Terence Chimes (born 5 July 1956,

Stepney Stepney is a district in the East End of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The district is no longer officially defined, and is usually used to refer to a relatively small area. However, for much of its history the place name appli ...

, London, England) is an English musician, best known as the original drummer of punk rock group

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. He played with them from July 1976 to November 1976, January 1977 to April 1977, and again from May 1982 to February 1983 both preceding and succeeding his replacement

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. He also drummed for

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from 1980-1981,

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in 1985, and

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from 1987 to 1988. In 2003, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Clash.

Career

The Clash

Terry Chimes met Mick Jones and Paul Simonon through the local music scene, and would team up with

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and

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to form The Clash. Both Chimes and Levene subsequently left, but Chimes was brought back to record the band's self-titled debut album, ''

''. On the album sleeve, he was credited as Tory Crimes. After recording the album, Chimes left the band once again and was replaced by

. In 1982, Headon was forced out of the band for his drug addiction, and Chimes was asked to rejoin. He participated in The Casbah Club tours for both the US and the UK, a brief tour supporting

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, and the following Combat Rock tour back in the USA. He appeared in the music video for the single, " Rock the Casbah." After the

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n World Music Festival of 1982, he left for the third and final time.

Other bands

After leaving The Clash, Chimes drummed in bands including Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers briefly in 1977 and 1984, Cowboys International in 1979,

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from 1980 to 1981,

in 1985, The Cherry Bombz in 1986 (with ex Hanoi Rocks members

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and

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and ex Sham 69/Wanderers/

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Dave Tregunna) and

on their Eternal Idol Tour in 1987–88. He also played drums with

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for a period of time.

Later years

In 2003, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Clash. At the induction ceremony, he gave an acceptance speech praising Topper Headon's work. He was nominated as a Scouting in London Ambassador for

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Region for Greater London at an Adult Appreciation ceremony in 2008. He currently plays drums for The Crunch and the Anita Chellemah Band.

Personal life

Chimes is a practising Catholic. Since 1994, he has worked as a

chiropractor Chiropractic is a form of alternative medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, especially of the spine. It has esoteric origins and is based on several pseudoscien ...

in Essex at his clinic, Chimes Chiropractic. He also runs chiropractic seminars.

References

Bibliography

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External links

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thecrunch.london

chiropracticheaven.com

Should I stay or should I go now?
(BBC News Magazine, Fri 20 October 2006)

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