[4] Educated at Kelvinside Academy in Glasgow, Scotland, Dugmore started his musical career initially playing guitar.

[citation needed] Dugmore moved to London at the age of 18 with his band the Europeans (Steve Hogarth, Colin Woore & Fergus Harper) and signed to A&M Records.

Soon Dugmore was playing on albums with many major artists from around the world including on Tina Turner's Foreign Affair, Stevie Nicks' Other Side of the Mirror, Rod Stewart's single "Downtown Train", Robbie Williams' Life through a Lens, Demi Lovato's Here we Go Again and Killing Joke's Pandemonium.

[citation needed] He has toured constantly with many major acts worldwide and more recently has been recording with Richard Ashcroft and Newton Faulkner.

[4] Dugmore currently plays DW drums, Remo drumheads, Sabian cymbals, and also uses Vater drumsticks.