Pete Barnacle


Pete Barnacle is an English rock drummer who has played for various bands including Gillan, Girl, Broken Home, Spear of Destiny, Theatre of Hate, Yngwie Malmsteen, Sheer Greed, and Soldiers of Fortune. Barnacle now lives in Japan, teaching English, and occasionally working as a drummer.

Career

Pete Barnacle was a member of Gillan in 1979 touring in Japan, then was part of Broken Home. He joined Girl in 1981, playing alongside Phil Collen. He played on Strange Cruise's self-titled debut album in 1986 before joining Spear Of Destiny in 1987, playing on three albums: Outland, Price You Pay and SOD's Law in 1992. This band also toured in 1991 billed as Theatre Of Hate.
Since 2006, formed the band GoDoG together Sakate Sōtarō and Hashimoto Hiroyuk.

With Gillan

The line-up of Gillan in which he played was:
Ian Gillan also sang for the bands Deep Purple, Ian Gillan Band and Black Sabbath.
Barnacle is named as a musician on Gillan's self-titled album although he never actually played on the album, but performed live with the band.

With Girl

The line-up of Girl in which he played was:
Pete Barnacle played on the Girl albums Killing Time and Live at the Marquee.

With Broken Home

Broken Home were:
  • Jeff Dicken - guitar, vocals
  • Rory Wilson - guitar, vocals
  • Pete Crowther - bass, guitar, keyboards
  • Pete Barnacle - drums, percussion, vocals
Broken Home released a self-titled album, which was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange.

With Spear of Destiny

Spear of Destiny were:
  • Kirk Brandon - vocals, guitar
  • Volker Janssen - keyboards
  • Mick Procter - guitar
  • Steve Barnacle - bass
  • Pete Barnacle - drums
  • Kirk Brandon - vocals, guitar
  • Chris Bostock - bass
  • Volker Janssen - keyboards
  • Pete Barnacle - drums

With Theatre of Hate

  • Kirk Brandon - vocals, guitar
  • Stan Stammers - bass guitar
  • John 'Boy' Lennard - saxophone
  • Mark 'Gemini' Thwaite - lead and rhythm guitar, bass guitar
  • Pete Barnacle - drums
Pete was a member of Spear of Destiny from 1987 to 1989, recording two albums touring extensively in the UK and mainland Europe, and making numerous TV appearances. He returned with Theatre of Hate in 1991 for the Return to 8 Tour, and again in 1992 with Spear of Destiny after his stint with Yngwie Malmsteen, for a tour and the Sod's Law album.

With Sheer Greed

Sheer Greed were:
Phil Lewis and Phil Collen also made guest appearances with Sheer Greed.

With Yngwie Malmsteen

The line-up on Yngwie Malmsteen's Eclipse Tour was:
  • Yngwie Malmsteen - guitar, vocals
  • Goran Edman - lead vocals
  • Svante Henryson - bass
  • Mats Olausson - keyboards
  • Pete Barnacle - drums

With Soldiers of Fortune

Soldiers of Fortune are:
  • Masanobu Yasui - guitar
  • Yasunori Kusanobu - bass
  • Pete Barnacle - drums, vocals
  • Masaki Fujii - lead vocals
This band was formed in Okayama, Japan, in 2002. They have released one CD, Fighting to Survive, on Storm Force Records, and played numerous live shows up and down Japan.