire and Ocean Studios, U.S.A....
 sessions; this 2006 collection, entitled Edge of the World
Edge of the World

Edge of the World is an album created by Judas Priest guitarist Glenn Tipton, The Who bassist John Entwistle, and renowned drummer Cozy Powell....
, was released under the moniker of Tipton, Entwistle & Powell, in memory of John Entwistle
John Entwistle

John Alec Entwistle was an English bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, and Horn player, who was best known as the bass guitarist for the rock band The Who....
 and Powell.

New York Drummer Ken Serio
Ken Serio

Ken Serio is a Session musician from Rhode Island. A drummer since the age of 11, he moved to New York City to pursue the craft professionally, studying with Joe Morello,and Kenwood Dennard among others....
 played a tribute to Cozy Powell on his highly acclaimed Through The Gate CD covering several songs from Cozy's instrumental solo albums including the Bernie Marsden
Bernie Marsden

Bernie Marsden is an English people rock guitarist. Having played with Glenn Cornick's Wild Turkey in 1974, he then played with Babe Ruth , from 1975-76, before becoming an original member of Paice, Ashton & Lord in 1977 and then joining the hard rock band , Whitesnake....
 penned "El Sid" from Cozy's Over The Top
Over the Top (album)

Over The Top is an album by Great Britain rock music drummer Cozy Powell. It was Powell's first solo album, and it featured many well-known musicians playing alongside him....
 album.

Band timeline (not including session work)

Text in bold indicates solo work
  • The Sorcerers (1967-1968)
  • Youngblood (1968-1969)
  • The Ace Kefford Stand (1969)
  • Big Bertha (1969-1970)
  • The Jeff Beck Group (1970-1972)
  • Bedlam (1972-1973)
  • Cozy Powell (1973-1974)
  • Cozy Powell's Hammer (1974)
  • Rainbow (1975-1980)
  • Cozy Powell (1979)
  • Graham Bonnet & the Hooligans (1980-1981)
  • Cozy Powell (1981)
  • Michael Schenker Group (1981-1982)
  • Cozy Powell (1982-1983)
  • Whitesnake (1983-1984)
  • Emerson, Lake & Powell (1985-1986)
  • Pete York/Cozy Powell (1987)
  • Black Sabbath (1988-1991)
  • The Brian May Band (1991-1992)
  • Cozy Powell (1992)
  • Cozy Powell's Hammer (1992-1993)
  • The Brian May Band (1993-1994)
  • Black Sabbath (1994-1995)
  • Peter Green Splinter Group (1997)
  • Tipton, Entwistle and Powell (1997)
  • The Brian May Band (1998)
  • Peter Green Splinter Group (1998)

Discography and appearances

  • Jeff Beck Group
    The Jeff Beck Group

    The Jeff Beck Group were an England rock band formed in London in January 1966 by ex-Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck. Their innovative approach to heavy-sounding blues was a major influence on popular music during the late 1960s and early 1970s....
     - Rough & Ready
    Rough and Ready (album)

    Rough and Ready is the third album by The Jeff Beck Group and the first of two by the second The Jeff Beck Group. Released in 1970, it featured more of a Jazz, Soul music and Rhythm and blues edge to counter Beck's lead guitar....
     (1971)
  • Ed Welch
    Ed Welch

    Ed Welch is an England television composer. His projects include the music for Blockbusters , Knightmare, One Foot in the Grave, That's My Dog, Catchphrase and The Hoobs....
     - Clowns (1971)
  • Jeff Beck Group - Jeff Beck Group
    Jeff Beck Group (album)

    Jeff Beck Group is the fourth studio album by The Jeff Beck Group and the second album with the line up of Jeff Beck, Bobby Tench, Clive Chaman, Max Middleton and Cozy Powell....
     (1972)
  • Harvey Andrews
    Harvey Andrews

    Harvey John Andrews is an United Kingdom singer, songwriter, and poet.From 1964, Andrews supported his nascent career as a singer/songwriter by working as a schoolteacher, before becoming a full-time professional musician in 1966....
     - A Writer of Songs (1972)
  • Julie Felix
    Julie Felix

    Julie Felix is a folk rock sound recording and reproduction musician, who was notably record producer by Mickie Most on his RAK Records record label....
     - Clotho's Web (1972)
  • Donovan
    Donovan

