Chris Kavanagh (born 4 June 1964) is a British

drummer A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drums. Most contemporary western music ensemble, bands that play Rock music, rock, Pop music, pop, jazz, or Contemporary R&B, R&B music include a drummer for purposes including timekeepi ...

, best known for playing in

Sigue Sigue Sputnik Sigue Sigue Sputnik were a British new wave band formed in 1982 by former Generation X bassist Tony James. The band have had three UK top-40 hit singles, including " Love Missile F1-11" and " 21st Century Boy". The band's music, image and in ...

and

Big Audio Dynamite II Big Audio Dynamite (later known as Big Audio Dynamite II and Big Audio, and often abbreviated BAD) were an English band, formed in London in 1984 by Mick Jones (The Clash guitarist), Mick Jones, former lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist of th ...

. Kavanagh was asked to join Sigue Sigue Sputnik because of his looks and attitude, and only after that was taught to play

drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a ...

s by other band members. He remained with them until 1989. Later he joined

after Mick Jones reshuffled the line-up completely. He left the band in 1995.

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1964 births Living people English rock drummers Breakbeat musicians Big Audio Dynamite members Sigue Sigue Sputnik members People from Woolwich Musicians from the Royal Borough of Greenwich English people of Irish descent English session musicians {{UK-drummer-stub