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Craig Blundell
Craig Blundell
	Blundell performing with Steve Hackett in 2021.
Background information
Born	July 18, 1973 (age 51)
Genres	Progressive rock
Occupations	Musician; songwriter;
Instruments	Drums; percussion;
Years active	1990s–present
Member of	Kino; Frost*; Steven Wilson band; Steve Hackett band;
Website	craigblundell.com

Craig Blundell (born 18 July 1973)^[1]^[2] is a British drummer, who has toured with Steven Wilson and Steve Hackett.^[3] He was a member of progressive rock band Frost* from 2009 to 2019 and again from 2022 till the present.^[4] He is also been a member of the supergroup Kino, a band that includes Frost* guitarist John Mitchell alongside John Beck of It Bites and Pete Trewavas of Marillion, when they reformed in 2017.^[5]

Biography

Blundell started playing drums at the age of three^[6] but considers his first serious experience with the drums was playing with the Royal Marines Corps at age sixteen.^[7] He cites his influences as Clive Deamer of Roni Size/Reprazent, Vinnie Colaiuta, Jeff Porcaro of Toto, Phil Collins of Genesis and Brand X, Billy Cobham, Michael Giles of King Crimson, Neil Peart of Rush, Terry Williams of Dire Straits, Dave Lombardo of Slayer and Clive Burr of Iron Maiden.^[8] He has played with members of King Crimson, Dire Straits,^[9] Genesis,^[3] Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, Porcupine Tree^[1] and Rainbow.^[10]

He first turned to a professional musician in 2008 after getting exposure by playing with Bruce Dickinson^[11] and Mike Rutherford of Genesis and Mike + the Mechanics on some sessions with Celine Dion^[7]^[12] before going "Back to the day job."^[7] He described his experience of the sessions with Rutherford as defining moment is his career as it taught him to refrain himself while drumming.^[12] He found himself gravitating towards progressive rock and was a fan of King Crimson and Yes, he received his big break when drummer Marco Minnemann mentioned his name when doing a gig with Joe Satriani which led to him getting a job with Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree who he was a "massive" fan of.^[7] He was the last to be audition on the day and was recommended by former Porcupine Tree drummer Gavin Harrison as well as John Mitchell.^[7] His first tour with Wilson was in support of his album To The Bone in 2017.^[13]

In 2018, Blundell announced that he would be joining Steve Hackett on tour for the first time, replacing long-time drummer Gary O'Toole two weeks after his departure.^[14] The tour, called Selling England By The Pound tour, started soon after Blundell finished the To The Bone tour with Steven Wilson.^[14]

Discography

Year	Artist	Title	Cite
2001	David Knopfler	Wishbones	^[15]
2002	Dale Newman	Cubed	^[16]
2013	Frost*	The Rockfield Files	^[17]
2014	Pendragon	Men Who Climb Mountains	^[18]
2014	Uge	Nada Es Imposible	^[19]
2015	Lonely Robot	Please Come Home	^[20]
2016	Steven Wilson	4½	^[21]
2016	David Cross Band	Sign Of The Crow	^[22]
2016	Frost*	Falling Satellites	^[23]
2016	Steven Wilson	A Perfect Life At The Wiltern	^[24]
2017	Moonparticle	Hurricane Esmeralda	^[25]
2017	Lonely Robot	The Big Dream	^[26]
2017	Phil Lanzon	If You Think I'm Crazy	^[27]
2017	Steven Wilson	To the Bone	^[28]
2018	Kino	Radio Voltaire	^[29]
2018	Steven Wilson	How Big The Space	^[30]
2018	Matt Berry	Television Themes	^[31]
2018	David Cross & David Jackson	Another Day	^[32]
2018	Steven Wilson	Home Invasion: In Concert at the Royal Albert Hall	^[33]
2018	Semantic Saturation	Paradigms	^[34]
2018	Adam Holzman	Truth Decay	^[35]
2019	Lonely Robot	Under Stars	^[36]
2019	The Mute Gods	Atheists And Believers	^[37]
2019	Alessandro Bertoni	Monarkeys (EP 2019)	^[38]
2019	Quantum Pig	Songs Of Industry And Sunshine	^[39]
2020	Frost*	Others	^[40]
2020	Steven Wilson	Eminent Sleaze	^[41]
2020	Mariana Semkina	Sleepwalking	^[42]
2020	Fish	Weltschmerz	^[43]
2020	Lonely Robot	Feelings Are Good	^[44]
2020	Steve Hackett	Selling England By The Pound & Spectral Mornings: Live At Hammersmith	^[45]
2020	The Backstage	Isolation	^[46]
2020	Matt Berry	Phantom Birds	^[47]
2020	Fish	A Fish In The Lemon Tree - Live MMXX
2020	Frost*	13 Winters	^[48]
2021	Mick Paul	Parallel Lives	^[49]
2021	Matt Berry	The Blue Elephant	^[50]
2021	Trifecta	Fragments	^[51]
2021	Illuminae	Dark Horizons	^[52]
2021	Steve Hackett	Surrender Of Silence	^[53]
2022	Matt Berry Featuring Emma Noble	Beatmaker	^[54]
2022	Lonely Robot	A Model Life	^[55]
2022	Steve Hackett	Genesis Revisited Live: Seconds Out & More	^[56]
2023	Frost*	Island Live	^[57]
2023	Steve Hackett	Foxtrot At Fifty + Hackett Highlights: Live In Brighton	^[58]
2023	Steven Wilson	The Harmony Codex	^[59]
2023	Matt Berry	Simplicity	^[60]
2024	Steve Hackett	The Circus and the Nightwhale	^[61]
2024	Frost*	Life in the Wires	^[62]

