Eric Singer has played with many great bands including Badlands, Gary Moore, Black Sabbath, KISS, and Brian May. Eric is currently on tour with Alice Cooper.

Cozy Powell...what can I say?

I remember the first time I saw Cozy Powell live With Rainbow in 1976 ! He had a big red Ludwig double bass kit with a mass of cymbals, and he was so powerful sounding ! He could drive the band thru a brick wall it seemed. 

I first heard Cozy with Jeff Beck. That's what really made me a fan. Train Train a song off the album "rough & ready" is what floored me for good !

I later got to meet Cozy when he came to a Gary Moore show in London in 1987 I was playing at. He was always very cool to me & complimentary as well (which made me feel so cool since I was a big fan of his).

It's funny that Cozy & myself ended up replacing each other in bands. First he followed me w/Gary Moore and then Black Sabbath. And then I replaced him in Brian May's Band after his untimely death.

Cozy was & will always remain a big influence to me.                                                           

He was a true giant in the drum world !

Eric Singer