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In 2015 Grover and Helmer featured in the BBC's Top of the Pops: The Story of 1980 documentary. [6] Alongside their 1980 performance and interviews with both, the film also features rare tour footage and John Peel soundbites. In 2018 drummer Dick Slexia (real name Richard Adland), died of lung cancer. [7] Bob Grover died on 24 December 2024. [8]
From 1977 to 1981, "Johnny" Helmer was a guitarist and vocalist in the Brighton-based ska punk band The Piranhas, best known for their 1980 top ten hit "Tom Hark".Helmer formed The Piranhas with 'Boring' Bob Grover while attending Sussex University, where he obtained a degree in English Literature.
When Brighton-based punk band the Piranhas covered the song in 1980, they used new lyrics written by their frontman, "Boring" Bob Grover. The song peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart, and was the band's most successful single. [13] The Piranhas version was used as background music in Chris Evans' television show TFI Friday. [3]
During their first year in Pittsburgh, the Piranhas made it to the CBA Championship. The team was defeated in a best of seven series against the Yakima Sun Kings. The team lasted one season. According to Bob Murphy, the owner of the Piranhas, the reason for the collapse of the franchise was attendance, an average of 1,600.
Piranha New World Pictures / Piranha Productions Joe Dante (director); John Sayles (screenplay); Bradford Dillman , Heather Menzies , Kevin McCarthy , Keenan Wynn , Dick Miller , Barbara Steele , Belinda Balaski , Melody Thomas Scott , Bruce Gordon , Barry Brown , Paul Bartel , Richard Deacon , John Sayles , Shannon Collins, Shawn Nelson
After Bob hires a detective to find Lulu, he comes to her apartment, where Lulu introduces him to his daughter Roberta. Soon after, while Lulu and Roberta are waiting to meet Bob, Al spots her and questions her about Roberta. When Bob arrives, Lulu tells Al that the baby is Bob's adopted daughter in order to protect Bob's reputation.
During the production of One Meat Brawl, Bob Clampett left Warner Bros. Cartoons, and Arthur Davis took over his role after leaving McKimson's unit. Davis' new position as director also led to his and McKimson's units shuffling animators, leading to nine artists being credited on the animator draft sheet, which was unusual as most cartoons from Warner Bros. at the time were usually animated by ...
This is a list of artists (bands and individual musicians) who recorded at least one session for John Peel and his show on BBC Radio 1 from 1967 to his death in 2004. [1] The first session was recorded by Tomorrow on 21 September 1967, and the last by Skimmer on 21 October 2004.