An Interview With Clive Bunker, Tullianos Convention 2017

15º Tullianos Convention June 10, 2017
Due to the audio problems we have edited the interview with subtitles
Filming Juan Angel Guerra.(Tullianos)
Interviewer: Pat Rowbottom (Cold Flame & Tullianos)
Translation & Edition: F. Sans & R.Tena (Tullianos)
This video is property of Tullianos
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[@gautambanerjee982]

One of the greatest drummer in the history.

[@malikazohir9608]

Y

[@Tull1996]

Clive was, is, and will continue to be one of my all time favorite drummers.

[@jondoe8816]

Ozzpocket Productions and Mitch of corse

[@Tull1996]

@@jondoe8816 Mitch Mitchell? Absolutely....he's another one of my top 5....I love listening to him play. Another of my favorites is Barriemore Barlow...and of course, Ian Paice and Bill Ward....there's others....but, those guys are generally in my top 5 at any given time...lol (Love Moon and Bonham as well...but I don't usually consider them in my own personal top 5)

[@jondoe8816]

Ozzpocket Productions yes me too some of yours I don’t know by name but another under estimated drummer to me is Clive bunker of early Tull

[@Tull1996]

@@jondoe8816 Agreed....not too many people seem to know Clive Bunker, and that's a shame....my others... Barlow was actually Clive's replacement in Tull, Ward--Black Sabbath, Ian Paice....Deep Purple, Mitchell, well....you know that one ;-). Mitchell really brought a lot to the Hendrix experience.....I sometimes enjoy listening to his parts even more than Hendrix's..lol

[@77news97]

I am a musician. I played full time for about three years many moons ago. Clive is one of my favorite drummers ever. I watch videos of him with Tull, and I'm just blown away. He had/has an earthy jazz/rock feel to his playing not found among many drummers.

[@tomoday4450]

Absolutely fantastic interview! Clive is such a nice guy great drummer class act👍🏻

[@brötzmannsax]

Great interview, good questions. I had the pleasure of seeing the original band a few times at the Fillmore East and can say Clive was one of the very few drummers who's drum solo was worth listening to and always captivating playing. Cheers, Clive!

[@atuliti]

Thanks very much Remy for this. Applause !! Applause !!What a treat to hear this great drummer sharing his thoughts. Down to earth person full of humility.

[@RemyTena]

atuliti You're welcome! You're right Clive is a very humble person, flee from popularity, I've known him for many years and he has not changed, he only plays for pleasure, not for money. We really enjoy the time we spend with him, we drink and have fun listening to anecdotes that are a real gift for a fan.

[@SupernalOne]

In a four piece band nobody can hide - and Bunker filled his role and more, with explosive drumrolls that are on a par with Keith Moon, but in Bunker's own style -- I still go back and listen to the first two albums, frequently

[@77news97]

Me, too.

[@LeeLucas]

By far the best drummer Tull had and what a lovely Gentleman.

[@JohnFiocchi]

Clive Bunker's drumming on Steve Hillage Live Herald was wonderful. I lost track of Clive Bunker for years and then one day I heard Steve Hillage at a friend's house. When he told me that Clive Bunker was playing drums I just flipped out !! What a great surprise that was!

[@ryanpalmer8180]

I have a Steve Hillage live DVD from a German TV show in the 70s where Clive is playing and he is mindblowing. What a legend.

[@lastrada52]

Clive Bunker's drumming on Jethro Tull's "Nothing Is Easy," is astonishingly good. Exciting. Clive and Procol Harum's B.J. Wilson were marvelous drummers at that time.

[@Kawmanuwa]

A New day yesterday really blows my mind.

[@jondoe8816]

John LaStrada even bunkers aqualung. Loved it.

[@jeffryphillipsburns]

Funny you should mention B. J. Wilson. He’s always been one of my favorites. The thing I like so much about Clive’s playing is how much personality there is in it.

[@NelsonMontana1234]

Love ya Clive! You were a tremendous musical influence to me. Thank you! Another aspect that is overlooked about early Tull was that they swung! Clive is humble about it but there was a great jazz feel that Clive gave to the group on that first album. I think Mick carried a bit of that over to Bloodwyn Pig -- which was a great band. But, Ian was on another level.

