Bachman-Turner Overdrive

He referenced the death this week of guitarist Jeff Beck alongside a black and white picture of Robbie drumming, in his tweet that said: “Another sad departure.

Robbie Bachman -- the drummer of Canadian rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive -- has died at age 69, his brother and bandmate Randy Bachman announced via ...

Bachman-Turner Overdrive released its most popular album, “Not Fragile,” in 1974. He was an integral cog in our rock ‘n’ roll machine and we rocked the world together,” Bachman said alongside a black and white photo of the band. They were later joined by bassist Fred Turner and recorded two albums.

Robbie Bachman, the drummer for rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive that was known for such 1970s hits as Takin' Care of Business, has died at age 69.

The brothers rarely performed together after the early 1990s, with Robbie Bachman once telling the Associated Press that Randy had "belittled" the other band members and likened them to the fictional parody group Spinal Tap. During the following decades, the band had sporadic reunions and occasional legal battles, as Randy Bachman and Robbie Bachman fought over royalties and rights to the band's name. "He was an integral cog in our rock'n'roll machine and we rocked the world together."

Robbie Bachman, the self-taught drummer who co-founded Bachman-Turner Overdrive, has died at age 69. Bachman died this week in Vancouver, where he lived, ...

But we were a loud band, and you know, he was a fun guy.” As BTO, Robbie Bachman and the others continued to tour and record, but their popularity faded and they broke up in 1980. It took nearly a decade for the brothers to mend their relationship enough to finally accept the honour. We’d cut them in different lengths and tape them up and he would play drums … “I helped him make a set of drums out of those round Quaker Oats porridge oatmeal things. Do you want more rock ‘n’ roll?’” Randy Bachman recounted.

Robbie Bachman, the drummer for rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive that was known for such 1970s hits as Takin' Care of Business, has died at age 69.

The brothers rarely performed together after the early 1990s, with Robbie Bachman once telling the Associated Press that Randy had “belittled” the other band members and likened them to the fictional parody group Spinal Tap. During the following decades, the band had sporadic reunions and occasional legal battles, as Randy Bachman and Robbie Bachman fought over royalties and rights to the band’s name. Randy Bachman left the group in the mid-1970s, and gave the remaining members permission to call themselves BTO (But not Bachman-Turner Overdrive so as to distance himself from the band).

Robbie Bachman, the drummer for the Canadian hard rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive that was known for such 1970s...

"He was an integral cog in our rock'n'roll machine and we rocked the world together." During the following decades, the band had sporadic reunions and occasional legal battles, as Randy Bachman and Robbie Bachman fought over royalties and rights to the band's name. Randy Bachman left the group in the mid-1970s, and gave the remaining members permission to call themselves BTO (But not Bachman-Turner Overdrive so as to distance himself from the band).