1. Peter William Phipps was born on 5 August 1951 and is a rock drummer, singer and songwriter known for his work with Gary Glitter, the Glitter Band, and later Eurythmics, XTC and Denim.
15 Facts About Pete Phipps
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Pete Phipps is currently a member of both the Glitter Band and Mud.
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Pete Phipps was later a member of the band Random Hold, who toured with XTC in 1979, leading to him playing the majority of the drums on the XTC album Mummer after Terry Chambers left the band, and he returned for the recording of their next studio album The Big Express.
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Pete Phipps played drums for Eurythmics, joining the band for their MTV-broadcast performance at the Heaven nightclub in London, and playing live with the band into 1984.
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Pete Phipps was a member of Lawrence's post-Felt band Denim, which has been described as "self-consciously ironic glitter-pop revivalist project", playing on the 1992 album Back in Denim and the 1996 album Denim on Ice.
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Pete Phipps was the drummer on Liquid Gold's hits which included "Dance Yourself Dizzy".
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Pete Phipps was then asked to join Random Hold, a band he had already worked with a year or two before.
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In 1982, Pete Phipps was invited by Mike Rutherford of Genesis to play on his final solo studio album Acting Very Strange, and later in the same year was invited by XTC to record with them on their studio album, Mummer.
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Also in 1984, Pete Phipps returned to work with XTC in the studio to record the album The Big Express.
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In 1985, Pete Phipps recorded with the Stranglers' Hugh Cornwell playing on the single "One in a Million".
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Pete Phipps then rejoined Gary Glitter for UK, Middle East and US tours.
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Pete Phipps restarted Glitter Band gigs, joining with some of the other original members, and has remained part of the Glitter Band with a number of different line-ups to the present day.
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In 1986, Pete Phipps performed on Zipper an album written by Roger Chapman.
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The next year, Pete Phipps played with the Legendary Purple Helmets a Stranglers offshoot.
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Between 1992 and 1996, whilst remaining in the Glitter Band, Pete Phipps joined Denim, a band formed by Lawrence.