We are saddened to hear of the passing of Robbie Bachman, drummer and co-founder of legendary rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive. Along with his brother Randy, brother Tim Bachmann and bassist Fred Turner, Robbie formed the band in Winnipeg, Canada in the early 1970s. They released the self-titled debut album and the follow-up Bachman-Turner Overdrive II in 1973, before the release of their biggest hit You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet in 1974. After Randy left the band in 1977, they continued to work with new vocalist Jim Clench before breaking up in 1980. Robbie rejoined the group from 1988 to 2005, not appearing at the subsequent reunion in 2009. His last performance with the group was in 2014, when they were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. In an interview with Toronto Star in 2014, Robbie spoke about the group’s success, saying “we just had enough of it all”. We pay tribute to Robbie Bachman and his legacy in the music industry.
Robby Bachman, the drummer and co-founder of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, has died at the age of 69.
Announcing it on Twitter, his brother and bandmate Randy Bachmann wrote: “Another sad departure. The beat is behind the BTO, my younger brother Robbie joined mum, dad and brother Gary on the other side.
“Maybe Jeff Beck needs a drummer!” He was an integral part of our rock and roll machine and together we rocked the world.”
Robbie founded the band with Randy, their brother Tim Bachmann and bassist Fred Turner in Winnipeg, Canada in the early 1970s, releasing the self-titled debut album and the follow-up Bachman-Turner Overdrive II in 1973.
After the third album Not Fragile (1974), featuring their biggest hit You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet, Randy eventually left the band in 1977. The band continued to work with new vocalist Jim Clench before broke up in 1980
Randy then returned to reunite the band in 1983, but Robbie did not participate in the reunion. Their 1984 album Bachman-Turner Overdrive is the only full-length album of their career on which Robbie did not play drums.
Slaves then rejoined the group from 1988 to 2005, not appearing at the subsequent reunion in 2009. His last performance with the group was in 2014, when they were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
Another sad departure. The beat behind BTO, my little brother Robbie joined mum, dad and brother Gary on the other side. Maybe Jeff Beck needs a drummer! He was an integral part of our rock and roll machine and we rocked the world together. #REST IN PEACE #Younger brother #family pic.twitter.com/XASj6CVXzA
— Randy Bachman (@RandysVinylTap) January 13, 2023
Speaking about the group’s success in an interview with Toronto Star in 2014, Robbie said: “We didn’t tell anyone that they were doing anything wrong or wrong or not doing it. It was basically fun, fun music.
“Having just come out of the 1970s with the Vietnam War and all the political events going on in Canada with Trudeau and Richard Nixon and things like that, we just had enough of it all.”
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