Cozy Powell Musical artist

Colin Flooks (29 December 1947 – 5 April 1998), better known as Cozy Powell, was an English rock drummer, who made his name with many major rock bands like The Jeff Beck Group, Rainbow, Whitesnake and Black Sabbath.Powell had appeared on at least 66 albums, with contributions on many other recordings. Many rock drummers have cited him as a major influence.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Flooks Colin (birth name)
Birth dateDecember 29, 1947
Birth place
Gloucestershire , Cirencester
Date of deathApril 05, 1998
Place of death
Bristol

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Musical artist

Career started1968
Career ended1998
associated musical artist
Black Sabbath
Cozy Powell
The Jeff Beck Group
Brian May
Rainbow (rock band)
Thin Lizzy
Whitesnake
Gary Moore
Suzi Quatro
Michael Schenker Group
Peter Green Splinter Group
Emerson Lake & Powell
BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Heavy metal music
Blues rock
Progressive rock
Hard rock
Instrumental rock
Jazz fusion
record label
Polydor Records

Cozy Powell on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/75182.stm
  2. http://www.cozypowell.com
  3. http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Cozy_Powell.html