Ric Parnell, the English musician finest recognized for enjoying drummer Mick Shrimpton in This Is Spinal Faucet, has died on the age of 70.
The rocker bounced round teams early in his profession, earlier than latching on with prog-rock band Atomic Rooster in 1970. He stayed with the group till ‘74, enjoying on studio albums Made in England and Good ‘n’ Greasy. Throughout his stint, the group scored two hits within the U.Okay., “Tomorrow Night time” (1970) and “Satan’s Reply” (1971), which peaked at No. 11 and 4 respectively.
Following his time with Atomic Rooster, Parnell performed with the Italian rock band Tritons, pop-rock group Stars and jazz fusion outfit Nova. From there, he discovered success as a session drummer, enjoying on materials from Michael Des Barres and Sure frontman Jon Anderson, in addition to Toni Basil’s 1981 album Phrase of Mouth. That’s Parnell’s drum work you heard on Basil’s traditional hit “Mickey.”
Parnell claimed to have turned down gives to hitch Journey and Whitesnake. Nonetheless, his largest breakthrough got here in 1984 when he scored a job within the rock mockumentary This Is Spinal Faucet.
Parnell grabbed display time as Mick Shrimpton, Spinal Faucet’s drummer via nearly all of the movie. As noted in the movie, the band had seen lots of turnover behind the equipment, as their drummers frequently died underneath unusual circumstances. Nonetheless, Shrimpton regarded to buck that development.
“Once I did be a part of, you realize, they did inform me – they type of took me apart and mentioned, ‘Effectively, Mick. It is, you realize, it is like this…'” Parnell (as Shrimpton) recalled in a single memorable scene. “And it did type of freak me out a bit. However it might probably’t all the time occur to each one, can it?”
Regardless of believing within the “regulation of averages” being on his aspect, Shrimpton exploded on stage throughout Spinal Faucet’s 1982 tour of Japan.
Watch Ric Parnell as Mick Shrimpton in ‘That is Spinal Faucet‘
Parnell drummed on the movie’s official soundtrack and would keep concerned with the group because it went from fictitious to actual. When Spinal Faucet staged a reunion tour in 1992, Parnell was behind the equipment, performing underneath the identify Ric Shrimpton, twin brother to his character Mick, who had died within the movie. Spinal Faucet’s sophomore album, Break Just like the Wind, was additionally launched round this time, with Parnell as soon as once more delivering drums and percussion.
In his later years, Parnell moved to Missoula, Mont. the place he hosted a weekly radio present. A GoFundMe has been set as much as assist cowl the drummer’s funeral prices.
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