# Alex Thomas > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alex_Thomas > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alex_Thomas.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Thomas > Source revision: 1333582798 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) British drummer This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Alex Thomas" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Alex Thomas Thomas performing in 2010 Background information Born (1978-10-10) 10 October 1978 (age 47) Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England Genres Alternative rock, pop rock, death metal, doom metal Occupation Drummer Member of Squarepusher, Air, Anna Calvi, With the Dead Formerly of Bolt Thrower, John Cale Musical artist **Alex Thomas** (born 10 October 1978) is an English drummer who performs with [Squarepusher](/source/Squarepusher) and [Air](/source/Air_(French_band)). He also performed with [John Cale](/source/John_Cale) (2012–2013, 2023). Thomas joined [Bolt Thrower](/source/Bolt_Thrower_(band)) in August 1997. He played drums on *[Mercenary](/source/Mercenary_(album))*[1] and the *Into the Killing Zone* tour, then left the band in 2000 due to lack of interest in the musical direction that Bolt Thrower were taking. He has also played with [Badly Drawn Boy](/source/Badly_Drawn_Boy), [Groop Dogdrill](/source/Groop_Dogdrill), [New Young Pony Club](/source/New_Young_Pony_Club), [UNKLE](/source/UNKLE), [Saint Etienne](/source/Saint_Etienne_(band)), [Bat for Lashes](/source/Bat_for_Lashes), played guitar with [Fridge](/source/Fridge_(band)) and, under the name Earl Shilton, he has released the album *Two Rooms (Full of Insects)* on the Invisible Spies record label. In May 2008, Natasha Khan announced the new [Bat for Lashes](/source/Bat_for_Lashes) live line-up in advance of her support slot on the Radiohead 2008 European tour. "The Blue Dreams" includes Thomas. As of 2018, Thomas has been playing with [Anna Calvi](/source/Anna_Calvi), appearing on her album *[Hunter](/source/Hunter_(Anna_Calvi_album))*.[2] In September 2019, Thomas was welcomed in to the [Zildjian](/source/Zildjian) Family of worldwide artists. ## Selected discography - [Bolt Thrower](/source/Bolt_Thrower) – *[Mercenary](/source/Mercenary_(album))* (1998) - Earl Shilton – *Two Rooms Full of Insects* (2003) - [Badly Drawn Boy](/source/Badly_Drawn_Boy) – *[One Plus One Is One](/source/One_Plus_One_Is_One)* (2004) - [Adem](/source/Adem_Ilhan) – *[Love and Other Planets](/source/Love_and_Other_Planets)* (2006) - [Badly Drawn Boy](/source/Badly_Drawn_Boy) – *[Born in the U.K.](/source/Born_in_the_U.K.)* (2006) - Supreme Vagabond Craftsman – *Just You, Me and the Baby* (2006) - [Bat for Lashes](/source/Bat_for_Lashes) – *[Two Suns](/source/Two_Suns)* (2009) - [Philip Selway](/source/Philip_Selway) – [*Running Blind* EP](/source/Running_Blind_(EP)) (2011) - [Air](/source/Air_(French_band)) – *[Le Voyage Dans La Lune](/source/Le_Voyage_Dans_La_Lune_(album))* (2012) - [John Cale](/source/John_Cale) – *[M:FANS](/source/MFANS)* (2016) - [Bloc Party](/source/Bloc_Party) – *[Hymns](/source/Hymns_(Bloc_Party_album))* (2016) - [Anna Calvi](/source/Anna_Calvi) – *[Hunter](/source/Hunter_(Anna_Calvi_album))* (2018) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Rivadavia, Eduardo. ["Biography: Bolt Thrower"](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p3732/biography). [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic). Retrieved 13 April 2010. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Bentley, David. ["Anna Calvi – Hunter (Domino) - God Is In The TV"](https://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2018/08/27/anna-calvi-hunter-domino/). v t e Bolt Thrower Karl Willetts Gavin Ward Jo Bench Barry Thomson Andy Whale Alan West Alex Tweedy Martin Kearns Martin van Drunen Dave Ingram Alex Thomas Studio albums In Battle There Is No Law! Realm of Chaos War Master The IVth Crusade ...For Victory Mercenary Honour – Valour – Pride Those Once Loyal Live and compilations War The Peel Sessions 1988–90 Who Dares Wins EPs The Peel Session Cenotaph Spearhead v t e Squarepusher Albums Feed Me Weird Things (1996) Hard Normal Daddy (1997) Buzz Caner (1998) Music is Rotted One Note (1998) Selection Sixteen (1999) Go Plastic (2001) Do You Know Squarepusher (2002) Ultravisitor (2004) Hello Everything (2006) Just a Souvenir (2008) Solo Electric Bass 1 (2009) Shobaleader One: d'Demonstrator (2010) Ufabulum (2012) Damogen Furies (2015) Elektrac (2017) Be Up a Hello (2020) Dostrotime (2024) Kammerkonzert (2026) EPs Conumber E:P (1995) Alroy Road Tracks (1995) Bubble and Squeak (1996) Port Rhombus EP (1996) Squarepusher Plays... (1996) Big Loada (1997) Budakhan Mindphone (1999) Maximum Priest EP (1999) Square Window (2004) Venus No. 17 (2004) Numbers Lucent (2009) Music for Robots (2014) Singles "Do You Know Squarepusher" (2001) "My Red Hot Car" (2001) "Welcome to Europe" (2006) Authority control databases International VIAF Artists MusicBrainz --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alex Thomas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Thomas) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Thomas?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.