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William Scott Bruford (born 17 May 1949) is an English ProgressiveRock and JazzFusion drummer, who started his career with Music/{{Yes}} in 1968 and went on to become one of the defining drummers of the ProgressiveRock movement. After leaving Yes following ''Close to the Edge'', he joined Music/KingCrimson, and following that moved between different bands like a fish through water.
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William Scott Bruford (born 17 May 1949) is an a retired English ProgressiveRock and JazzFusion drummer, who started his career with Music/{{Yes}} in 1968 and went on to become one of the defining drummers of the ProgressiveRock movement. After leaving Yes following ''Close to the Edge'', he joined Music/KingCrimson, and following that moved between different bands like a fish through water.
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William Scott Bruford (born 17 May 1949) is an English ProgressiveRock and {{Jazz}} drummer, who started his career with Music/{{Yes}} in 1968 and went on to become one of the defining drummers of the ProgressiveRock movement. After leaving Yes following ''Close to the Edge'', he joined Music/KingCrimson, and following that moved between different bands like a fish through water.
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William Scott Bruford (born 17 May 1949) is an English ProgressiveRock and {{Jazz}} JazzFusion drummer, who started his career with Music/{{Yes}} in 1968 and went on to become one of the defining drummers of the ProgressiveRock movement. After leaving Yes following ''Close to the Edge'', he joined Music/KingCrimson, and following that moved between different bands like a fish through water.
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Plus studio work for oodles of other famous artists and brief stints in other supergroups. While it would appear that this man does not take a break, he in fact retired in 2009.
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Plus studio work for oodles of other famous artists and brief stints in other supergroups. While it would appear that this man does not take a break, he in fact retired in 2009. Since then, he has earned a Ph.D. in music from the University of Surrey. He was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Yes. He attended the ceremony but didn't perform.
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->''"But no air drumming this time. Bruford can change up the timing so fast you can snap your wrists."''
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** Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe was one of these with his ''Close to the Edge''-era Yes bandmates.
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** Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe was one of these with his ''Close to the Edge''-era Yes bandmates. Bass virtuoso Tony Levin (Music/KingCrimson, Music/PeterGabriel, Music/PaulSimon, Music/JohnLennon, and about a million other session spots) played bass and was considered the band's [[SixthRanger unofficial fifth member]].
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* {{Supergroup}}: He was involved with U.K., which also contained John Wetton (a former Music/KingCrimson player), Eddie Jobson (who worked with RoxyMusic Music/RoxyMusic and FrankZappa), Music/FrankZappa), and Allan Holdsworth (from Music/SoftMachine).
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Bill Bruford is an English ProgressiveRock and {{Jazz}} drummer, who started his career with Music/{{Yes}} in 1968 and went on to become one of the defining drummers of the ProgressiveRock movement. After leaving Yes following their MagnumOpus ''Close to the Edge'', he joined Music/KingCrimson, and following that moved between different bands like a fish through water.
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lot. He also uses polyrhythms - playing in a different meter signature than the rest of the band - extensively, to the point that it's one of the features most commonly identified with his playing (probably second after his distinctive style of hitting the snare).
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Bill Bruford is an English ProgressiveRock and {{Jazz}} drummer, who started his career with {{Yes}} Music/{{Yes}} in 1968 and went on to become one of the defining drummers of the ProgressiveRock movement. After leaving Yes following their MagnumOpus ''Close to the Edge'', he joined Music/KingCrimson, and following that moved between different bands like a fish through water.
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* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Averted completely. Bruford is very erudite, and subdued in his motions. Soon after his retirement from the music business, he began studying for a Ph.D. Notably, not once during his time with Yes did he ever record a drum solo.
* EverythingIsAnInstrument: In his autobiography, Bruford describes his drum kit during his first tenure with KingCrimson as sprouting "tendrils" of unusual percussion instruments. On their album ''Red'', he even used an old, beaten-up cymbal he had found in the trash at the studio for a unique percussive effect.
