Biography
Regarded as among England’s perfect drummers, and incredibly much popular for rock and roll and pop reports, Cozy Powell was almost legendary for the heavy-hitting style that might be made to use many forms of rock and roll music, whether for the thundering pop productions helmed by Mickie Most, Black colored Sabbath, Emerson, Lake & Powell, as well as his own single function (notably “Dance using the Devil,” that was a significant English strike in 1973.) Powell started his professional music profession in 1965 using the Sorcerers, ultimately winding up dealing with Jeff Beck after Beck still left the Yardbirds. In 1971, Powell produced Bedlam, but ultimately abandoned this task to create singles such as for example “Dance using the Devil.” He afterwards formed Inviting Powell’s Hammer, which split up in 1975. Following a short sabbatical, he became a member of Rainbow, assisting to give the music group a thundering tempo section before stopping after four years and four albums in 1980. Generally popular for the drum chair, he alternated between program work and employed in a number of bands, like the Michael Schenker Group, Whitesnake and Dark Sabbath, never residing in any one music group for lengthy. In 1996, he caused former Fleetwood Macintosh guitarist Peter Green on his long-awaited return tour. During his loss of life on Apr 5, 1998, he was recuperating from a feet injury that acquired sidelined him from touring use guitarist Yngvie Malmsteen. He was generating over the M4 Motorway towards Bristol when he evidently dropped control of his car (because of inclement weather), slamming in to the middle divider from the motorway. He passed away a couple of hours afterwards in a healthcare facility.
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Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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MacGruber | 2010 | performer: "Touch and Go" - as Emerson, Lake & Powell | |
Life on Mars | 2007 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Hot Fuzz | 2007 | performer: "Dance With the Devil" | |
Rock Family Trees | 1998 | TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode |
Self
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Rainbow: Live in Munich 1977 | 2006 | Video | Himself - Drums |
Rock Family Trees | 1998 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
The Black Sabbath Story Vol. 2 | 1992 | Video documentary short | Himself |
Headbangers Ball | 1989 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
Superdrumming | 1987 | Video documentary | Himself / Drums |
Rainbow: The Final Cut | 1985 | Video documentary | Himself |
Whitesnake: Super Rock '84 | 1985 | Video documentary | Himself |
Whitesnake: Rock in Rio '85 | 1985 | TV Movie | Himself |
Whitesnake: Fourplay | 1983 | Video documentary short | Himself |
Whitesnake Commandos: Donington 1983 | 1983 | Video documentary | Himself |
Pop Quiz | 1981 | TV Series | Himself |
The Old Grey Whistle Test | 1981 | TV Series | Himself |
Monsters of Rock at Castle Donnington: Rainbow | 1980 | TV Movie | Himself |
Archive Footage
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Dance with the Devil: The Legend of Cozy Powell | Documentary filming | Himself | |
The Ritchie Blackmore Story | 2015 | Documentary | Himself |
Classic Rock Drum Solos | 2007 | Video documentary | Himself |
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