About Nigel Pegrum
Born 1949. Nigel Pegrum is a British drummer, record producer and composer.
Nigel John Pegrum (born 22 January 1949) is a music producer and former drummer. He has played with Spice, Gnidrolog, and Steeleye Span, and also co-founded the label Plant Life Records with Rick Kemp.
Biography Nigel Pegrum played drums with an early line-up of the Small Faces, then with Lee Grant And The Capitols before joining Spice, who subsequently changed their name to Uriah Heep and replaced him with a drummer who had a heavier style of playing. He then joined the art-rock/prog-rock band Gnidrolog. He joined Steeleye Span in June 1973, when the folk group finally decided to add a permanent drummer into the band.
In 1979, Pegrum joined up with Steeleye Span bassist Rick Kemp to create Plant Life Records. As of 2007, he was living in Cairns, Queensland.
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British musician
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Nigel Pegrum was born on 22 January 1949.
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Nigel Pegrum is a drummer, record producer and composer.
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