Pete Gill

{{short description|English drummer}}

{{other uses|Peter Gill (disambiguation)}}

{{BLP sources|date=November 2015}}

{{Not to be confused with|text=Peter Gill, drummer of Frankie Goes to Hollywood}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2012}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}

{{Infobox musical artist

|name = Pete Gill

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|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist

|birth_name = Peter Gill

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|birth_date = {{birth-date and age|9 June 1951}}

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|origin = Sheffield, England

|instrument = Drums

|genre = Heavy metal

|occupation = Musician

|years_active = 1970–1996

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|associated_acts = The Glitter Band, Saxon, Motörhead

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Peter Gill (born 9 June 1951) is an English former heavy metal drummer, formerly a member of the Glitter Band, Saxon and Motörhead.

Gill was one of the two drummers in the Glitter Band, then formed part of the original line-up of Saxon in 1978.{{cite magazine |title=Saxon Biography |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/278314/saxon/biography |magazine=Billboard |access-date=14 June 2017}}{{cite book |last=Webb |first=Spike |title=Mad, Bad and Dangerous – The Book of Drummers' Tales |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2cb_AQAAQBAJ&q=Pete+Gill+drummer&pg=PT136 |publisher=John Blake |date=2012 |isbn=9781857829976}} He stayed with them until 1981, playing on their first four albums,{{cite web |last=Dome |first=Malcolm |author-link=Malcolm Dome |title=Saxon and the Story of Denim And Leather |url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2014-09-08/saxon-facts-about-denim-and-leather |website=Team Rock |date=8 September 2014 |access-date=14 June 2017}} leaving the band after he injured his hand. Gill was in Motörhead from 1984 to 1987. During that time his recordings with the group were the four new tracks of the compilation No Remorse; the live video The Birthday Party; and one full album, Orgasmatron. The band also toured extensively during the time Gill was a member.{{cite journal |last=Burridge |first=Alan |author-link=Alan Burridge (writer) |title=Motörhead |journal=Record Collector |issue=140 |date=April 1991 |pages=16–22}} After years of absence, he reunited with his former Saxon colleagues in a new band, named Son of a Bitch, with bassist Steve Dawson and guitarist Graham Oliver. Gill stayed briefly in the band, recording only one album, titled Victim You, in 1996.

Gill detoxed in 2004 after having a problem with alcohol for two years. He is no longer able to play drums, due to severe arthritis which he has claimed had "spread to my hands and my legs and my back".{{cite web |title=PETE GILL (MOTORHEAD): "It was guitarist Phil Campbell who got me into Motorhead" |url=http://www.perun.hr/pete-gill-motorhead-it-was-guitarist-phil-campbell-who-got-me-into-motorhead |website=Perun.hr |access-date=2021-06-11}}