Ian Parkin

Ian Richard Parkin (18 August 1949[1] – 1 July 1995[2]) was an English musician who played rhythm guitar with the first incarnation of Bill Nelson's Be-Bop Deluxe.

Parkin was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, where he befriended Nelson when both were attending Ings Road Secondary Modern School. They made their musical live debut at a school Christmas concert, as a guitar duo. Later, they formed The Cosmonauts, which later became The Strangers.[3]

Later, he and Nelson founded Flagship, later to become Be Bop Deluxe.[4] However, Parkin played only on the first album of the band, Axe Victim, released in 1974, quitting shortly afterwards.[5] He continued with the music business, married and had three children.

He died on 1 July 1995, aged 45.

  1. ^ England and Wales Death Registration: Ian Richard Parkin
  2. ^ Simmonds, Jeremy. The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars: Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches. Chicago Review Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1-55652-754-8
  3. ^ "Bill Nelson News 1995". Archived from the original on 28 September 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Record Collector (UK) article by Mark Hodkinson". Archived from the original on 26 May 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
  5. ^ "The Story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and How His Record Label Ripped Him Off". Retrieved 9 October 2011. The amazing thing about this is that these three people were NOT on any of the Be Bop Deluxe albums except the very first one, 'Axe Victim.'