References

^ ^a ^b Chris Barnes (10 August 2017). "Steven Wilson's Craig Blundell: 10 drumming albums that changed my life". MusicRadar.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
^ "Craig Blundell on Facebook". www.facebook.com. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
^ ^a ^b "HackettSongs - Steve Hackett's Official Music Website". Hackettsongs.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
^ "FROST* - Official Website". Frost.life. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
^ Rob (2018-01-22). "Kino returns after 13 years with new album "Radio Voltaire"". Progressive Music Planet. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
^ "About". Craig Blundell. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Nick (2016-05-02). "170 - Craig Blundell: The long road to overnight success". Drummer's Resource: Conversations with the world's greatest drummers and music industry pros. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
^ "Craig Blundell: 10 Albums That Changed My Life | Beatit.tv". 2017-08-12. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
^ David Knopfler - Wishbones, retrieved 2022-08-28
^ Corporation, Roland. "Roland - Artists - Percussion Artists - Craig Blundell". Roland. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
^ "Craig Blundell - Me and Mapex Drums 15 years today I've..." www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
^ ^a ^b "News - Q&A: Craig Blundell". www.premier-percussion.com. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
^ "The 10 best prog drummers in the world right now". MusicRadar. 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
^ ^a ^b Ewing, Jerry (2018-11-11). "Craig Blundell joins Steve Hackett's touring band". loudersound. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
^ Wishbones (liner notes). Edel. 2001. 0132312ERE.
^ Cubed (liner notes).
^ The Rockfield Files (liner notes). Cube Records. 2013. CUBE RECORDS 004.
^ Men Who Climb Mountains (liner notes). Toff Records. 2014. PEND27CD.
^ Nada Es Imposible (liner notes). Escupes O Tragas? Records. 2014. EOTR-002.
^ Please Come Home (liner notes). Inside Out Music. 2015. 0507048.
^ 4½ (liner notes). Kscope. 2016. KSCOPE347.
^ Sign Of The Crow (liner notes). Noisy Records. 2016. NOISY 008.
^ Falling Satellites (liner notes). Inside Out Music. 2016. 88985318912.
^ A Perfect Life At The Wiltern (liner notes). Tachika Records. 2016. SWTLCD-613.
^ Hurricane Esmeralda (liner notes). Plane Groovy. 2017. PLG063.
^ The Big Dream (Media notes). Inside Out Music. 2017. 88985369482.
^ If You Think I'm Crazy (liner notes). Phil Lanzon Ditties. 2017. PLD-007-CD.
^ To The Bone (liner notes). Caroline International. 2017. 00602557593020.
^ Radio Voltaire (liner notes). Inside Out Music. 2018. 19075820352.
^ How Big The Space (liner notes). Caroline International. 2018. 00602567311669.
^ Television Themes (liner notes). Acid Jazz. 2018. AJXLP450.
^ Another Day (liner notes). Cross & Jackson Music. 2018. CJMCD001.
^ Home Invasion: In Concert at the Royal Albert Hall (liner notes). Universal Music Group. 2018. 5051300209926.
^ Paradigms (liner notes). 2018. 689394880087.
^ Truth Decay (liner notes). Big Fun Productions. 2018. 819376012629.
^ Under Stars (liner notes). Sony Music. 2019. 19075938852.
^ Atheists And Believers (liner notes). Sony Music. 2019. 19075930591.
^ Monarkeys (EP 2019) (liner notes). 2019. 630318882502.
^ Songs Of Industry And Sunshine (liner notes). White Star Records. 2019. WSCD9008.
^ Others (liner notes). Inside Out Music. 2020.
^ Eminent Sleaze (liner notes). Caroline International. 2020. 00602507212179.
^ Sleepwalking (liner notes). Kscope. 2020. KSCOPE661.
^ Weltschmerz (liner notes). Chocolate Frog Records. 2020. FHC034CD.
^ Feelings Are Good (liner notes). Sony Music. 2020. 19439736421.
^ Selling England By The Pound & Spectral Mornings: Live At Hammersmith (liner notes). Sony Music. 2020. 19439793002.
^ Isolation (liner notes). Reingold Records. 2020. RRCD019.
^ Phantom Birds (liner notes). Acid Jazz Records. 2020. AJXLP536.
^ 13 Winters (liner notes). Sony Music. 2020. 19075994602.
^ Parallel Lives (liner notes). 2021. PARA001.
^ The Blue Elephant (liner notes). Acid Jazz Records. 2021. AJXCD578.
^ Fragments (liner notes). Kscope. 2021. KSCOPE1121.
^ Dark Horizons (liner notes). Immrama Records. 2021. ILUCD001.
^ Surrender of Silence (liner notes). Sony Music. 2021. 19439875072.
^ Beatmaker (liner notes). Acid Jazz Records. 2022. AJX635S.
^ A Model Life (liner notes). Sony Music. 2022. 19658721372.
^ Genesis Revisited Live: Seconds Out & More (liner notes). Sony Music. 2022. 19439947702.
^ Island Live (liner notes). Tigermoth Records. 2023. TMRBR0523.
^ Foxtrot At Fifty + Hackett Highlights: Live In Brighton (liner notes). Sony Music. 2023. 19658813002.
^ The Harmony Codex (liner notes). Virgin Music Group. 2023. 00044003353107.
^ Simplicity (liner notes). Acid Jazz Records. 2023. AJXLP770G.
^ "Steve Hackett – The Circus and the Nightwhale (Album Review)". The Prog Report. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
^ "FROST* – Life in the Wires (Album Review)". The Prog Report. Retrieved 1 November 2024.

