Nigel was born in East Sussex, his first professional musical experience was in UK band Krakatoa. He later joined Toyah Willcox's band in late 1980. In 1981 Saxon's drummer, Pete Gill, damaged one of his hands and Nigel, an old friend of Saxon's manager, replaced him. He left the band in the spring of 1987 to join GTR, a supergroup project, before returning again to the Saxon fold in late 1988. In 1998 after tearing muscles in his neck and shoulder doctors advised Nigel against playing drums and he was substituted by German drummer Fritz Randow, however, he continued to write material with the band for subsequent albums.
In 2001 he recorded a solo album with Saxon guitarist Doug Scarratt, Mad Men and English Dogs. After Jörg Michael left Saxon in order to rejoin Stratovarius, Glockler was welcomed back to Saxon in 2005.
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