# Tim Bachman > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tim_Bachman > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tim_Bachman.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Bachman > Source revision: 1351581736 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Canadian guitarist and vocalist (1951–2023)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Tim Bachman | image = | image_size = | landscape = | alt = | caption = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Timothy Gregg Bachman[https://web.archive.org/web/20160309205651/http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Artists/B/BTO/2010/06/14/14389966.html] | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|1951|08|01}} | birth_place = [Winnipeg](/source/Winnipeg), Manitoba, Canada | origin = | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|04|28|1951|08|1}} | death_place = | genre = [Rock](/source/Rock_music) | occupation = Musician | instrument = Guitar, vocals | years_active = | label = | past_member_of = [Brave Belt](/source/Brave_Belt), [Bachman-Turner Overdrive](/source/Bachman-Turner_Overdrive) | website = }} '''Timothy Gregg Bachman''' (August 1, 1951 – April 28, 2023) was a Canadian guitarist and vocalist best known for his work with rock bands [Brave Belt](/source/Brave_Belt) and [Bachman–Turner Overdrive](/source/Bachman%E2%80%93Turner_Overdrive) (BTO). Bachman was one of the four founding members of BTO together with his brothers [Randy](/source/Randy_Bachman) (guitar/vocals) and [Robbie](/source/Robbie_Bachman) (drums), and [Fred Turner](/source/Fred_Turner_(musician)) (bass/vocals). BTO has sold nearly 30 million albums worldwide. ==Career== Tim Bachman played guitar in a few Winnipeg-area bands, some with his younger brother Robbie on drums. He then briefly quit music, feeling that the Winnipeg scene had become stagnant. He got a job and began attending college. He returned to music in 1972, when his older brother Randy was looking to add a second guitar to the Brave Belt lineup. This occurred after the departure of [Chad Allan](/source/Chad_Allan_(musician)), which left Brave Belt with only three members.{{Cite web|url=http://www.superseventies.com/faq_bto.html |title=Frequently Asked Questions – BTO |website=Superseventies.com |last=Gormley |first=Peter |date=July 31, 1997|access-date=February 17, 2017}} Bachman left BTO in 1974, shortly after the release of ''Bachman–Turner Overdrive II''. Tim said it was to spend more time with his family and to work on concert promotion but brothers Rob and Randy reported that he was fired for breaking Randy's rules of the road which prohibited alcohol and drugs."Behind the Four-Wheel Drive." Mark After Dark interview with Robbie Bachman at Newyorkwaste.com Tim Bachman rejoined BTO (whose other members, at that time, were Randy Bachman, Fred Turner, and [Garry Peterson](/source/Garry_Peterson)), for a 1984 reunion album and supporting tours, including a high-profile world tour opening for [Van Halen](/source/Van_Halen). ==Personal life== In 2008, he suffered a heart attack and subsequently underwent [quadruple bypass surgery](/source/quadruple_bypass_surgery).{{Cite web|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Tim-Bachman-faces-child-sex-charges-today-97792839.html|title=Jul 2010: Tim Bachman faces child sex charges today|first=Posted: 07/5/2010 7:59|last=AM|date=July 5, 2010|accessdate=August 5, 2020|website=Winnipegfreepress.com}} Bachman died on April 28, 2023, at the age of 71, after suffering from cancer.{{cite news |title=Tim Bachman, Co-Founder of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Dies |url=https://bestclassicbands.com/tim-bachman-bto-obituary-4-29-23/ |access-date=30 April 2023 |publisher=Best Classic Bands |date=30 April 2023}} His brother Robbie had died less than four months earlier. ==Sexual offense allegations== On June 14, 2010, Bachman was charged by the [Abbotsford Police Department](/source/Abbotsford_Police_Department) with sexual interference of a person under 14, touching a young person for a sexual purpose, and [sexual assault](/source/sexual_assault). Police recommended a charge of sexual exploitation, but [Crown attorney](/source/Crown_attorney) opted to split the case into three separate counts.Carrigg, David. (Monday, June 14, 2010). [https://nationalpost.com/news/Former+guitarist+Bachman+charged+child+case/3154112/story.html Former BTO guitarist Tim Bachman charged in child-sex case]{{dead link|date=October 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}. National Post (accessed June 14, 2010).(June 14, 2010). [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bto-guitarist-charged-with-sex-assault-of-minor-1.934479 BTO guitarist charged with sex assault of minor: Tim Bachman faces charges of sexual touching, interference, assault], Cbc.ca, (accessed Monday, June 14, 2010). After an extensive investigation{{cite web | title=Tim Bachman, of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, charged with sexual assault | website=Global News | date=27 May 2014 | url=https://globalnews.ca/video/1358104/tim-bachman-of-bachman-turner-overdrive-charged-with-sexual-assault}} police charged Bachman for incidents that allegedly began in Abbotsford in 2000 when the complainant was 11 years old and continued for three years. Stacy Bohun alleged that Bachman would grope her when she was a foster child living in his home in the Fraser Valley. Bachman was found not guilty on these counts, as Justice Neill Brown ruled that the testimony of Bohun was too unreliable to support a criminal conviction.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rocker-tim-bachman-found-not-guilty-on-sex-charges-1.1407275?cmp=rss] On May 26, 2014, Bachman was arrested again by Abbotsford police on new sex charges relating to incidents from the 1990s involving a different under-aged victim. He faced charges of sexual assault, sexual interference, and invitation to sexual touching. He was released pending trial on conditions which included avoiding contact with anyone under the age of 16, and avoiding any public park, schoolground, daycare, swimming pool or any other facility where minors under 16 might be present.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/tim-bachman-bto-founding-member-charged-with-sex-offences-1.2656290|title=Tim Bachman, BTO founding member, charged with sex offences|date=May 27, 2014|publisher=CBC News|access-date=June 25, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bto-co-founder-tim-bachman-faces-new-sex-charges/article18879269/|title=BTO co-founder Tim Bachman faces new sex charges|date=May 27, 2014|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=June 25, 2016}} Those charges were stayed on November 19, 2015. A representative of the Criminal Justice Branch could not provide any details regarding why the charges were stayed, but did state that this decision was reached while the prosecutor was preparing for the preliminary inquiry.{{Cite web|url=http://www.abbynews.com/news/361346321.html|title=Sexual offence charges stayed against BTO co-founder|last=Hopes|first=Vikki|date=December 9, 2015|publisher=Abbotsford News|access-date=June 25, 2016}} == Discography == === With [Bachman–Turner Overdrive](/source/Bachman%E2%80%93Turner_Overdrive) === {{Main|Bachman–Turner Overdrive discography}} ==== Studio albums ==== {| class="wikitable" !Title !Details |- !''[Bachman–Turner Overdrive](/source/Bachman%E2%80%93Turner_Overdrive_(1973_album))'' | * Released: May 17, 1973 * Label: [Mercury](/source/Mercury_Records) |- !''[Bachman–Turner Overdrive II](/source/Bachman%E2%80%93Turner_Overdrive_II)'' | * Released: December 1973 * Label: Mercury |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.allpar.com/ed/btointerview.html 1986 interview] * {{discogs artist|Tim Bachman}} * {{IMDb name|4726586}} {{Bachman–Turner Overdrive}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bachman, Tim}} Category:1951 births Category:2023 deaths Category:Bachman–Turner Overdrive members Category:Musicians from Winnipeg Category:Canadian people of German descent Category:Canadian people of Ukrainian descent Category:Canadian rock guitarists Category:Canadian male guitarists Category:Rhythm guitarists Category:Singers from Manitoba --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tim Bachman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Bachman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Bachman?action=history)). 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