associated_acts years_active label article_title background birth_date instrument genre image origin name occupation
elvis costello , the attractions , arctic monkeys 1977 -- present stiff , warner bros. , mercury , island , lost highway , , verve , hearmusic , rykodisc , rhino , hip-o radar , f-beat , demon , columbia pete thomas
 non_vocal_instrumentalist 9 august 1954 drums pop punk pete_thomas2 . jpg hillsborough , sheffield , england pete thomas musician
pete thomas

pete thomas -lrb- born 9 august 1954 , hillsborough , sheffield , england -rrb- is best known as the longtime drummer for elvis costello .
tom waits has referred to him as `` one of the best rock drummers alive '' .
