Del Strangefish

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Derek Francis Greening aka Del Strangefish (born 1960) is a songwriter and music producer from Brighton. He was a founder member of Peter and the Test Tube Babies in 1978.^[1] Strangefish went on to play with many other bands which included US success with Flesh for Lulu and is currently working with Lily Allen in a production capacity. He wrote music for several Hollywood films including Uncle Buck with John Candy^[2], Flashback with Kiefer Sutherland and Dennis Hopper^[3] and You're Dead which starred John Hurt^[4].

Strangefish has recently made some solo recordings as The Del Strangefish Inexperience, but a record is yet to be released.

Contents 1 Albums 2 Films 3 EPs and singles 4 Compilations 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Albums

• Pissed and Proud, (PTTB, No Future, 1982)
• Mating Sounds of South American Frogs, (PTTB, No Future, 1983)
• The Loud Blaring Punk Rock Album, (PTTB, HP, 1984)
• Journey to the Centre of Johnny Clarke's Head, (PTTB, OD, 1984)
• Soberphobia, (PTTB, Profile, 1986)
• Long Live the New Flesh (Flesh For Lulu, Beggars Banquet/Capitol 1987)
• Plastic Fantastic (Flesh For Lulu, Beggars Banquet/Capitol 1989)
• Live and Loud!! - More Chin Shouting, (PTTB, Dojo 1990)
• The $hit Factory, (PTTB, SPV, 1990)
• Cringe, (PTTB, SPV, 1991)
• Supermodels,(PTTB, We Bite, 1995)
• Schwein Lake Live, (PTTB, We Bite, 1996)
• Alien Pubduction, (PTTB, We Bite, 1998)
• A Foot Full of Bullets, (PTTB, Locomotive, 2005)

[edit] Films

• Some Kind of Wonderful (Dir. John Hughes, 1987)
• Uncle Buck (Dir. John Hughes, 1990)
• Flashback (Dir. Franco Amurri, 1990)
• Cattle and Bum (Dir. Del Strangefish, 1993)
• The Next Karate Kid (Dir. Christopher Cain 1994)
• You're Dead (Dir. Andy Hurst 1999)
• Paraletico (Dir. Del Strangefish, 2005)
• Video Kings (Dir. Daniel Acht 2007)

[edit] EPs and singles

• Banned From The Pubs, (PTTB, No Future, 1982)
• Run Like Hell, (PTTB, No Future, 1982)
• 3 x 45, (PTTB, No Future, 1983)
• The Jinx, (PTTB, No Future, 1983)
• Zombie Creeping Flesh, (PTTB, Trapper, 1983)
• Pressed for Ca$h EP, (PTTB, Trapper, 1984)
• Wimpeez/Never Made It (PTTB, Trapper, 1984)
• Rotting in the Fart Sack EP, (PTTB, Metal Knob, 1985)
• Louise Wouldn't Like It (PTTB Profile, US Only 1986)
• Key To The City, (PTTB, HP, 1986)
• Siamese Twist (Flesh for Lulu, Beggars Banquet 1987)
• Postcards From Paradise (Flesh for Lulu, Beggars Banquet/Capitol 1987)
• I Go Crazy (Flesh for Lulu, Beggars Banquet/Capitol 1987)
• When I Fall in Love/Toy Boy (PTTB, SPV, 1990)
• Time and Space (Flesh for Lulu, Beggars Banquet/Capitol 1990)
• Every Little Word (Flesh for Lulu, Beggars Banquet/Capitol 1991)
• Fuck The Millennium, (PTTB, Trapper, 1999/2000)
• For A Few Bullets More (PTTB, Locomotive, 2006)

[edit] Compilations

• Vaultage 78 (Attrix, 1978)
• Oi! the Album (EMI, 1982)
• Punk and Disorderly, (Anagram1982)
• The Best of Peter and the Test Tube Babies,(Dojo, 1988)
• Nintendo: White Knuckle Scorin' (Flesh For Lulu, MCA, 1991)
• Test Tube Trash, (Captain Oi,1994)
• The Punk Singles Collection, (Anagram, 1995)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• http://www.testtubebabies.co.uk band member page
• Punk Rock Survivor Del! at MySpace
• The Del Strangefish Inexperience at MySpace