Pink Floyd drum technician Clive Brooks has died.
The news was announced by the official Nick Mason Facebook account. “With a heavy heart our Pink Floyd family say(s) farewell to dear Clive Brooks, drum technician extraordinaire, who sadly passed away,” the post reads.
Brooks, a London native, was drummer with bands Uriel, Egg and The Groundhogs in the late-’60s through mid-’70s.
He became a drum technician for Pink Floyd in the ’80s, working on the Momentary Lapse of Reason tour, and The Division Bell album and tour.
He also served as drum tech for Jeff Wayne‘s 2007 “The War of the Worlds” tour, Toto, Robbie Williams and Floyd tribute act The Australian Pink Floyd Show.
According to Wikipedia, on June 13, 1981, opening night of the last leg of “The Wall tour,” Brooks filled in for surrogate band drummer Willie Wilson who was ill.
Very sad to hear this news. Clive Brooks was a exceptionally gifted drummer. I especially loved his work with Egg.
A sad day to hear the news of Clives passing, always ready with a helping hand and will be sorely missed by all who knew him. R.I.P.
So sorry to hear of this sad passing in the Pink Floyd family. Thank you Clive, for making Nick (and the band) sound so damned good.
Now you can hang with Sid & Rick and help make them sound good too.
RIP ?
I followed Tony Mcfee and Groundhogs around for many a year, only recent years did I meet Clive. A sad loss to the world!!
Heartfelt condolences to the whole family that I have known for 60 odd years. Rest in peace in drummers heaven Clive x
So very sad to hear this news he was a great guy feel so lucky I got to spend time with him.
Sad that Clive Brooks, the great drummer for the incredible progressive rock band Egg, with their highly sophisticated, complex music, is most well known for being Pink Floyd’s drum tech, with all due respect
Clive Brooks’ drumming was a great influence on me. Egg was an incredible, innovative group, very influential as well. I am so sorry to hear of his passing.
Thank you Nick, for coming to the funeral on Tuesday, it was really appreciated that you took time out to do so.
Thank you also, Pauline and Del, and everyone who came.
My brother was taken far too soon but we know he had a good life, doing exactly what he wanted to do. My dad was very progressive for his time, loved rock music and encouraged Clive to chase his dreams, which he did.
He is so sorely missed by all his family.
Remembering Clive from the Groundhogs days. Hogwash my favorite, Clive kept that band so solid….
RIP
Having been a Clive Brooks fan since the release of the debut EGG album in 1970, his passing comes as unexpected and sad news. Though I never had the opportunity to see him perform live, I still harbored the hope that someday we might get to meet so I could let him know how much enjoyment and inspiration his playing have brought me all of these years, right through to this very day when nary a week goes by without me listening to ‘I Will Be Absorbed’ and ‘A Visit to Newport Hospital’, recorded when Clive was but a young lad of just 18 and 19, respectively. My condolences to Clive’s family, friends and bandmates. May we remember Clive knowing that to live on in the hearts and minds of those who knew & loved him is not to die. “Now looking back it seemed to be a happy time…” 🙂
i had the luck to know clive in his very early days and he was a great influence on me. rest in peace my friend.