Colin Burgess (musician)
| Colin Burgess | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Colin John Burgess |
| Born | 16 November 1946 |
| Origin | Australia |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Drums |
| Years active | 1968 – present |
| Associated acts | The Untamed, Honeybunch, The Haze, The Masters Apprentices, AC/DC, His Majesty, Good Time Charlie, The Burgess Brothers Band, Burgess Burgess |
Colin John Burgess (born 16 November 1946) is an Australian musician who was a drummer in the rock group The Masters Apprentices from 1968 to 1972 and was the original drummer for hard rockers AC/DC (November 1973–February 1974). The Masters Apprentices had top 20 singles chart success with "5:10 Man", "Think about Tomorrow Today", "Turn Up Your Radio" and "Because I Love You". In 1998 The Masters Apprentices, with Burgess, were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. He has performed in various bands with his brother, Denny Burgess, on bass guitar and vocals, including His Majesty.
Colin John Burgess was born on 16 November 1946 and grew up with his brother Denny. He was the drummer for The Untamed with Joe Travers on guitar in Sydney. In 1965, Denny was an early bass guitarist and vocalist of surf-instrumental band The Throb. In 1967 Burgess and Denny formed psychedelic group Honeybunch with Travers and Bill Verbaan on bass guitar (ex-Morloch). Later that year they were renamed as The Haze.
Late in 1965 The Masters Apprentices had formed in Adelaide as a pop, rock band, in early 1967 they relocated to Melbourne and by late that year their career had reached a critical juncture. Both their drummer Steve Hopgood and lead guitarist Tony Sommers were disenchanted with the band's erratic fortunes, so founding member Jim Keays decided to replace them. In Sydney, the Burgess brothers met Keays when The Haze supported The Masters Apprentices at a gig in suburban Ashfield. In January 1968, Keays reorganised The Masters Apprentices with Summers and Hopgood departing, and Burgess was flown to Melbourne as the new drummer. Keays then approached Doug Ford, an electric guitarist from The Missing Links and its offshoot Running Jumping Standing Still. In May 1970 the group with Glenn Wheatley on bass guitar relocated to London but had little commercial success there. Wheatley left in late 1971 and by early 1972 Keays announced his own departure and his intention to return to Australia immediately. Ford and Burgess decided to keep going and they sent for Burgess' brother Denny, who took over on bass guitar and lead vocals. The final trio line-up soldiered on for a few months, and made one recording, "Freedom Seekers"—appearing on Jam It Up! in 1987—before finally splitting in mid-1972. During Burgess' tenure, The Masters Apprentices had top 20 singles chart success on the Go-Set National Top 40 with "5:10 Man", "Think about Tomorrow Today", "Turn Up Your Radio" and "Because I Love You".
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