Clem Burke is a drummer. Not just the drummer with Blondie, the band he’s been with since 1975, enjoying hit singles and albums by the score. Burke loves to play, with side projects such as Chequered Past, Romantics, International Swingers and Empty Hearts, and as sideman with such luminaries as Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop, Pete Townshend and Joan Jett.
Consequently, he’s made an awful lot of friends and met an awful lot of people along the way. So sitting down for a chat with the artist formerly known as Elvis Ramone as he prepares to mount the stage with Lust For Life – the Katie Puckrik-fronted Iggy tribute that also features his long-time chum and sparring partner Glen Matlock - about the countless paths he’s crossed, best be prepared for a veritable deluge of clanging name-drops.