[:0-1] Chris Barnes (10 August 2017). "Steven Wilson's Craig Blundell: 10 drumming albums that changed my life". MusicRadar.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.

[2] "Craig Blundell on Facebook". www.facebook.com. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 2023-12-07.

[:1-3] "HackettSongs - Steve Hackett's Official Music Website". Hackettsongs.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.

[4] "FROST* - Official Website". Frost.life. Retrieved 2020-07-05.

[5] Rob (2018-01-22). "Kino returns after 13 years with new album "Radio Voltaire"". Progressive Music Planet. Retrieved 2022-08-28.

[6] "About". Craig Blundell. Retrieved 2022-08-28.

[:2-7] Nick (2016-05-02). "170 - Craig Blundell: The long road to overnight success". Drummer's Resource: Conversations with the world's greatest drummers and music industry pros. Retrieved 2022-08-28.

[8] "Craig Blundell: 10 Albums That Changed My Life | Beatit.tv". 2017-08-12. Retrieved 2022-08-28.

[9] David Knopfler - Wishbones, retrieved 2022-08-28

[10] Corporation, Roland. "Roland - Artists - Percussion Artists - Craig Blundell". Roland. Retrieved 2022-08-28.

[11] "Craig Blundell - Me and Mapex Drums 15 years today I've..." www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-08-28.

[:3-12] "News - Q&A: Craig Blundell". www.premier-percussion.com. Retrieved 2022-08-28.

[13] "The 10 best prog drummers in the world right now". MusicRadar. 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2023-12-07.

[:4-14] Ewing, Jerry (2018-11-11). "Craig Blundell joins Steve Hackett's touring band". loudersound. Retrieved 2022-08-28.

[15] Wishbones (liner notes). Edel. 2001. 0132312ERE.

