Simon Crowe (born 14 April 1955, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish musician, best known as the drummer and backing vocalist of the Irish new wave band The Boomtown Rats. The original name of the Boomtown Rats was the "Nightlife Thugs". The name Boomtown Rats was taken from a novel entitled '' Bound for Glory'' by Woody Guthrie. The Boomtown Rats had eighteen hit singles in the UK, including " Rat Trap" and " I Don't Like Mondays". Crowe has also been part of The Velcro Flies (with ex-Boomtown Rat

Garry Roberts Garrick Roberts (16 June 1950 – 9 November 2022) was an Irish musician best known as the lead guitarist with The Boomtown Rats, a band which came into being in 1976. He and Johnnie Fingers (Moylett) had decided to put a band together and, b ...

) and Gung~Ho (with ex-Boomtown Rat

Johnny Fingers Johnnie Fingers (born John Peter Moylett, 10 September 1956) is an Irish keyboardist and co-founding member of the new wave band The Boomtown Rats. He was notable for his attire of striped pyjamas on stage and his melodic piano style. Backgroun ...

). After the group disbanded, Crowe lived in Devon for some years where he played with the local folk and roots group Jiggerypipery. The Boomtown Rats presently features Garry Roberts on guitar and Simon Crowe on drums, with the addition of Pete Briquette on bass, and Darren Beale on lead guitar.

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Living people 1955 births musicians from Dublin (city) The Boomtown Rats members Irish new wave musicians {{drummer-stub