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Pete Thomas (born 9 August 1954, Hillsborough, Sheffield, England) is best known as the longtime drummer for Elvis Costello. Tom Waits has referred to him as "one of the best rock drummers alive". ==Career== Pete Thomas states his favourite album and greatest influence is ''Are You Experienced'' by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. He first heard the album at the age of 14, and became greatly influenced by Jimi Hendrix Experience drummer Mitch Mitchell. Thomas met his drumming hero as a teenager, after waiting outside Mitchell's house for multiple days. Following early work with Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers and John Stewart, Thomas was recruited as a member of Costello's backing band the Attractions in 1977. Elvis Costello & the Attractions would spend the next decade touring the world, and recording nine albums, from ''This Year's Model'' (1978) to ''Blood and Chocolate'' (1986). Although Costello split with the Attractions between 1987 and 1993, he continued to work regularly with Thomas during this period. Thomas played drums on the albums ''Spike'' (1989), ''Mighty Like a Rose'' (1991), and ''Kojak Variety'' (recorded in 1990 but not released until 1995) and was a member of Costello's 1989–1991 touring band, The Rude 5. Costello reunited with the Attractions for the albums ''Brutal Youth'' (1994) and ''All This Useless Beauty'' (1996). In 2001 Costello recruited Thomas, Faragher, and fellow Attraction Steve Nieve to record the album that became ''When I Was Cruel'' (2002). Elvis Costello & the Imposters, as they were subsequently named, have gone on to tour extensively, and recorded the album ''The Delivery Man'' (2004). From 2008 until 2010 Thomas was a member of the house band for Elvis Costello's television program Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... Thomas lives in Los Angeles, with his wife Judy. Their daughter Tennessee is drummer for the band the Like. In 2003 Pete Thomas was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Elvis Costello & the Attractions. In Summer, 2015, Thomas hit the road as drummer for the summer tour of the folk-pop duo, The Weepies. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pete Thomas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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