    Donovan , is a Scotland singer-songwriter and guitarist. Emerging from the British folk music scene, he developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, Popular music, psychedelic rock, and world music....
     - Cosmic Wheels
    Cosmic Wheels (1973 album)

    Cosmic Wheels is the tenth studio album, and eleventh album overall, from Scotland singer-songwriter Donovan. It was released in both the United Kingdom and the United States in March 1973....
     (1973)
  • Bedlam
    Bedlam

    Bedlam is the former name of Bethlem Royal Hospital, the first hospital in the world specifically for caring for the mentally ill.Bedlam may also refer to:...
     - Bedlam
    Bedlam

    Bedlam is the former name of Bethlem Royal Hospital, the first hospital in the world specifically for caring for the mentally ill.Bedlam may also refer to:...
     (1973)
  • Chick Churchill
    Chick Churchill

    Chick Churchill was the Keyboard instrument player of the United Kingdom late 1960s to 70s rock band, Ten Years After....
     - You and Me (1973)
  • Murray Head
    Murray Head

    Murray Head is an English people actor and singer, most recognized for his hit song, "One Night in Bangkok"....
     - Nigel Lived
    Nigel Lived

    Nigel Lived is a studio album by Murray Head. It was released in 1972....
     (1973)
  • Tony Ashton
    Tony Ashton

    Tony Ashton was an English people rock music pianist, keyboardist, singer, composer, Record producer and artist....
     / Jon Lord
    Jon Lord

    Jon Douglas Lord is an English composer, Hammond organ and piano player.Lord is recognised for his Hammond organ blues-rock sound and for his pioneering work in fusing rock and classical or baroque forms....
     - First of the Big Bands (1974)
  • Bob Sargeant - The First Starring Role (1974)
  • Peter Sarstedt
    Peter Sarstedt

    Peter Sarstedt is an Anglo-Indian singer-songwriter....
     - Every Word You Say (1975)
  • Various - Peter & The Wolf (1976)
  • Rainbow
    Rainbow (band)

    Rainbow were a hard rock and Heavy metal music band formed by former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in 1975 in music. In addition to Blackmore, the band originally consisted of former Elf members; lead singer Ronnie James Dio , keyboardist Mickey Lee Soule, bassist Craig Gruber, and drummer Gary Driscoll....
     - Rising
    Rising (Rainbow album)

    Rising is a hard rock album by Rainbow , released in 1976 . Rising has become known as the best album of Rainbow's career. With founder Ritchie Blackmore retaining only Ronnie James Dio from the previous album, he recruited keyboard player Tony Carey, bassist Jimmy Bain and drummer Cozy Powell to complete the new line-up....
     (1976)
  • Hot Chocolate - Fourteen Greatest Hits
    Fourteen Greatest Hits

    Hank Williams Jr. Fourteen Greatest Hits is an album by United States country music singer and songwriter Hank Williams, Jr.. The Album was issued by Polydor Records as number MG-1-5020....
     (1976)
  • Rainbow - On Stage
    On Stage (Rainbow album)

    On Stage is a live album released by Rainbow in 1977. The album features a cover of a song from Blackmore's previous band Deep Purple; 'Mistreated'....
     (1977)
  • Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
    Long Live Rock 'n' Roll

    Long Live Rock 'n' Roll is the third studio album released by Rainbow , released in 1978.Although Bob Daisley & David Stone are listed on the album credits for their contributions they joined the band part way through the recording sessions and only appear on a couple of tracks....
     (1978)
  • Rainbow - Down to Earth
    Down to Earth (Rainbow album)

    Down To Earth is the fourth studio album released by Rainbow , released in 1979 . Most of the album had been already written and recorded by the time Graham Bonnet was recruited....
     (1979)
  • Cozy Powell - Over the Top
    Over the Top (album)

    Over The Top is an album by Great Britain rock music drummer Cozy Powell. It was Powell's first solo album, and it featured many well-known musicians playing alongside him....
     (1979)
  • Bernie Marsden
    Bernie Marsden