[@kitomir9962]

great guy and an awesome drummer

[@AlobytesOgniddove]

really

[@adamparker2754]

A very quiet man, Mr. Bunker is. Don't hear much from him, never really did. Interview wise. He's a big. Influence on on my style of drumming. Thank you Mr. Bunker!!!

[@mancebo7]

Clive has got to be the humblest Rock musician ever - the demeanour is that of an introvert teenager! Wonderful bloke.

[@henrydarker4314]

Hi Remy, I did the artwork for Clive's album mentioned in the interview. I met Clive via UK prog band Solstice, he played drums in that band for a while, and I had done the art work for a couple of Solstice albums, posters etc. A nise guy. Nice to see that CD cover again (lost my CD years back) I used 3D Studio and Photoshop. Thanks, MH

[@jimcorpening830]

OMG !!! Incredible interview !

[@RemyTena]

Thanks Jim!

[@AlobytesOgniddove]

Love you Clive, really amazing man =)

[@justgivemethetruth]

As much as people get on Ian's case for being so domineering and type-a, I think they almost all admit that he challenged them all to be better musicians ... and they did come up with a lot of really unique great music.

[@jeffryphillipsburns]

They were definitely on a roll for a while there.

[@ibleebinU]

Humble is an understatement. Dharma For One from This Was. Fabulous drummer!

[@edfederoff2679]

Thank you Remy, and thank you, Clive!!! I am a "Tulliano" - in every language.

[@edfederoff2679]

in my dreams, of course)

[@san5a89]

it was just a school band and he was going to never play the drums again? what?! such an humble person. he is the best drummer in the world to me.

[@meetontheledge]

Best Tull drummer. Fantastic musician. Born like that.

[@hudentdw2]

My respects to Clive, He made me get into drumming when He was with Tull

[@evd3157]

Great drummer!

[@chrischoir3594]

This guy a had a great groove. Specifically "Teacher"

[@johnroberts3723]

Clive fitted tull perfectly back in day and he definitely had a space of his own amongst the other great rock drummers of the time and what a nice bloke he is.

[@Ndlanding]

Steve Hillage, maybe?

[@johnroberts3723]

@@Ndlanding definitely!.

[@Ndlanding]

@@johnroberts3723 Saw him with Gong. Now there was a band. Flying Teapots, indeed!

[@justgivemethetruth]

The last album Clive said he did was Aqualung, and that is where I picked up Jethro Tull as a young teen ager. I loved that album so much, and went back and bought all the older albums always amazed that these guys had so much music out ... and then the band kept going for years putting out an album every year ... but there was something really great, wild and raw about those first albums, they were the best to me, though I love the other stuff as well, TAAB, PP, SFTW, HH, SW, and most of the others. Tull albums always had a lot of good songs and a lot of value in them, always my favorite band, and Clive was great. He is one of the oldest guys and he still looks in better shape than all the others. It must be all the drumming.

[@rayedwards1596]

Wonderful person. Bless him. And one superb muso.

[@paulm9496]

One of my favorite drummers ever, wth’s with the totally aggravating background noise. They should show some respect to a living legend!

[@justgivemethetruth]

I always though Clive was a very cool guy. Drummers always seem to get the reputation, and they are always, or nearly always in very good shape. Clive looks really good for his age, better than most of them.

[@GreenerHill]

Clive Bunker's a versatile sort of chap. You can see the video of his appearance with UFO during Michael Schenker's last show with them - it was Phil Mogg, Pete Way, Schenker, Bunker, Don Airey, and Uli John Roth, in the summer of 2001. They made a glorious racket!

[@franneep]

Remy, LOVE your channel!

[@RemyTena]

frannee p Thank you very much!

[@davidmorgen4558]

Clive also ended up playing with Steve Hillage went Hillage went solo after departing from the band Gong.

[@chrischessman7464]

Benefit has had Steven Wilson Remixes came out in 2013. The guy who has the channel think it's Classic Rock Review is a big Tull fan and has just reviewed the new Heavy Horses release and his opinion is that Tull went up a level when Barlow joined and that he is the better drummer. All I know is I love the entire back catalogue of Tull, best band ever for me.

[@markfrost9826]

Barlow was their best drummer to this day!

