Robbie Bachman, founding drummer of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, has died at the age of 69.
The rocker’s demise was confirmed by his brother and former bandmate, (*69*) Bachman.
“Another sad departure,” the frontman tweeted. “The pounding beat behind BTO, my little brother Robbie has joined Mum, Dad and brother Gary on the other side. Maybe Jeff Beck needs a drummer! He was an integral cog in our rock ‘n’ roll machine and we rocked the world together.”
The Bachman brothers grew up enjoying collectively of their Winnipeg, Canada dwelling and have become pure collaborators. It was (*69*) who gave Robbie his first job, enlisting the drummer to hitch him and bassist Fred Turner within the band Brave Belt in 1971. A 3rd Bachman, guitarist Tim, joined Brave Belt a 12 months later.
After two unsuccessful albums, Brave Belt was dropped by their label. Undeterred, the band searched for a brand new dwelling. At the suggestion of administration, they started calling themselves Bachman–Turner Overdrive.
The identical band however with a brand new identify, Bachman–Turner Overdrive launched their self-titled debut in 1973. Commercial success continued to elude the group, however later that 12 months they launched a second LP, Bachman–Turner Overdrive II. That album featured BTO’s first Top 40 single, “Let It Ride,” which peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album’s second single would rocket the group to stardom: “Takin’ Care of Business.”
The hits saved on coming for BTO, as their third album, 1974’s Not Fragile, reached No. 1 within the U.S. “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” grew to become a large, chart-topping hit, whereas follow-up single “Roll On Down the Highway” continued the band’s run of success. The latter monitor was co-written by Robbie, one in every of a handful of traditional tunes he helped pen.
“We didn’t tell anybody they were wrong or anything was bad or don’t do this. It was basically, have a good time, fun music,” Robbie recalled, trying again at the band’s success throughout a 2014 interview with the Toronto Star. “Just coming out of the ’70s with the Vietnam War and all the political things going on — in Canada with Trudeau, and Richard Nixon and stuff like that — we just basically had enough of that stuff.”
As the ‘70s wore on, BTO’s reputation progressively slowed. The band’s members started arguing about their musical route and, in 1977, (*69*) Bachman give up the group.
Bachman–Turner Overdrive continued with out their authentic vocalist, recruiting Jim Clench to fill (*69*)’s footwear. The band launched two albums with their new singer, 1978’s Street Action and 1979’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Nights, neither of which moved the needle.
BTO disbanded in 1980, however reformed with (*69*) 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, can be the band’s solely studio album to not function 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, (*69*) and Turner once more revived BTO in 2009, however as a result of ongoing authorized battles Robbie rejected the prospect to rejoin the group. He did, finally take the stage with the traditional lineup once more in 2014, when Bachman–Turner Overdrive was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
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