Facts:   - instrument: drums    - birth name: robin peter kendall bachman      - birth date: 18 february 1953    - name: robbie bachman    - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist    - birth place: winnipeg , manitoba , canada    - associated acts: brave belt , bachman-turner overdrive    - occupation: drummer   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of robbie bachman .
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robin peter kendall `` robbie '' bachman -lrb- born february 18 , 1953 , in winnipeg , manitoba , canada -rrb- is a drummer and the youngest brother of canadian guitarist , singer and songwriter randy bachman .he was the original drummer for both the brave belt and bachman -- turner overdrive bands .he is sometimes credited as `` robin '' or `` rob '' on the liner notes of brave belt and bto albums .while growing up , bachman practiced the drums at home , often playing along with his older brother randy .when robbie was age 18 , randy offered him the brave belt drumming job , and robbie accepted .other members of brave belt were chad allan and fred turner .in 1972 , another bachman brother , tim , joined brave belt after the departure of allan .when brave belt changed their name to bachman -- turner overdrive in 1973 , robbie was credited with designing the bto ` gear ' logo .robbie co-wrote one of bachman -- turner overdrive 's biggest hits , `` roll on down the highway '' -lrb- with fred turner -rrb- .he remained with bto until late 1979 , after their tour supporting the 1979 album `` rock n ' roll nights '' had ended .in 1984 , he declined to join a reformation of bto due to licensing issues and randy bachman 's decision to include tim bachman as the second guitarist , instead of blair thornton .bachman later rejoined the `` not fragile '' line up of bto for a reunion lasting from 1988 until 1991 .in 1991 , randy bachman left the band and the rest of the group , with replacement guitarist randy murray , toured up until the end of 2004 .in 2009 , fred turner and randy bachman reunited and began recording a new album , which was released in september 2010 under the name `` bachman & turner '' to coincide with a world tour .robin bachman and blair thornton had brought a lawsuit against randy bachman in an effort to prevent him and turner from touring under the bachman -- turner overdrive or bto name .bachman is semi-retired along with his wife , chrissy .he is an uncle of musician tal bachman .