Bob Drake

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Cleveland, United States (1957 – present)

Bob Drake (born December 6, 1957 in Cleveland, United States) is an American musician. He was a founding member of band Thinking Plague in the early 1980s and was later part of 5uu’s, The Science Group (with Chris Cutler and Fred Frith) and Hail.

Drake has released a number of solo albums written, performed and recorded by himself, starting with What Day Is It? in 1994. His engineering credits include Ice Cube’s 1990 debut album AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted. He has also remastered a number of albums, including The Art Bears’ box-set The Art Box (2003), The 40th Anniversary Henry Cow Box Set (2009) and others on the Recommended Records catalog.

In 2007 Drake formed Bob Drake’s Cabinet of Curiosities to perform material from his solo albums live on stage. It comprises Bob Drake (guitar, vocals, violin, banjo), David Campbell (guitar, bass, vocals) Dave Kerman (drums) and Jason DuMars (soprano/alto saxophones, keyboards).

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  • pinkpressthreat

    incredible artist

    21 Mar 2012 Reply
  • yorammorad

    finally scrobbled Mr. Drake 1,000. Looking forward for the next 1,000!

    10 Mar 2012 Reply
  • yorammorad

    finally got Shunned Country- and it's really really great

    23 Jan 2012 Reply
  • yorammorad

    geysus skull mailbox is an absolute gem. I'm glad I turned on to his stuff.

    16 Aug 2011 Reply
  • playaa

    AA Kismet, Science group, Hail, 5uu's, Thinking Plague, Bob solos.... I dig it all.

    4 Mar 2010 Reply
  • insomniacme

    huh

    5 Feb 2010 Reply
  • flasm

    to bring the sounds of the mind to the concrete with such mastery, is a definite push personally, again thank you!

    5 Jun 2009 Reply
  • flasm

    Unless you are Bob Drake, why would it matter about his personal choices for anything? Our human society has forgotten for the most part what freedom is and means... thank you Bob Drake for helping keep it alive!

    5 Jun 2009 Reply
  • HiMyNameIsBoxxy

    Some argue that Bob Drake is a furfag.

    14 Jan 2009 Reply
  • lordsexypanda

    Fearsome Heads is best.

    28 Nov 2008 Reply
  • raceofdoom

    i fucking love the skull mailbox.

    29 May 2008 Reply
  • chilinoodlesoup

    ...most of his songs are too short for lastfm to scan, lol.

    24 Mar 2008 Reply
  • qalbeit3

    simply amazing

    4 May 2006 Reply