* EverythingIsAnInstrument: In his autobiography, Bruford describes his drum kit during his first tenure with KingCrimson as sprouting "tendrils" of unusual percussion instruments. On their album ''Red'', he even used an old, beaten-up cymbal he had found in the trash at the studio for a unique percussive effect.
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* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Averted [[AvertedTrope Averted]] completely. Bruford is very erudite, and subdued in his motions. Soon after his retirement from the music business, he began studying for a Ph.D. Notably, not once during his time with Yes did he ever record a drum solo.
* EverythingIsAnInstrument: In his autobiography, Bruford describes his drum kit during his first tenure withKingCrimson Music/KingCrimson as sprouting "tendrils" of unusual percussion instruments. On their album ''Red'', he even used an old, beaten-up cymbal he had found in the trash at the studio for a unique percussive effect.
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* EverythingIsAnInstrument: In his autobiography, Bruford describes his drum kit during his first tenure with KingCrimson as sprouting "tendrils" of unusual percussion instruments. On their song "One More Red Nightmare", he even used an old, beaten-up cymbal he had found in the trash at the studio for a unique percussive effect.
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* EverythingIsAnInstrument: In his autobiography, Bruford describes his drum kit during his first tenure with KingCrimson as sprouting "tendrils" of unusual percussion instruments. On their song "One More Red Nightmare", album ''Red'', he even used an old, beaten-up cymbal he had found in the trash at the studio for a unique percussive effect.
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* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Averted completely. Bruford is very erudite, and subdued in his motions. Soon after his retirement from the music business, he began studying for a Ph.D. Notably, not once during his time with Yes did he ever record a drum solo.
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[[caption-width-right:279: Bruford Circa 2010, shortly after he retired from popular music.]]
[[caption-width-right:279: Bruford Circa 2010, shortly after he retired from popular music.]]
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* DoingItForTheArt: Is known to leave bands or projects at the height of their success if he feels creatively stifled or exhausted, that the group has reached a peak, or that something new comes along more interesting to him.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Is known to leave bands or projects at the height of their success if he feels creatively stifled or exhausted, that the group has reached a peak, or that something new comes along more interesting to him.
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Bill Bruford is a an English ProgressiveRock and {{Jazz}} drummer, who started his career with {{Yes}} in 1968 and went on to become one of the defining drummers of the ProgressiveRock movement. After leaving Yes following their MagnumOpus ''Close to the Edge'', he joined Music/KingCrimson, and following that moved between different bands like a fish through water.
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Bill Bruford is a ProgressiveRock and {{Jazz}} drummer, who started his career with {{Yes}} in 1968 and went on to become one of the defining drummers of the ProgressiveRock movement. After leaving Yes following their MagnumOpus ''Close to the Edge'', he joined Music/KingCrimson, and following that moved between different bands like a fish through water.
He is renowned for excellent drumming skill without playing insanely rapid solos (in fact, he almost never takes solos on studio recordings, preferring to keep the beat in unusual or technical ways) or resorting to AllDrummersAreAnimals behavior, maintaining a relatively modest style. In particular, he makes extensive use of UncommonTime.
In the 80s, he was an enthusiastic user of electronic drums loaded with strange sound effects, and he was important in popularizing them.
As stated above, Bill Bruford has been in a ''lot'' of different bands:
* Starting his career with {{Yes}} from 1968 to 1972...
* Joining the second incarnation of Music/KingCrimson from 1972 to its dissolution in 1974...
* Playing live with {{Music/Genesis}} in the transitional period after Main/PeterGabriel's departure...
* Starting up a solo career in 1977, which later became a full band called "Bruford"...
* At the same time, joining a short-lived supergroup called "UK" in 1977 and leaving the following year...
* After the collapse of Bruford, joining a reformed Main/KingCrimson for 3 years...
* Founding a jazz group, Earthworks...
