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The Hectics (1958–1962) was an Indian school band. The members of the band were Farrokh Bulsara (later known as
Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer and songwriter who achieved global fame as the lead vocalist and pianist of the rock band Queen (band), Queen. Regarded as one of the gre ...
) (pianist), Derrick Branche (guitarist), Bruce Murray (lead vocalist and guitarist), Victory Rana (drummer) and Farang Irani (bass). The school band was formed while all five were students at St. Peter's School, Panchgani, an English boarding school in Panchgani, near Bombay (now
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), India.


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Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer and songwriter who achieved global fame as the lead vocalist and pianist of the rock band Queen (band), Queen. Regarded as one of the gre ...
(1946–1991) went on to become the lead vocalist of the rock band
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. Derrick Branche (born 1947) went on to appear in British films such as ''
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'' and television shows such as '' Only When I Laugh'', ''
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''. Bruce Murray currently runs The Music Centre in
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, England. His step-son Guy Griffin plays with British rock band The Quireboys. Victory Rana became a general in the Nepali army and headed a UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus. Farang Irani joined his family's restaurant business and ran Bounty Sizzlers, a Pune restaurant.How Panchgani made a rock icon called Freddie Mercury
/ref> His daughters now run the restaurant as he has since passed away.


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