Bruce Mitchell is a jazz drummer, who plays regularly with Vini Reilly in the Durutti Column.
He had no musical education. His father was a drummer and a bass player[1]. Around 1960 Bruce was a in a Manchester trad band[2], and prior to 1974 he was in the group Greasy Bear. In 1974 he joined comedy rock band Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias; the band folded in 1982.
He has run a stage, sound and light company in the past [3].
Bruce joined the Durutti Column in 1981 for the album LC, and has managed the band.
