Terry Draper
Terry Edward Draper (September 22, 1951 – May 15, 2025) was a Canadian musician who was the drummer and one of three members of the 1970s progressive rock band Klaatu.
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| Born | Terry Edward Draper September 22, 1951 |
| Died | May 15, 2025 (aged 73) Newmarket, Ontario, Canada |
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| Formerly of | Klaatu |
| Website | terrydraper.com |
Terry Edward Draper (September 22, 1951 – May 15, 2025) was a Canadian musician who was the drummer and one of three members of the 1970s progressive rock band Klaatu.[2]
Career
[edit]Draper co-wrote the song "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft", which was not only successful with his band Klaatu, but also became a Top-40 hit for the Carpenters when they covered it in 1977.[3] Draper also co-wrote the Klaatu songs "Prelude" in 1977 and "December Dream" in 1981, the latter being a tribute to John Lennon.
He went on to record several solo albums in his home studio in Oak Ridges, Ontario, after the break-up of the band in 1981. His former Klaatu bandmates Dee Long and John Woloschuk made appearances on his album Light Years Later in 1997.[4]
Personal life and death
[edit]Before becoming a successful musician, Draper had a construction business with a speciality in roofing.[2]
Later on in the 1980s he returned to his roofing business and then developed a career as a restaurateur alongside his continued music work.[2]
Draper died in Newmarket, Ontario on May 15, 2025, at the age of 73, from leukemia.[5][6][7]
Solo releases
[edit]- Light Years Later (1997)
- Terry & The Twilight Zone: Live... Years Later (1997)
- Terrytoons Presents: Can You Pretend? (1999)
- Civil War (And Other Love Songs) (2001)
- Civil War (Not Very) (2001)
- Furzall Family (2002)
- Aria 52 - A Five Year Mission (2004)
- Stranded (2010)
- When The World Was Young (2014)
- Searching (2016)
- Window On The World (2016)
- Remarkable Women (2017)
- A Very Terry Christmas (2017)
- Once Upon A Memory (2018)
- In My Garden (2019)
- Sunset on Mars (2020)
- Lost (2020)
- The Other Side (2021)
- Bread and Cirkus (2022)
- In the Beginning (2023)
- Infinity (2025)
References
[edit]- ^ "The Bands – Terry Draper". terrydraper.com. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ a b c Brown, Dan (April 4, 2000). "When the music's over: Rock and roll is a vicious game, but not half as rough as what comes next – as a handful of Canada's former rock gods can attest", National Post, p. B10.
- ^ Feniak, Peter (November 21, 1995). "The band Beatlemania made, then crushed", The Globe and Mail, p. D1.
- ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Terry Draper: Biography", Allmusic. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
- ^ Wheeler, Brad (June 17, 2025). "Klaatu drummer Terry Draper and his bandmates were mistakenly believed to be the Beatles". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
- ^ Vernon, Jamie (May 29, 2025). "With heavy hearts, we share this message on behalf of our family…". Facebook: Terry Draper. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
- ^ Cashmere, Paul (31 May 2025). "Terry Draper of Klaatu Dies At Age 73". Noise11. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- Terry Draper official site
- Terry Draper discography at Discogs
- Terry Draper at IMDb
- Artist Profile on Bullseye Records
- Searching: The Terry Draper Interview @ The Nice Rooms Webzine.
- Once Upon A Memory: The Terry Draper Interview @ The Nice Rooms Webzine.
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