Cozy Powell
The journeyman rock drummer who powered Black Sabbath across three late-1980s albums.
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Cozy Powell (1947–1998) was an English drummer who made his name with Rainbow, the Jeff Beck Group, Whitesnake and many others, and is widely counted among rock's most influential drummers.
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Colin Trevor Flooks
- Born
- 29 December 1947
- Birthplace
- Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
- Died
- 5 April 1998
- Place of death
- M4 motorway, near Bristol, England
- Genre
- Hard rock
- heavy metal
- progressive rock
- blues rock
- glam rock
- instrumental rock
- jazz fusion
- Occupation
- Drummer
- Years active
- 1964–1998
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Background
He drummed for Black Sabbath from 1988 to 1991 and again in 1994–95, playing on albums including Headless Cross alongside Tony Iommi and singer Tony Martin. A reunion with Ronnie James Dio for Dehumanizer ended when Powell broke his pelvis falling from a horse and Vinny Appice took over. He also set a 1986 television record for the most drums played in under a minute.
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