Birth name Peter Barnacle Instruments Drums and percussion | Years active 1976–present Name Pete Barnacle | |
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter, english teacher Associated acts Girl, Sheer Greed, Gillan, GoDoG Genres Rock music, Hard rock, Punk rock, Heavy metal Similar People Yngwie Malmsteen, Barrie Barlow, Cozy Powell, Bob Daisley, Jorn Lande | ||
Classic Pete Barnacle Bills
Pete Barnacle is a drummer who has played for various bands including Gillan, Girl, Broken Home, Spear of Destiny, Theatre of Hate, Yngwie Malmsteen (on the 1990 Eclipse World Tour), Sheer Greed, and Soldiers of Fortune. Barnacle now lives in Japan, teaching English, and occasionally working as a drummer.
Contents
- Classic Pete Barnacle Bills
- Career
- With Gillan
- With Girl
- With Broken Home
- With Spear of Destiny
- With Theatre of Hate
- With Sheer Greed
- With Yngwie Malmsteen
- With Soldiers of Fortune
- References
Career
Pete Barnacle was a member of Gillan in 1979 touring in Japan, then was part of Broken Home. He joined Girl for their 1982 album Wasted Youth, playing alongside Phil Collen. He played on Strange Cruise's self-titled debut album in 1986 before joining Spear Of Destiny in 1987, playing on three albums: Outland (1987), Price You Pay (1988) and SOD's Law in 1992. This band also toured in 1991 billed as Theatre Of Hate.
Since 2006, formed the band GoDoG together Sakate Sōtarō and Hashimoto Hiroyuk.
With Gillan
The line-up of Gillan in which he played was:
Ian Gillan also sang for the bands Deep Purple, Ian Gillan Band, and Black Sabbath.
Barnacle is named as a musician on Gillan's self-titled album although he never actually played on the album, but performed live with the band.
With Girl
The line-up of Girl in which he played was:
Pete Barnacle played on the Girl albums Wasted Youth, Killing Time, and Live At The Marquee.
With Broken Home
Broken Home were:
Broken Home released a self-titled album, which was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange.
With Spear of Destiny
Spear of Destiny were:
(1987)
(1988)
With Theatre of Hate
(1991)
Pete was a member of Spear of Destiny from 1987–1989, recording two albums ("Outlands" & "The Price You Pay") touring extensively in the UK and mainland Europe, and making numerous TV appearances. He returned with Theatre of Hate in 1991 for the Return to 8 Tour, and again in 1992 with Spear of Destiny after his stint with Yngwie Malmsteen, for a tour and the "Sod's Law" album.
With Sheer Greed
Sheer Greed were:
Phil Lewis and Phil Collen also made guest appearances with Sheer Greed.
With Yngwie Malmsteen
The line-up on Yngwie Malmsteen's Eclipse Tour was:
With Soldiers of Fortune
Soldiers of Fortune are:
This band was formed in Okayama, Japan, in 2002. They have released one CD, Fighting to Survive, on Storm Force Records, and played numerous live shows up and down Japan.