* Joining and leaving King Crimson again...
* Joining and leaving Yes again...
Plus studio work for oodles of other famous artists and brief stints in other supergroups. While it would appear that this man does not take a break, he in fact retired in 2009.
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* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Averted completely. Bruford is very erudite, and subdued in his motions. Soon after his retirement from the music business, he began studying for a Ph.D.
* EverythingIsAnInstrument: In his autobiography, Bruford describes his drum kit during his first tenure with KingCrimson as sprouting "tendrils" of unusual percussion instruments. On their song "One More Red Nightmare", he even used an old, beaten-up cymbal he had found in the trash at the studio for a unique percussive effect.
* GenreRoulette: Despite mostly only playing in the rock and jazz world, Bruford has played with many different bands that have many different styles--and he himself has combined tons of drumming techniques into his own style.
* {{Improv}}: As a jazz musician, makes frequent use of this--even in backing rhythm parts.
* RevolvingDoorBand: A remarkable inversion--as remarked above, he was in and out of King Crimson ''3 times''. Partially because most of the bands he's been in were examples of this trope.
* RockTrio: Bruford usually plays in larger ensembles, but the first incarnation of King Crimson he was in eventually shrunk to one of these.
* {{Supergroup}}: He was involved with U.K., which also contained John Wetton (a former King Crimson player), Eddie Jobson (who worked with RoxyMusic and FrankZappa), and Allan Holdsworth (from Soft Machine).
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He is renowned for excellent drumming skill without playing insanely rapid solos (in fact, he almost never takes solos on studio recordings, preferring to keep the beat in unusual or technical ways) or resorting to AllDrummersAreAnimals behavior, maintaining a relatively modest style. In particular, he makes extensive use of UncommonTime.
In the 80s, he was an enthusiastic user of electronic drums loaded with strange sound effects, and he was important in popularizing them.
As stated above, Bill Bruford has been in a ''lot'' of different bands:
* Starting his career with {{Yes}} from 1968 to 1972...
* Joining the second incarnation of Music/KingCrimson from 1972 to its dissolution in 1974...
* Playing live with {{Music/Genesis}} in the transitional period after Main/PeterGabriel's departure...
* Starting up a solo career in 1977, which later became a full band called "Bruford"...
* At the same time, joining a short-lived supergroup called "UK" in 1977 and leaving the following year...
* After the collapse of Bruford, joining a reformed Main/KingCrimson for 3 years...
* Founding a jazz group, Earthworks...
* Joining and leaving King Crimson again...
* Joining and leaving Yes again...
Plus studio work for oodles of other famous artists and brief stints in other supergroups. While it would appear that this man does not take a break, he in fact retired in 2009.
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* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Averted completely. Bruford is very erudite, and subdued in his motions. Soon after his retirement from the music business, he began studying for a Ph.D.
* EverythingIsAnInstrument: In his autobiography, Bruford describes his drum kit during his first tenure with KingCrimson as sprouting "tendrils" of unusual percussion instruments. On their song "One More Red Nightmare", he even used an old, beaten-up cymbal he had found in the trash at the studio for a unique percussive effect.
* GenreRoulette: Despite mostly only playing in the rock and jazz world, Bruford has played with many different bands that have many different styles--and he himself has combined tons of drumming techniques into his own style.
* {{Improv}}: As a jazz musician, makes frequent use of this--even in backing rhythm parts.
* RevolvingDoorBand: A remarkable inversion--as remarked above, he was in and out of King Crimson ''3 times''. Partially because most of the bands he's been in were examples of this trope.
* RockTrio: Bruford usually plays in larger ensembles, but the first incarnation of King Crimson he was in eventually shrunk to one of these.
* {{Supergroup}}: He was involved with U.K., which also contained John Wetton (a former King Crimson player), Eddie Jobson (who worked with RoxyMusic and FrankZappa), and Allan Holdsworth (from Soft Machine).
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