    Bernie Marsden is an English people rock guitarist. Having played with Glenn Cornick's Wild Turkey in 1974, he then played with Babe Ruth , from 1975-76, before becoming an original member of Paice, Ashton & Lord in 1977 and then joining the hard rock band , Whitesnake....
     - And About Time Too (1979)
  • Rainbow - Monsters of Rock
    Monsters of Rock

    Monsters of Rock was an annual rock music festival in England held every August at the Castle Donington Donington Park from 1980–1996 . Monsters of Rock festivals have also been organized in other cities around the world....
     (1980)
  • Bernie Marsden - Look At Me Now
    Look at Me Now

    Look at Me Now is a common title for a song in music. It may refer to:*Look at Me Now *Look at Me Now *Look at Me Now!, an album by Dick Haymes...
     (1981)
  • Cozy Powell - Tilt
    Tilt (Cozy Powell album)

    Tilt is a 1981 double album by drummer Cozy Powell and was released on the Polydor Records label....
     (1981)
  • Michael Schenker Group
    Michael Schenker Group

    The Michael Schenker Group is a guitar-oriented hard rock band formed in 1979 by the former Scorpions and UFO guitarist Michael Schenker.It is best described as mostly melodic hard rock with progressive undertones....
     - M.S.G.
    M.S.G. II

    MSG is the second album by the hard rock band Michael Schenker Group. The band was formed in 1979 by the former Scorpions and UFO guitarist Michael Schenker....
     (1981)
  • Graham Bonnet
    Graham Bonnet

    Graham Bonnet is a rock and roll vocalist and songwriter. He has recorded and performed as a solo artist and with several bands including Rainbow , Michael Schenker Group, Impellitteri and Alcatrazz....
     - Line Up
    Line up

    lineup may refer to* a Queue area of waiting people* a police lineup of suspects* the roster of a sports team at a given time** batting order in baseball...
     (1981)
  • Michael Schenker Group - One Night at Budokan
    One Night at Budokan

    One Night At Budokan is a Michael Schenker Group live album....
     (1982)
  • Jon Lord - Before I Forget (1982)
  • Robert Plant
    Robert Plant

    Robert Anthony Plant Order of the British Empire , is an England Rock and Roll singer and songwriter, famous for his membership in the former rock band Led Zeppelin as the lead vocalist, as well as for his successful solo career....
     - Pictures at Eleven
    Pictures at Eleven

    Pictures at Eleven is the debut solo album from former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant. Genesis drummer Phil Collins played drums for six of the album's eight songs....
     (1982)
  • Cozy Powell - Octopuss
    Octopuss

    Octopuss is a solo album by drummer Cozy Powell, released in 1983....
     (1983)
  • Whitesnake
    Whitesnake

    Whitesnake is an England hard rock band, founded in 1977 by David Coverdale . The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple and by the mid eighties Whitesnake were writing in a melodic hard rock style....
     - Slide It In
    Slide It In

    Slide It In is the seventh studio album by British hard rock band Whitesnake, released in 1984. It was the first Whitesnake album to be released in the United States, but was remixed for the release there....
     (1984)
  • Phenomena
    Phenomena (band)

    Phenomena is a Rock music project by founding producer Tom Galley . Phenomena's music has its roots in the classic hard rock genre and many of Phenomena's contributors have been members of bands such as Deep Purple, Queen or Trapeze ....
     - Phenomena (1985)
  • Roger Daltrey
    Roger Daltrey

    Roger Harry Daltrey Order of the British Empire is an England singer-songwriter and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of English rock music band The Who....
     - Under a Raging Moon
    Under a Raging Moon

    Under a Raging Moon is Roger Daltrey's sixth solo album issued in 1985, which includes several drummers' tributes to Keith Moon, former drummer of The Who who died in 1978....
     (1985)
  • Rainbow - Finyl Vinyl
    Finyl Vinyl

    Finyl Vinyl is a collection of live recordings and B-sides by Rainbow and was released in 1986, after the band had already ceased to be when Blackmore and Glover were part of the Deep Purple reformation....
     (1986)
  • Emerson, Lake & Powell
    Emerson, Lake & Powell

    Emerson, Lake & Powell, sometimes abbreviated as ELPowell, were an England rock band, an offshoot or variant lineup of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, that released one official studio album in 1986....
     - Emerson, Lake & Powell
    Emerson, Lake & Powell (album)

