[Music] R.I.P. Dick Slexia of The Piranhas

[Pinkie Brown]

I don't see it posted previously, so please delete/merge if so.

Dick Slexia aka Dick Adland, former drummer with Brighton band The Piranhas, has passed away. Sad news. RIP Dick.

http://www.theargus.co.uk/NEWS/15821565.Bandmates_pay_tribute_to_punk_rock_drummer/

 

[knocky1]

RIP

 

[The Birdman]

Great band loved watching them in Brighton pubs on Sunday night. RIP Dick Slexia.

 

[Pinkie Brown]

Great band loved watching them in Brighton pubs on Sunday night. RIP Dick Slexia.

I took a girl to a Piranhas gig at the Alhambra for a first date. It didn't end well.

 

[abc]

I went up for the TOTP recording when Tom Hark charted. Dick played the drums with two large plastic fish for some reason. A happy memory, sad news. Always thought they were a band that should/could have done more but were perhaps pigeonholed by having their first proper hit seen as a party/novelty song (though it actually wasn't)

 

[Insel affe]

R.I.P Mr Adland

 

[Brovion]

Not another gone. Loved the Piranhas back in the day.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

I went up for the TOTP recording when Tom Hark charted. Dick played the drums with two large plastic fish for some reason. A happy memory, sad news. Always thought they were a band that should/could have done more but were perhaps pigeonholed by having their first proper hit seen as a party/novelty song (though it actually wasn't)

And the music biz tended to regard all Brighton bands the same way. I was in one happening beat combo at the time and we used the keyboard player's girlfriend's London office as our contact address so that we wouldn't immediately be dismissed as a Brighton novelty band.

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

I took a girl to a Piranhas gig at the Alhambra for a first date. It didn't end well.

Go on...

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Very sad. The summer of 77 was brilliant, with repeated Piranhas gigs at the Alhambra, supported by Blues Jim; The Dandys also played there a lot. R.I.P.

 

[Saladpack Seagull]

RIP. Thoughts with family and friends who knew him personally, coming from one who knew him only from the music. Sad loss.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I went up for the TOTP recording when Tom Hark charted. Dick played the drums with two large plastic fish for some reason. A happy memory, sad news. Always thought they were a band that should/could have done more but were perhaps pigeonholed by having their first proper hit seen as a party/novelty song (though it actually wasn't)

I remember this. I was very young when I got into the Piranhas so never saw the live. I did own Jilly/Coloured Vinyl and Space Invaders on 7” though, and I still have a Vaultage 78 or 79 album in storage.

RIP.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Really sad news. Brilliant band.

 

[Pinkie Brown]

 

[studio150]

Recall a fun night at the South Bank Poly as the Piranhas were just on the cusp of fame

RIP

 

[Bob!]

I took a girl to a Piranhas gig at the Alhambra for a first date. It didn't end well.

fight in the pub car park?

 

[pearl]

really sad news, rest in peace

was thinking yesterday, it's two years since Bowie died

 

[hart's shirt]

I took a girl to a Piranhas gig at the Alhambra for a first date. It didn't end well.

She was probably out for blood.

 

[scooter1]

Very sad news, Dicke was the reason I started playing the drums. My first proper kit was his old gold leaf Premier, which he sold to my dad when the Sire advance for Tom Hark came in.

 

[happypig]

Sad news, I saw them many times at the Alhambra and Buccaneer. RIP Dick