Peter Anthony Salisbury (born 24 September 1971) is an English rock drummer, best known as the drummer for

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, whom he co-founded in 1990.

Personal life

Salisbury resides in

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with his wife Pam, sons Ben and Isaac, and step son Joe.

The Verve

The Verve reunited in June 2007 for a new tour and a future album. Salisbury is believed to have been the one behind getting the ball rolling in terms of reuniting the band. After Ashcroft learned that Salisbury, was in contact with the former guitarist,

Nick McCabe Nicholas John McCabe (born 14 July 1971) is an English musician best known as the lead guitarist of the Verve. Early life McCabe is the son of a bus driver father and a social worker mother and has two older brothers, Alan and Paul. When asked ...

, over a possible side project, Ashcroft used this as an excuse to call McCabe. Ashcroft made peace with him and bassist Simon Jones and the band reformed. In a band interview with the ''

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'' in 2007, Salisbury said that the problems between them were not that bad in the first place.

Other musical projects

After the band's second demise in 1999, Salisbury played with various bands including

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. He filled in on a UK/EU tour in 2002, when their original drummer

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could not get a working visa for BRMC's British gigs. Salisbury owns and runs a drum shop, "Drummin", in

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, England. He played drums on the first three of

Richard Ashcroft Richard Paul Ashcroft (born 11 September 1971) is an English singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer and occasional rhythm guitarist of the alternative rock band The Verve from their formation in 1990 until their original split in 1999. So ...

's solo albums. Following the Verve's third demise in 2008, in October 2010, Salisbury played drums on The Charlatans UK tour, while their regular drummer Jon Brookes was undergoing treatment for a brain tumour. Brookes died in 2013, and Salisbury has continued to work as The Charlatans drummer since then, though he has not been made a full member of the band.

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