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{{short description|English drummer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2008}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Terry Chambers
| image = Terry Chambers.jpg
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| caption = Chambers (centre) in 1978
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name = Terry Peter Chambers
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1955|07|18}}
| birth_place = [[Swindon]], [[Wiltshire]], England
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| occupation = Drummer
| instrument = {{hlist|[[Drums]]|[[Percussion instrument|percussion]]}}
| years_active = {{hlist|1972–1985|2017–present}}
| label = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
| past_member_of = {{hlist|[[XTC]]|[[Dragon (band)|Dragon]]|[[TC&I]]}}
| website = {{URL|www.extc.band|EXTC – XTC's Terry Chambers and Friends}}
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'''Terry Peter Chambers''' (born 18 July 1955) is an English [[drummer]] who was a member of the band [[XTC]] from 1972 to 1982 and the popular Australian–New Zealand group [[Dragon (band)|Dragon]] between 1983 and 1985. He appears on all of XTC's albums between ''[[White Music]]'' (1978) and ''[[Mummer (album)|Mummer]]'' (1983).

==Biography==
Chambers was born in [[Swindon]], [[Wiltshire]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GDUYknYQ-tkC&q=%22Terry+Chambers%22+born+swindon |title=VH1 Rock Stars Encyclopedia |last1=Rees |first1=Dafydd |last2=Crampton |first2=Luke |year=1999 |publisher=DK Pub. |isbn=9780789446138 |page=1087}}</ref> He originally wanted to learn to play the piano, but his parents could not afford to buy one. So instead he saved money from his Saturday job, stacking shelves at the local grocers, and at the age of 14 bought his first drum kit.<ref>Interview in ''XTC At the Manor'', recorded at [[Richard Branson]]'s [[The Manor Studio|Manor Studio]] on 22, 23 and 24 August 1980 and broadcast on 10 October 1980 by [[BBC2]].</ref>

Chambers played on XTC's ''[[3D EP|3D - EP]]'', ''[[White Music]]'', ''[[Go 2]]'', ''[[Drums and Wires]]'', ''[[Black Sea (XTC album)|Black Sea]]'', ''[[English Settlement]]'', and many live recordings, until his departure from the band during the 1982 sessions for ''[[Mummer (album)|Mummer]]''. On ''Mummer'' he played on "Beating of Hearts", "Wonderland" and the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] "Toys". Chambers's reasons for leaving the band included the band's decision to stop touring and performing live, as well his own plans with his Australian girlfriend, with whom he subsequently migrated to [[New South Wales]].

He became involved in session drumming while living in Australia as well as recording and touring with Dragon between late 1983 and mid 1985. He was featured on the studio album ''[[Body and the Beat]]'' (1984) and the live album and home video ''[[Live One (Dragon album)|Live One]]'' (1985). He is also featured in the promotional video clips for the songs "Wilderworld", "Cry", "Magic" and "Rain".

Chambers divorced Donna Blanchard in 2016. They have one son, Kai Chambers, and two daughters, Corie and Abbi-Lee. Kai has followed in his father's footsteps, and has played in Australia and around the world as the drummer for [[October Rage]].

Chambers returned to the UK in 2016 after meeting his old girlfriend Lynn Farrar.<ref>{{Cite web|last=johnrobb|date=2018-10-11|title=INTERVIEW! former XTC Colin Moulding in-depth on his live return with Terry Chambers as TC and I|url=https://louderthanwar.com/interview-former-xtc-colin-moulding-depth-live-return-terry-chambers-tc-i/|access-date=2021-11-19|website=Louder Than War|language=en-GB}}</ref> He recorded an EP with fellow ex-XTC member [[Colin Moulding]], called ''[[Great Aspirations]]'' by TC&I, which was released in October 2017. Chambers formed EXTC with former TC&I bandmate Steve Tilling, performing classic XTC songs from the late 1970s and early 1980s.

EXTC - XTC's Terry Chambers and Friends are currently touring, alongside Terry, EXTC features frontman Steve Hampton (lead vocal & guitar - [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]] & [[The Vapors]]) and Terry Lines (bass & vocals - [[The Rams (band)|The Rams]] and [[Dead Crow Road]]).

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://chalkhills.org/articles/TBTerry20020705.html Terry Chambers Interview with Todd Bernhardt Chalkhills March, 2002]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071031081031/http://chalkhills.org/articles/LL_Chambers.html The Departure of Terry Chambers - Limelight Issue Three, Spring 1983]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071108030201/http://chalkhills.org/articles/IMRW8308.html XTC Go 3 - International Musician and Recording World, August, 1983]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071029005814/http://www.moderndrummer.com/updatefull/200001164 Senses Working Overtime Modern Drummer Interview 2002]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010926181422/http://website.lineone.net/~ssleightholm/articles/lz4.htm In Loving Memory Of A Name - Limelight Issue #4 1984]
* [https://www.extc.band EXTC - XTC's Terry Chambers and Friends, 2022]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc38Xe6yG64 Terry Chambers on life in XTC and EXTC] Video, 29:42 min, September 2022

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