He was the engine room of the only band that mattered and his beats have been sampled almost as much as those of James Browns' funky drummer, Clyde Stubblefield. Happy 60th birthday to the great Topper Headon.
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Yes indeed.
Great drummer. Whatever happened to Tory Crimes? Topper really took The Clash to another level.
Happy birthday Topper. Finally someone who dignify his playing. Thank you Swede
A few years ago you would not have put money on Topper making 60.A legend
One of those "man, I'm getting old" moments.
Not sure CC if Topper himself even thought he would get to 60. Congrats to Topper on his 60th...
I can't think of a great band with a mediocre drummer.
No, Scott, he wouldn't. Cy coincidence I saw some feature about The Clash a few days ago in which he spoke about how shocked he was to hear about J. Strummer's sudden death. What he said basically was that under no circumstances, bearing the life he led (with drugs and alcohol abuse) in mind, he would have thought that he would NOT be the first of the four members to drop dead ...
Second best group ever........???
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