    Emerson, Lake & Powell is the only studio album recorded by the ELP off shoot Emerson, Lake & Powell. It was recorded in 1985 and released in 1986 on Polydor Records....
     (1986)
  • Boys Don't Cry
    Boys Don't Cry (band)

    Boys Don't Cry were a United Kingdom studio band known for the hit single "I Wanna Be a Cowboy", which peaked at #12 on the Hot 100 in 1986 and charted around the world....
     - Who the Am Dam (1987)
  • Sanne Salomonsen
    Sanne Salomonsen

    Sanne Salomonsen is a notable Denmark singer. She has been performing since 1975, and various songs by her band Sneakers were on the charts continuously from 1979 to 1985. She was also a member of the Anne Linnet Band....
     - Sanne Salomonsen
    Sanne Salomonsen

    Sanne Salomonsen is a notable Denmark singer. She has been performing since 1975, and various songs by her band Sneakers were on the charts continuously from 1979 to 1985. She was also a member of the Anne Linnet Band....
     (1987)
  • Warlock
    Warlock (band)

    Warlock was a Germany Heavy metal music band, assembled in 1982. They also could be described as hard rock or even glam metal. The band gained some commercial success in the mid 1980s....
     - Triumph and Agony
    Triumph and Agony

    Triumph and Agony is the fourth album by German heavy metal music band Warlock , released on September 5, 1987.The album was the follow-up to the 1986 band's first successful album out of Europe, True as Steel ....
     (1987)
  • Forcefield - Forcefield I (1987)
  • Pete York
    Pete York

    Pete York is a rock music drummer who has been performing since the 1960s....
     / Cozy Powell - Super Drumming (1987)
  • Cinderella
    Cinderella (band)

    Cinderella is an United States rock music band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They emerged in the mid-1980s with a series of multi-platinum albums and hit singles whose music videos received heavy MTV rotation....
     - Long Cold Winter
    Long Cold Winter

    Long Cold Winter is Cinderella 's second studio album, released in 1988 through Mercury Records. It reached #10 in the US and became double-platinum for selling 2 million copies in the US by the end of the year, just as the debut album Night Songs had done earlier....
     (1988)
  • James Darby - Southern Region Breakdown (1988)
  • Don Airey
    Don Airey

    Don Airey has been the keyboardist in the rock band Deep Purple since 2002, succeeding Jon Lord. He has had a long and productive career, playing with such acts as Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull , Whitesnake, Colosseum II, Sinner , Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth, Rainbow , Divlje jagode and Living Loud....
     - K.2. (1988)
  • Forcefield - Forcefield II (1988)
  • Gary Moore
    Gary Moore

    Gary Moore is a Northern Irish guitarist. In a career dating back to the 1960s, he has played with artists including Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II, Greg Lake and the Blues-rock band Skid Row , as well as having a successful solo career....
     - After the War
    After the War

    After The War is an album by Irish people blues-rock guitarist Gary Moore, released in 1989 . Like Moore's prior album Wild Frontier, this album contains elements of his Celtic music roots....
     (1989)
  • Black Sabbath
    Black Sabbath

    Black Sabbath are an English Rock music band. Formed in Birmingham in 1968 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward , the band has since experienced multiple lineup changes, with a total of twenty-two former members....
     - Headless Cross
    Headless Cross

    Headless Cross is the fourteenth album by heavy metal music band Black Sabbath, released in 1989 in music.This is the band's second album to feature singer Tony Martin and the first to feature drummer Cozy Powell....
     (1989)
  • Minute By Minute
    Minute by Minute

    Minute by Minute is the eighth studio album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers, released in 1978. ....
     - Timewatch (1989)
  • Forcefield - To Oz And Back (Forcefield III) (1989)
  • Rainbow - Live in Germany 1976 (1990)
  • Black Sabbath - Tyr
    Tyr (album)

