# Geoff Britton

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{{Short description|English drummer (b. 1943)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
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| birth_name          = Geoffrey Britton
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| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1943|08|01|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = [Lewisham](/source/Lewisham), [South East London](/source/Greater_London), England
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*[Rock](/source/Rock_music)
*[Power pop](/source/Power_pop) 
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| instrument          = Drums
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'''Geoffrey Britton''' (born 1 August 1943) is an English rock drummer known for his work with [Wings](/source/Wings_(band))<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](/source/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](/source/Venus_and_Mars_(Wings_album))'' (1975).

== Career ==
Britton was born in [Lewisham](/source/Lewisham), South East London. He was a member of the [progressive rock](/source/progressive_rock) band [East of Eden](/source/East_of_Eden_(British_band)) which formed in [Bristol](/source/Bristol) from June to December 1969 and recorded the album ''Snafu''. Afterward he joined [the Wild Angels](/source/The_Wild_Angels_(band)).<ref>{{cite journal |title= USSR Angels |journal=[Sounds](/source/Sounds_(magazine)) |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](/source/Manfred_Mann's_Earth_Band) from 1978 to 1979, playing on the ''[Angel Station](/source/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](/source/Supergroup_(music)) [Rough Diamond](/source/Rough_Diamond_(album)),<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](/source/The_Beaver_County_Times)|access-date=15 January 2010|first=Tom|last= Doyle|page=C-4}}</ref> recording in London's [Roundhouse Studios](/source/The_Roundhouse). In the early 1980s, he joined the [power pop](/source/power_pop) group the Keys, whose one album was produced by [Joe Jackson](/source/Joe_Jackson_(musician)).<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>

==References==
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{{Wings}}

{{Manfred Mann's Earth Band}}

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Category:English rock drummers
Category:Manfred Mann's Earth Band members
Category:1943 births
Category:Living people
Category:Musicians from the London Borough of Lewisham
Category:People from Lewisham
Category:Musicians from Kent
Category:Paul McCartney and Wings members
Category:English kickboxers

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