Geoff Britton

{{Short description|English drummer (b. 1943)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Use British English|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Geoff Britton | image = | image_size = | landscape =  | alt = | caption = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Geoffrey Britton | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|08|01|df=yes}} | birth_place = Lewisham, South East London, England | origin = | death_date =  | death_place = | genre = {{flatlist| *Rock *Power pop }} | occupation = | instrument = Drums | years_active = 1960s–present | label = | associated_acts = | website =  }}

'''Geoffrey Britton''' (born 1 August 1943) is an English rock drummer known for his work with Wings<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article5148744.ece?print=yes&randnum=1151003209000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604144931/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article5148744.ece?print=yes&randnum=1151003209000|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 June 2011|title=Mitch Mitchell: drummer with the Jimi Hendrix experience|date=14 November 2008|work=The Times|access-date=15 January 2010}}</ref> from May 1974 to January 1975, where he was featured on their fourth studio album ''Venus and Mars'' (1975).

== Career == Britton was born in Lewisham, South East London. He was a member of the progressive rock band East of Eden which formed in Bristol from June to December 1969 and recorded the album ''Snafu''. Afterward he joined the Wild Angels.<ref>{{cite journal |title= USSR Angels |journal=Sounds |publisher= Spotlight Publications |date= 28 August 1971|page= 2}}</ref> After leaving Wings in early 1975 Britton was a member of Manfred Mann's Earth Band from 1978 to 1979, playing on the ''Angel Station'' album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manfredmann.co.uk/music/angel.html|title=1979 - Angel Station: Album Notes|access-date=15 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719175100/http://www.manfredmann.co.uk/music/angel.html|archive-date=19 July 2011}}</ref> In 1977 he was in the supergroup Rough Diamond,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A24vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F9sFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3754,2500809&dq=geoff-britton&hl=en|title=Two tracks to triumph |date=11 May 1977|work=The Beaver County Times|access-date=15 January 2010|first=Tom|last= Doyle|page=C-4}}</ref> recording in London's Roundhouse Studios. In the early 1980s, he joined the power pop group the Keys, whose one album was produced by Joe Jackson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nwoutpost.com/mfv_detail.asp?mfv_id=185 |title=The Keys :The Keys Album |year=2009 |work=New Wave Outpost |access-date=21 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222023240/http://nwoutpost.com/mfv_detail.asp?mfv_id=185 |archive-date=22 December 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

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