Two Bee Gees Drummers Die Within Four Days

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Two Bee Gees Drummers Die Within Four Days

Colin “Smiley” Petersen, 78, was the group’s original drummer, and Dennis Bryon, 76, played during the band’s disco heyday.





Colin Petersen, {top}, and Dennis Bryon.

By Sara Ruberg
Nov. 18, 2024

Two drummers for the Bee Gees — one during the long-running Anglo-Australian pop group’s early days of hit-making ballads, the other during its white-hot disco superstardom — died four days apart, according to posts from a tribute band and former bandmates.

Dennis Bryon, 76, the Bee Gees’ drummer starting in 1973, died on Nov. 14, according to Blue Weaver, who played in the band Amen Corner with Mr. Bryon. He announced his death on Facebook on Thursday, but gave no cause of death for Mr. Bryon.

Colin “Smiley” Petersen, the band’s first professional drummer, died on Nov. 18 at the age of 78, according to Evan Webster and Sue Camilleri, who work on The Best of The Bee Gees Show, a tribute band. Mr. Petersen died from a fall, they said.

Mr. Petersen, who joined the Bee Gees in 1967, played on the band’s first four albums. He started playing in the The Best of The Bee Gees Show five years ago, Mr. Webster said.

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[JohnnyRingo]

1. This is Spinal Tap.

Falsetto version 2.0.
Assuming one is old enough to having seen the mock-doc that went through a string of drummers who met their fates.

[AloeVera]

3. Yes! Was trying to remember where I've seen this movie before.

This is Spinal Tap. Of course. It was hilarious. All the drummers...spontaneous combustion, right?

[louis-t]

2. I filled in on bass for a band that had two bass players

die within months of each other. I had filled in on guitar while one of the bass players was still alive but had been diagnosed with cancer.

[JohnnyRingo]

4. Stiv Bator of The Dead Boys is from around here.

He grew up in Girard Ohio and I know some of his musician friends. Bator asked a bass player friend of ours if he could go on the road for a while to replace someone who was taking a break. My buddy passed due to obligations

It was just a couple weeks later that someone charged the stage and wounded the replacement bass player by stabbing. My Friend always wondered if he was being set up for a bloody publicity stunt. Or maybe that's punk cred that goes on a resume'.