Clive Brooks

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Clive Colin Brooks (born 28 December 1949, in Bow, East London) is a drummer, best known for his work in the English progressive rock band Egg.

Answering a Melody Maker ad in early 1968, Brooks joined Uriel, a blues-rock group formed by City of London School pupils Dave Stewart (keyboards), Mont Campbell (bass and lead vocals) and Steve Hillage (guitar and vocals). (The band re-grouped later under the name Arzachel and released one album in 1969.) With Hillage's departure in mid-1968, the remaining three continued as a trio and became Egg in January 1969. The band signed with Decca and released two albums on the label, splitting up in July 1972 (although they came back together to record a final album, The Civil Surface in 1974). A month later, Brooks joined The Groundhogs, recording two albums, Hogwash (1972) and Solid (1974).

Brooks then became a regular drum technician for Pink Floyd, working with the band through to 1994. On 13 June 1981, the opening night of the last leg of The Wall tour, Brooks filled in for drummer Willie Wilson who had been taken ill.

Brooks was re-united with Stewart in 2000 for the recording of a cover version of Soft Machine's "As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still" eventually released on Jakko Jakszyk's The Bruised Romantic Glee Club (2006).

Brooks has also worked as a drum technician for bands such as Toto, Robbie Williams, Jeff Wayne's "The War of the Worlds" 2007 tour and the well known tribute show to Pink Floyd, The Australian Pink Floyd Show.