[16] Cubed (liner notes).

[17] The Rockfield Files (liner notes). Cube Records. 2013. CUBE RECORDS 004.

[18] Men Who Climb Mountains (liner notes). Toff Records. 2014. PEND27CD.

[19] Nada Es Imposible (liner notes). Escupes O Tragas? Records. 2014. EOTR-002.

[20] Please Come Home (liner notes). Inside Out Music. 2015. 0507048.

[21] 4½ (liner notes). Kscope. 2016. KSCOPE347.

[22] Sign Of The Crow (liner notes). Noisy Records. 2016. NOISY 008.

[23] Falling Satellites (liner notes). Inside Out Music. 2016. 88985318912.

[24] A Perfect Life At The Wiltern (liner notes). Tachika Records. 2016. SWTLCD-613.

[25] Hurricane Esmeralda (liner notes). Plane Groovy. 2017. PLG063.

[26] The Big Dream (Media notes). Inside Out Music. 2017. 88985369482.

[27] If You Think I'm Crazy (liner notes). Phil Lanzon Ditties. 2017. PLD-007-CD.

[28] To The Bone (liner notes). Caroline International. 2017. 00602557593020.

[29] Radio Voltaire (liner notes). Inside Out Music. 2018. 19075820352.

[30] How Big The Space (liner notes). Caroline International. 2018. 00602567311669.

[31] Television Themes (liner notes). Acid Jazz. 2018. AJXLP450.

[32] Another Day (liner notes). Cross & Jackson Music. 2018. CJMCD001.

[33] Home Invasion: In Concert at the Royal Albert Hall (liner notes). Universal Music Group. 2018. 5051300209926.

[34] Paradigms (liner notes). 2018. 689394880087.

[35] Truth Decay (liner notes). Big Fun Productions. 2018. 819376012629.

[36] Under Stars (liner notes). Sony Music. 2019. 19075938852.

[37] Atheists And Believers (liner notes). Sony Music. 2019. 19075930591.

[38] Monarkeys (EP 2019) (liner notes). 2019. 630318882502.

[39] Songs Of Industry And Sunshine (liner notes). White Star Records. 2019. WSCD9008.

[40] Others (liner notes). Inside Out Music. 2020.

[41] Eminent Sleaze (liner notes). Caroline International. 2020. 00602507212179.

[42] Sleepwalking (liner notes). Kscope. 2020. KSCOPE661.

[43] Weltschmerz (liner notes). Chocolate Frog Records. 2020. FHC034CD.

[44] Feelings Are Good (liner notes). Sony Music. 2020. 19439736421.

[45] Selling England By The Pound & Spectral Mornings: Live At Hammersmith (liner notes). Sony Music. 2020. 19439793002.

[46] Isolation (liner notes). Reingold Records. 2020. RRCD019.

[47] Phantom Birds (liner notes). Acid Jazz Records. 2020. AJXLP536.

[48] 13 Winters (liner notes). Sony Music. 2020. 19075994602.

[49] Parallel Lives (liner notes). 2021. PARA001.

[50] The Blue Elephant (liner notes). Acid Jazz Records. 2021. AJXCD578.

[51] Fragments (liner notes). Kscope. 2021. KSCOPE1121.

[52] Dark Horizons (liner notes). Immrama Records. 2021. ILUCD001.

[53] Surrender of Silence (liner notes). Sony Music. 2021. 19439875072.

[54] Beatmaker (liner notes). Acid Jazz Records. 2022. AJX635S.

[55] A Model Life (liner notes). Sony Music. 2022. 19658721372.

[56] Genesis Revisited Live: Seconds Out & More (liner notes). Sony Music. 2022. 19439947702.

[57] Island Live (liner notes). Tigermoth Records. 2023. TMRBR0523.

[58] Foxtrot At Fifty + Hackett Highlights: Live In Brighton (liner notes). Sony Music. 2023. 19658813002.

[59] The Harmony Codex (liner notes). Virgin Music Group. 2023. 00044003353107.

[60] Simplicity (liner notes). Acid Jazz Records. 2023. AJXLP770G.

[61] "Steve Hackett – The Circus and the Nightwhale (Album Review)". The Prog Report. Retrieved 2 August 2024.

[62] "FROST* – Life in the Wires (Album Review)". The Prog Report. Retrieved 1 November 2024.

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