Budgie
Budgie in Oakland, California - June 1986
Background information
Birth name	Peter Edward Clarke
Born	August 21, 1957 (1957-08-21) (age 50)
Origin	St Helens, Lancashire, England
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Percussion and drums
Label(s)	Geffen Records, Sioux Records
Associated acts	Big In Japan The Spitfire Boys The Slits Siouxsie & The Banshees The Creatures

Peter Edward Clarke, (born August 21, 1957, in St Helens, Lancashire), better known as Budgie, is an English drummer. Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) St Helens ( is a large town in Merseyside, England It is the largest settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens with a population of just over 100000 Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Geffen Records is an American Record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label For the 1984 song by Alphaville see "Big in Japan" for the song by Tom Waits see his album Mule Variations from 1999 The Spitfire Boys were the first Liverpool punk band to release a single ("British Refugee" c/w "Mein Kampf" The Slits are a UK Punk rock band The quartet was formed in 1976 by members of the bands The Flowers of Romance and The Castrators Siouxsie & the Banshees were a British rock band which formed in 1976 The Creatures were an musical act formed in 1981 as a side-project for Siouxsie & the Banshees members Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie, this was to record music Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) St Helens ( is a large town in Merseyside, England It is the largest settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens with a population of just over 100000 Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A drummer is a Musician who plays a Drum or drums particularly a Drum kit ("drum set" or "trap set" Marching percussion He began his career with the the Spitfire Boys and Big in Japan before briefly playing with The Slits, recording the album Cut. The Spitfire Boys were the first Liverpool punk band to release a single ("British Refugee" c/w "Mein Kampf" For the 1984 song by Alphaville see "Big in Japan" for the song by Tom Waits see his album Mule Variations from 1999 The Slits are a UK Punk rock band The quartet was formed in 1976 by members of the bands The Flowers of Romance and The Castrators Cut is the debut Album by The Slits. It was originally released in September 1979 on the Island Records label (ILPS 9573 in the UK Budgie joined Siouxsie & the Banshees in 1979. Siouxsie & the Banshees were a British rock band which formed in 1976 Initially he was intended to be a temporary replacement for Kenny Morris, who had left the band two days into a tour, but he remained with the group, from the album Kaleidoscope, until they split up. Following the departure of two band members Siouxsie & the Banshees regrouped and redirected their sound for Kaleidoscope, their third album He also formed the band The Creatures, together with Siouxsie Sioux, whilst with the Banshees. The Creatures were an musical act formed in 1981 as a side-project for Siouxsie & the Banshees members Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie, this was to record music Susan Janet Ballion

Budgie married Siouxsie Sioux in 1991. Susan Janet Ballion They divorced in 2007.