Glenn Kotche /ˈkoʊtʃi/ (born December 31,[1] 1970 in Roselle, Illinois,[2] United States) is an American drummer and composer, best known for his involvement in the band Wilco.
Throughout Kotche's career with Wilco (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, the Grammy award-winning A Ghost is Born, The Wilco Book companion CD, Kicking Television: Live in Chicago, Sky Blue Sky, Wilco (The Album), The Whole Love, Star Wars, Schmilco, Ode to Joy, Cruel Country) and his solo projects, he has treated the drumset as a multiple percussion instrument including home-made instruments, pitched percussion, various found objects such as scrap metal and hubcaps and orchestral instruments.
Kotche collaborated with the Kronos Quartet on a piece written for them along with drumset titled Anomaly, premiered at the San Francisco Jazz Festival in October 2007.
[7] Birddog's debut release, The Trackhouse, the Valley, the Liquor Store Drive Thru, was produced by Elliott Smith and Paul K.[8] Circa 2013, Kotche performed Reach Out I'll Be There on a tuned array of common kitchen items in the Delta Faucet division of Masco's "Instrumental Touch" commercial for their touch-sensing line of faucets.
Wilco: Birddog: On Fillmore: Loose Fur: The Minus 5: Fred Lonberg-Holm Quartet: 7 Worlds Collide: Andrew Bird: