Damon Reece
{{Short description|English drummer (born 1967)}}
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Damon Reece (born 16 February 1967) is an English drummer, who has been a member of Spiritualized, Echo & the Bunnymen and Lupine Howl.[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p468309|pure_url=yes}} Lupine Howl] at AllMusic[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r6558|pure_url=yes}} Reverberation] at AllMusic
Career
Growing up in Croydon and drumming in the indie band Abdul & the Casbah Cruisers, Reece moved to Liverpool at the age of eighteen and played in various local bands there.{{Cite web |url=http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article.aspx?id=2784 |title=Damon Reece Interview |last=Strutt |first=Anthony |date=22 February 2002 |website=Penny Black Music |access-date=5 August 2011 |archive-date=9 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209053116/http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article.aspx?id=2784 |url-status=dead }} Following the death of Pete de Freitas, Reece joined the re-formed Echo & the Bunnymen, appearing on the album Reverberation (1990). This incarnation of the band met with little success and disbanded shortly afterwards. Reece later joined Spiritualized, but an internal dispute with Jason Pierce following the release of Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997) resulted in Reece leaving to form Lupine Howl.Harper, Kate. (17 April 2008) {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090910013554/http://www.chartattack.com/news/53634/spiritualized-prep-new-album-j-spaceman-on-mister-lonely-soundtrack Spiritualized Prep New Album; J. Spaceman On Mister Lonely Soundtrack]}}. Chartattack.com. Retrieved on 5 August 2011.[http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/21748/lupinehowl-carnivorous/ Lupine Howl: The Carnivorous Lunar Activities of Lupine Howl – PopMatters Music Review]. Popmatters.com. Retrieved on 5 August 2011. Reece has also worked with Massive Attack and Goldfrapp.[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Damon+Reece Damon Reece]. Discogs.com (10 October 1997). Retrieved on 5 August 2011.
Personal life
He lives in Bristol with his partner Elizabeth Fraser{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jun/24/elizabeth-fraser-meltdown-cocteau-twins |title=Elizabeth Fraser: 'I'm so excited to have made this decision to perform' |last=Adams |first=Tim |date=23 June 2012 |work=The Guardian |access-date=26 March 2017}} (former lead singer of Cocteau Twins), and their daughter Lily (born in 1998).
References
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{{Echo & the Bunnymen}}
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{{The Orb}}
{{Massive Attack}}
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Category:Musicians from the London Borough of Croydon
Category:Musicians from Bristol
Category:English rock drummers
Category:Echo & the Bunnymen members
Category:English session musicians