Pete Thompson

Pete Thompson 1952 (age 64–65) is an English rock drummer who has played with Silverhead, Robin Trower, Robert Plant, Pete Haycock, Eric Bibb, Ken Hensley, and David Byron. He has been a professional touring, recording and session drummer throughout his career and has expanded his interests to include producing and composing.

Pete Thompson was born in Bournemouth, England and spent most of his life in Southend-on-Sea. He admits in his biography on his official website that when he "was always tapping and singing and generally driving my teachers and parents mad." He got his first drum kit in 1968 and rapidly gained a local attention as a fine young drummer in a town that produced notables such as Gary Brooker, Robin Trower, Mickey Jupp, and Procol Harum. At 19, he became a professional drummer and went on a U.S.O. tour in Europe and played for the soldiers on R&R from the Vietnam War. It was at that time that he met Rod T. "Rook" Davies, guitarist and alumni of David Bowie's The Riot Squad, who would later bring Pete in as the drummer for Silverhead.

After the U.S.O. Tour, he joined the British band Silverhead in 1972. They toured the United States, Europe and Japan. Silverhead played support for some of the biggest bands of the era, including KISS, Deep Purple, Nazareth and Uriah Heep. Silverhead included Michael Des Barres, Nigel Harrison, for a short time- Stevie Forest who was replaced by Robbie Blunt, and Thompson's friend Rod T. Davies. Silverhead stopped touring in 1974 and was disbanded.

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