[@stephenbrown7545]

You got that right..Barlow is special...Clive is great just a different style. Barlow is very inventive .

[@normantigwell5187]

Ian Anderson only worked with the best musicians so to my way of thinking, there wasn't s lot to choose between any of them be they drummers, bass guitarists etc. Martin is on record as saying that Barriemore brought something extra to the band.

[@justgivemethetruth]

Clive was good in the band Aviator ... which I think just had one album. By that time there were so many bands and it was hard to distinguish themselves with just music ... that is when they started getting all weird and had all kind of tricks or gimmicks.

[@Johnnynbk]

Hard to beat a band with clive and glenn in the rhythm section.

[@groundhog713]

They were pretty tight together. I'm sure Clive missed Glen when he left Jethro Tull. No wonder he quit the band after recording Aqualung...

[@sunboy38]

very nice guy

[@stormcats2]

Jethro tull song called 'Inside' has got AMAZING DRUMS BY CLIVE BUNKER.

[@sleepingtiger4436]

he was neglected by the music industry... he should have a huge career, and others should have reached out to him. but then again this is STILL possible. Such a great drummer when there are so many others with far less talent being more popular.

[@iananderson3799]

Shoulda got a room, sir. That was shabby.

[@chrischoir3594]

Who is Mick? Mick abrahms?

[@stevehenderson1258]

Nice one

[@samuelhpardew751]

And a handshake from me.

[@eribaldoyes3883]

Such a big loss for Tull and just when they were getting real big. To this day I think he is the best drummer Tull ever had, and that I would have liked them even more with Clive in their other albums. He had the flow you know, not like Barrie who was always stopping the rythm. I really can´t listen to the 70´s live version of Aqualung... a little slower and they would have played it backwards.

[@stephenbrown7545]

Barlow is an astonishing drummer...Clive is a different animal. I like them both but Barlow is amazing.

[@orazioscardace911]

🙌💪🙌

[@keithcarlson7267]

🐐

[@williamtaylor874]

nice guy !

[@justgivemethetruth]

What is that music at the front of the video?

[@RemyTena]

justgivemethetruth From his album Awakening

[@orazioscardace911]

Lunga vita a clive

[@rhurbstafalcon4807]

Why on earth didn't you just go outside and sit at a table....surely the weather wasn't that bad....I ended up hardly being able listen to the great man...

[@hamilton7750]

Is there not a single member of Jethro Tull who hasn't gone bald?

[@GreenerHill]

Most of 'em haven't! :)

[@drumhd1]

hamilton camp John Evans!

[@helethead]

Lets find the noisiest place possible and not really mic ourselves and have an interview. Sound good.

[@AlobytesOgniddove]

ahahahaha...

[@RemyTena]

I'm not a professional, we really look for the least noisy place, but we did not have personal microphones, so the background sounds are heard louder than they really are. We have inserted subtitles because we are aware of the problem. Cheers.

[@RemyTena]

This interview was for a written medium, for a music magazine, but since there was a recording of it, I thought of editing it and posting it on KZbin to reach more fans. I hope you understand this, just I take note of your criticism.

[@helethead]

@@RemyTena Fair enough.

[@Ndlanding]

Sloppily produced, but very interesting. Thanks.

[@ian38018a]

Get a friggin' room!!

[@nastyhardcore7641]

In truth the worst drummer in JT. All the others were professiomals. Bunker was amateur by his own admissiom in this interview

[@dropdtune9199]

There's no 'worst' - they were all great. Amateur? Why? An unfounded statement, no truth at all. He played live, recorded, earned money doing it and was accomplished enough that other pros (Trower) ask him to join their bands. That is as 'pro' as it gets.

[@paulchristopher2135]

Ridiculous comment. Bunker was largely self taught but played with tremendous power and imagination.

[@normantigwell5187]

Nasty by name , nasty by nature?

[@justgivemethetruth]

Didn't Clive make enough to afford dental coverage?

[@GeoffStrehlMusic]

What a rude comment.

[@justgivemethetruth]

Yeah, sorry, I thought they had national health service over there?

[@michaelkoszowski3716]

Why have an interview at chuck e. Cheese ...what an inept interviewer ...literaly could have had the interview anywhere but there ...