The band whose members eventually brought the world the Gizmotron is saying goodbye to its longtime drummer.

Paul Burgess made it known he would no longer play with iconic British group 10cc following a three-week United States tour that ended in Alexandria, Va.

“Having enjoyed many years with 10cc, I’m sorry to say that for me the rigours of touring have become incommensurate with age, and it’s time to put excessive hours spent waiting in airports and sitting on tour buses behind me,” Burgess wrote in an announcement on the band’s website.

“I have no intention of retiring and will continue to play, but at a more agreeable pace, working with past associates and a new band of like-minded musicians, The Guilty Men.”

Burgess will be replaced by drummer, percussionist and multi-instr

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