Cozy Powell

Drummer: Cozy Powell
Main Style: Rock
Main Band: Rainbow, The Jeff Beck Group, MSG, many
Brief Summary:Colin Flooks (December 29th 1947 – April 5th 1998), better known as Cozy Powell, was an English rock drummer who made his name with many major rock bands. Cozy Powell was born in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England, and started playing drums at age 12 in the school orchestra, thereafter playing along in his spare time to popular singles of the day. The first band he was in, the Corals, played each week at the youth club in Cirencester. At age 15 he had already worked out an impressive drum solo. The stage name 'Cozy' was borrowed from the jazz drummer Cozy Cole.

other facts: Powell had a fascination with fast cars and motorbikes, and raced for Hitachi on the UK saloon car circuit for a few months. He made headlines when he appeared on the BBC children's programme Record Breakers where he set a world record for the most drums played in under one minute, live on television.