Bruce Mitchell, born June 6, 1940, in Didsbury, Manchester, is an English drummer who plays regularly with Vini Reilly in the post-punk band the Durutti Column. His father was a drummer and bass player, and Mitchell performed with a Manchester trad band around 1960. Before 1974 he played in the group Greasy Bear, then joined the comedy rock band Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias in 1974 until the group folded in 1982. In 1981 Mitchell joined the Durutti Column for the album LC (1981) and subsequent releases, including Another Setting (1983), and eventually became the manager of the band.