    Tyr is the fifteenth studio album by heavy metal music band Black Sabbath, released in 1990 by I.R.S. Records.This was previously thought to be a concept album dealing with Christianity and Norse Mythology, but bassist Neil Murray dispelled that belief in 2005, stating that while many of the songs may seem loosely related, very little...
     (1990)
  • Forcefield - Let the Wild Run Free (Forcefield IV) (1991)
  • Ritchie Blackmore
    Ritchie Blackmore

    | Name= Ritchie Blackmore| Img = Ritchie Blackmore signing.jpg| Img_capt = Ritchie Blackmore, right, giving autographs...
     - The Connoisseur Collection Vol II (1991)
  • Cozy Powell - The Drums are Back (1992)
  • Forcefield - Instrumentals
    Instrumentals (album)

    Fourth album by Germany electronica group Mouse on Mars, released in 1997. It was their first album for their own label Sonig Records released originally only vinyl record....
     (1992)
  • Brian May - Back To The Light
    Back to the Light

    Back to the Light is the first solo effort of Queen 's guitarist Brian May. It was recorded between 1988 and 1992 at the Allerton Hill Studios, mixed at the Metropolis Studios and then released on September 28, 1992 in the UK....
     (1993)
  • Brian May - Live at the Brixton Academy (1994)
  • Black Sabbath - Forbidden
    Forbidden (album)

    Forbidden is the eighteenth studio album by British heavy metal music band Black Sabbath, released in 1995 in music. To date, it is the last full album of new material from the band....
     (1995)
  • Various - The Music of Jimi Hendrix (1995)
  • Black Sabbath - The Sabbath Stones
    The Sabbath Stones (album)

    The Sabbath Stones was the last album to be released by Black Sabbath with IRS Records.The album is a compilation of Sabbath tracks ranging from 1983's Born Again to 1995's Forbidden , and was never formally released in the US or Canada....
     (1996)
  • Glenn Tipton
    Glenn Tipton

    Glenn Raymond Tipton is one of the guitarists for the British heavy metal music band Judas Priest. Prior to joining Judas Priest, he was in The Flying Hat Band....
     - Baptizm of Fire
    Baptizm Of Fire

    Baptizm of Fire is a solo album created by Judas Priest guitarist Glenn Tipton in 1997. It was recorded and mixed at Devonshire and Ocean Studios, U.S.A....
     (1997)
  • Cozy Powell - The Best of Cozy Powell (1997)
  • Peter Green Splinter Group
    Peter Green Splinter Group

    The Peter Green Splinter Group was a band led by renowned blues guitarist and singer, Peter Green .Green was the leader of Fleetwood Mac until he suffered a mental breakdown during the 1970s....
     - Peter Green Splinter Group
    Peter Green Splinter Group (album)

    Peter Green Splinter Group is an album by the Great Britain blues band of the Peter Green Splinter Group, led by Peter Green . Released in 1997 , this was their first album, and essentially the comeback album for Green, who had been out of the music business for around 10 years....
     (1997)
  • S.A.S. Band - SAS Band (1997)
  • Yngwie Malmsteen - Facing the Animal
    Facing the Animal

    Facing the Animal is an album released in 1997 by guitarist Yngwie J. Malmsteen.The album features one of the veteran drummer Cozy Powell's last performances before his death in 1998....
     (1997)
  • Brian May - Another World (1998)
  • Cozy Powell - Especially For You
    Especially for You

    "Especially for You" was the fifth international single released from singer Kylie Minogue in time for the Christmas 1988 market and is a duet with Jason Donovan....
     (1999)
  • Tony Martin
    Tony Martin (rock singer)

    Anthony Harford, is a Heavy metal music vocalist best known for his work with Black Sabbath from 1987 to 1991 and again from 1993 to 1997. Martin was the band's second longest serving vocalist after Ozzy Osbourne....
     - Scream
    Scream (album)

    Scream is the second solo album of the former Black Sabbath vocalist Tony Martin . Released on November 8 2005, Martin even produced the album himself....
     (2005)
  • Tipton
    Glenn Tipton

    Glenn Raymond Tipton is one of the guitarists for the British heavy metal music band Judas Priest. Prior to joining Judas Priest, he was in The Flying Hat Band....
    , Entwistle
    John Entwistle

    John Alec Entwistle was an English bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, and Horn player, who was best known as the bass guitarist for the rock band The Who....
     & Powell - Edge of the World
    Edge of the World

    Edge of the World is an album created by Judas Priest guitarist Glenn Tipton, The Who bassist John Entwistle, and renowned drummer Cozy Powell....
     (2006)


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