THE REMBRANDTS Guest Musicians

Pat Mastelotto
rembrandts drumer

It would be pretty hard to live on planet earth without hearing at least a few songs with Pat Mastelotto on drums. Pat's credits include, but are not limited to Mr. Mister (80s hits Kyrie & Broken Wing), XTC, Hall & Oates, Pointer Sisters. Eddie Money, Jude Cole (the minor hit Baby Its Tonight & the sadly overlooked classic Back To School from the movie of the same name, and of course, The Rembrandts. Pat was the drummer for Danny Wilde's The Boyfriend (1986) and then for the first 3 Rembrandts albums, as well as Danny's Spin This. Pat is currently the drummer for the highly influential band King Crimson.

Here is a snippet of Pat's recollection of working on The Rembrandts' self titled debut:
"I have known Danny & Phil since around 1981, doing demos and solo records. These two are the most competitive band mates I have ever seen. When Island decided to sign Danny and not Phil in 1983, Phil left for greener pastures, so I was interested when I heard that Phil was back to give it another go. They had no record deal when they reformed as the Rembrandts. Phil would fly to L.A. for writing sessions. At this time I was rehearsing and writing another Mr Mister record at Rich's home in Malibu, since we started in the afternoon, to give Rich time to surf in the mornings, I developed a routine of stopping by Danny's around 9 am to help out every couple days. They had 2 songs when I first checked in but soon we had 12.

We did these recordings in Dan's garage, a tiny 11x11 carpeted space, on a fostex 8 track, just the three of us with one drum mic (akg 414) and all our gear in that room, in fact Phil crashed in there on the same mattress we used as a baffle. In a few weeks they got a publishing deal and the money was quickly spent on another microphone, and a move up to a 16 track fostex transferring our 8 track masters to continue. In no time they got a record deal."

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