The Hectics

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The Hectics
Origin	Panchgani, Bombay, India
Genres	Various
Years active	1958 (1958)–1962

Past members	Farrokh Bulsara Derrick Branche Bruce Murray Farang Irani Victory Rana

The Hectics (1958–62) were Freddie Mercury's first music band; the other members of the band were Derrick Branche, Bruce Murray, Farang Irani and Victory Rana. The school-band was formed while all five were students at St. Peter's Boys School, an English boarding school in Panchgani, near Bombay (now Mumbai), India.^[1] The band only played at school events and were not allowed to venture outside for bookings.

Derrick Branche (born in 1947, in Bombay, India) went on to appear in British films such as My Beautiful Laundrette and television shows such as Only When I Laugh as male nurse Gupta,The Comic Strip Presents... and Father Ted.^[2]

Bruce Murray currently runs The Music Centre^[3] in Bedford, England. His step-son Guy Griffin plays with British Rock Band The Quireboys.

Victory Rana was a general in the Nepali army and headed a peacekeeping force in Cyprus. Farang Irani, the bass player, joined his family’s restaurant business and now runs Bounty Sizzlers, a Pune restaurant.^[4]

References

v t e Freddie Mercury

Studio albums	Mr. Bad Guy Barcelona (with Montserrat Caballé)

Compilations	The Freddie Mercury Album The Great Pretender Remixes The Solo Collection Lover of Life, Singer of Songs

Singles	"Love Kills" "I Was Born to Love You" "Made in Heaven" "Living on My Own" "Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow" "Time" "The Great Pretender" "Barcelona" "The Golden Boy" "How Can I Go On" "Barcelona" (re-issue) "In My Defence" "The Great Pretender" (re-issue) "Living on My Own" (remix) "Love Kills" (remix)

Related articles	Discography The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Queen Smile Ibex Larry Lurex The Mercury Phoenix Trust The Hectics Cirolana mercuryi Mercury Jim Hutton

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