Gary Armstrong Powell (born 11 November 1969) is an English drummer.

Musical career

He is primarily known for being the drummer for English bands

The Libertines The Libertines are an English rock band, formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Barât (vocals/guitar) and Pete Doherty (vocals/guitar). The band, centred on the songwriting partnership of Barât and Doherty, has also included John Hassall ...

and Dirty Pretty Things, as well as Guyanese-British reggae musician

Eddy Grant Edmond Montague Grant (born 5 March 1948) is a Guyanese-British singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known for his genre-blending sound; his music has blended elements of pop, British rock, soul, funk, reggae, electronic music, Afr ...

. Powell joined

in 2001 after being introduced to frontmen

Carl Barât Carl Ashley Raphael Barât (; born 6 June 1978) is a British musician and actor, best known for being the co-frontman with Pete Doherty of the garage rock band The Libertines. He was the frontman and lead guitarist of Dirty Pretty Things, and ...

and

Pete Doherty Peter Doherty (born 12 March 1979) is an English musician, songwriter, actor, poet, writer, and artist. He is best known for being co-frontman of The Libertines, which he formed with Carl Barât in 1997. His other musical projects are indie b ...

by their then-manager Banny Poostchi. He also played with the

New York Dolls New York Dolls were an American rock band formed in New York City in 1971. Along with the Velvet Underground and the Stooges, they were one of the first bands of the early punk rock scenes. Although the band never achieved much commercial succe ...

for their 2004 reunion shows, Powell has performed at the Isle of Wight Festival, Wireless Festival, T in the Park and Oxygen, as well as playing with

Red Hot Chili Peppers Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American rock music, rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1983, comprising vocalist Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea (musician), Flea, drummer Chad Smith, and guitarist John Frusciante. Their music incorporates element ...

. Powell also has a successful DJ career, deejaying for club NME at London's Koko and Carl Barat's club night as well as many other venues in London. From 2016 to January 2019, Powell was the touring drummer for ska band

The Specials The Specials, also known as The Special AKA, are an English Two-tone (music genre), 2 tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. After some early changes, the first stable lineup of the group consisted of Terry Hall (singer), Terr ...

, replacing the late John Bradbury. He also runs his own record label, 25 Hour Convenience Store.

Personal life

Powell has two sons, Wolfe and Asa, with long-term partner Jude.

References

External links

Albion Arks – Fansite and media archive for everything related to The Libertines

The Invasion Of... official website
Living people 1969 births American rock drummers English rock drummers The Libertines members Dirty Pretty Things (band) members New York Dolls members People from Los Angeles People from Birmingham, West Midlands The Chavs members {{UK-drummer-stub