I am a musician. I played full time for about three years many moons ago. Clive is one of my favorite drummers ever. I watch videos of him with Tull, and I'm just blown away. He had/has an earthy jazz/rock feel to his playing not found among many drummers.
@@jondoe8816 Mitch Mitchell? Absolutely....he's another one of my top 5....I love listening to him play. Another of my favorites is Barriemore Barlow...and of course, Ian Paice and Bill Ward....there's others....but, those guys are generally in my top 5 at any given time...lol (Love Moon and Bonham as well...but I don't usually consider them in my own personal top 5)
@@jondoe8816 Agreed....not too many people seem to know Clive Bunker, and that's a shame....my others... Barlow was actually Clive's replacement in Tull, Ward--Black Sabbath, Ian Paice....Deep Purple, Mitchell, well....you know that one ;-). Mitchell really brought a lot to the Hendrix experience.....I sometimes enjoy listening to his parts even more than Hendrix's..lol
Thanks very much Remy for this. Applause !! Applause !!What a treat to hear this great drummer sharing his thoughts. Down to earth person full of humility.
atuliti You're welcome! You're right Clive is a very humble person, flee from popularity, I've known him for many years and he has not changed, he only plays for pleasure, not for money. We really enjoy the time we spend with him, we drink and have fun listening to anecdotes that are a real gift for a fan.
Great interview, good questions. I had the pleasure of seeing the original band a few times at the Fillmore East and can say Clive was one of the very few drummers who's drum solo was worth listening to and always captivating playing. Cheers, Clive!
In a four piece band nobody can hide - and Bunker filled his role and more, with explosive drumrolls that are on a par with Keith Moon, but in Bunker's own style -- I still go back and listen to the first two albums, frequently
Clive Bunker's drumming on Jethro Tull's "Nothing Is Easy," is astonishingly good. Exciting. Clive and Procol Harum's B.J. Wilson were marvelous drummers at that time.
Funny you should mention B. J. Wilson. He’s always been one of my favorites. The thing I like so much about Clive’s playing is how much personality there is in it.
A very quiet man, Mr. Bunker is. Don't hear much from him, never really did. Interview wise. He's a big. Influence on on my style of drumming. Thank you Mr. Bunker!!!
As much as people get on Ian's case for being so domineering and type-a, I think they almost all admit that he challenged them all to be better musicians ... and they did come up with a lot of really unique great music.
Hi Remy, I did the artwork for Clive's album mentioned in the interview. I met Clive via UK prog band Solstice, he played drums in that band for a while, and I had done the art work for a couple of Solstice albums, posters etc. A nise guy. Nice to see that CD cover again (lost my CD years back) I used 3D Studio and Photoshop. Thanks, MH
Love ya Clive! You were a tremendous musical influence to me. Thank you! Another aspect that is overlooked about early Tull was that they swung! Clive is humble about it but there was a great jazz feel that Clive gave to the group on that first album. I think Mick carried a bit of that over to Bloodwyn Pig -- which was a great band. But, Ian was on another level.
The last album Clive said he did was Aqualung, and that is where I picked up Jethro Tull as a young teen ager. I loved that album so much, and went back and bought all the older albums always amazed that these guys had so much music out ... and then the band kept going for years putting out an album every year ... but there was something really great, wild and raw about those first albums, they were the best to me, though I love the other stuff as well, TAAB, PP, SFTW, HH, SW, and most of the others. Tull albums always had a lot of good songs and a lot of value in them, always my favorite band, and Clive was great. He is one of the oldest guys and he still looks in better shape than all the others. It must be all the drumming.
Clive fitted tull perfectly back in day and he definitely had a space of his own amongst the other great rock drummers of the time and what a nice bloke he is.
I always though Clive was a very cool guy. Drummers always seem to get the reputation, and they are always, or nearly always in very good shape. Clive looks really good for his age, better than most of them.
Clive Bunker's a versatile sort of chap. You can see the video of his appearance with UFO during Michael Schenker's last show with them - it was Phil Mogg, Pete Way, Schenker, Bunker, Don Airey, and Uli John Roth, in the summer of 2001. They made a glorious racket!
Benefit has had Steven Wilson Remixes came out in 2013. The guy who has the channel think it's Classic Rock Review is a big Tull fan and has just reviewed the new Heavy Horses release and his opinion is that Tull went up a level when Barlow joined and that he is the better drummer. All I know is I love the entire back catalogue of Tull, best band ever for me.
Ian Anderson only worked with the best musicians so to my way of thinking, there wasn't s lot to choose between any of them be they drummers, bass guitarists etc. Martin is on record as saying that Barriemore brought something extra to the band.
Clive was good in the band Aviator ... which I think just had one album. By that time there were so many bands and it was hard to distinguish themselves with just music ... that is when they started getting all weird and had all kind of tricks or gimmicks.
he was neglected by the music industry... he should have a huge career, and others should have reached out to him. but then again this is STILL possible. Such a great drummer when there are so many others with far less talent being more popular.
Such a big loss for Tull and just when they were getting real big. To this day I think he is the best drummer Tull ever had, and that I would have liked them even more with Clive in their other albums. He had the flow you know, not like Barrie who was always stopping the rythm. I really can´t listen to the 70´s live version of Aqualung... a little slower and they would have played it backwards.
I'm not a professional, we really look for the least noisy place, but we did not have personal microphones, so the background sounds are heard louder than they really are. We have inserted subtitles because we are aware of the problem. Cheers.
This interview was for a written medium, for a music magazine, but since there was a recording of it, I thought of editing it and posting it on RU-vid to reach more fans. I hope you understand this, just I take note of your criticism.
Why on earth didn't you just go outside and sit at a table....surely the weather wasn't that bad....I ended up hardly being able listen to the great man...
There's no 'worst' - they were all great. Amateur? Why? An unfounded statement, no truth at all. He played live, recorded, earned money doing it and was accomplished enough that other pros (Trower) ask him to join their bands. That is as 'pro' as it gets.
