Topper Headon
Biography
Nicholas Bowen "Topper" Headon (born 30 May 1955) is an English drummer and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the drummer of punk rock band the Clash. Headon was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the rest of the Clash in 2003. He joined the Clash in 1977 and became famed for his drumming skills. He received his nickname owing to his resemblance to Mickey the Monkey from the Topper comic.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
London Calling
1979
Combat Rock
1982
The Clash
1977
Kala
2007
Give 'Em Enough Rope
1978
Sandinista!
1980
Stranger Things (Music From The Netflix Original Series)
2017
Black Market Clash
1980
Supersunnyspeedgraphic, The LP
2006
The Story Of The Clash (Volume 1)
1988
From Here To Eternity Live
1999
Super Black Market Clash
1993
Machine Gun Etiquette
1979
The Sunny Side Of The Moon: The Best Of Richard Cheese
2006
Radio Clash
1981
War Child Heroes
2009
New York Noise (Dance Music From The New York Underground 1978-1982)
2003
Atomic Blonde (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2017
Paper Trail
2008
The Singles
2005
Clash On Broadway
1991
Telephone Free Landslide Victory
1985
The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic
2009
The Cost Of Living E.P.
1979
Credited work
1,306 releases · 174 albums · active 1978–2026
- Performance · 2,142
- Other credits · 135
- Production · 50
Studios: Wessex Sound Studios · Electric Lady Studios · Power Station · Pluto Studios
Frequent collaborators
- The Clash
- Various
- Rachid Taha
- Bush Tetras
- Jimmy Cliff
- Matthew Sweet
- Clash
- """Weird Al"" Yankovic"