Spike Webb has been a drummer for more than four decades, most notably with Sid Sideboard and the Chairs in the late 1970s. He was also a copywriter in advertising for 25 years, working for top agencies such as J Walter Thompson, Proximity London, and Saatchi & Saatchi. Spike is perhaps best known for his book: Mad, Bad and Dangerous – the book of drummers’ tales.
Spike spent more than three years meeting fellow drummers in bars, clubs and cafes, shooting the breeze for a couple of hours and extracting anecdote after anecdote for posterity. This is truly a labour of love – and somebody had to do it. In this book you’ll meet drummers like Nick Mason (Pink Floyd), Don Powell (Slade), Adam Facek (Babyshambles), Steve White (Paul Weller), Topper Headon (The Clash), Rick Buckler (The Jam), Woody (Madness) and world-class session players like Simon Phillips plus many more.
You can catch live video interviews with Spike talking to many of these drummers at the ‘Mad, bad and dangerous – Spike Webb’ YouTube channel. There you’ll find more drummers that Spike has met more recently like Kenney Jones (The Faces, The Who), Gilson Lavis (Squeeze, Jules Holland), Derrick McKenzie (Jamiroquai) and the late Jon Hiseman (Colosseum) plus session legend Clem Cattini.
Spike currently plays percussion for a band called:
The Swanvesta Social Club – the UK’s No 1 Cuban/pop fusion band, playing British festivals in the summer season plus pubs, clubs and private functions.
