Thommy Price, the drummer known for working with Joan Jett and Billy Idol, has died at the age of 68.

Price’s wife Stefunny confirmed the news that the rocker died on Friday October 10, and remembered him as a ‘devoted husband and proud father and powerhouse drummer and songwriter’.

‘His energy, kindness, humor, and unmatched rhythm left an indelible mark on everyone who knew him and every stage he graced,’ she added in the Facebook post.

Billy Idol, who worked with Price throughout the 80s, paid tribute on social media, writing: ‘Very sad to hear of Thommy Price’s passing yesterday. My condolences to his wife Stefunny, his daughter Brooklyn and the many friends, family and collaborators that knew and loved him.

‘Thommy was a fantastic musician and drummer who, in 1983, came in at the

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