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Bruce Smith

real name Bruce Neal Smith

Bruce Smith is credited on 642 releases across 141 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1970–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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642

Credits

141

Albums

6

Decades active

336

In collections

Biography

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British drummer, remixer, producer, songwriter, and engineer. Father of Naima Karlsson.
He was the drummer for The Pop Group (1977-81), The Slits (1979-81), New Age Steppers (1980-81), African Head Charge (1982), Public Image Limited (1986-90 and 2009-24), amongst many others.
He married Neneh Cherry for three years and moved to Sweden, where he formed Rip Rig & Panic (1981-84) & Float Up CP (1984-86).
He has also done session work for various artists, including Björk. Bruce is still actively involved in and around the music scene composing and producing for various recording artists, films, documentaries, commercials etc. He currently lives with his family in Soho, New York, USA
For the Pleasure percussionist please use Bruce Smith
For the US engineer, appeared active since mid-80s please use Bruce Smith
For the UK lyricist please use Bruce Smith
For the Orion The Hunter member please use Bruce Smith
For the visual artist please use Bruce Smith
For the former Guided by Voices drummer, please use Bruce Smitty Smith

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Credited work

642 releases · 141 albums · active 1970–2025

  • Performance · 1,034
  • Production · 43
  • Engineering · 26
  • Other credits · 13

Studios: Advision Studios · Berry Street Studio · The Manor · The Church, London

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