Cat Burrito Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 I grew up listening to Hanoi Rocks and guitarist Nasty Suicide is now a pharmacist in Helsinki. Understandably for professional reasons he doesn't practice with his stage name! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 (edited) [quote name='ZilchWoolham' timestamp='1485203482' post='3222116'] He did so in the late 70's while remaining very much active in music, and later sold the estate to an environmental organisation, back in the 90's I believe. [/quote] 15,000 acre Strathaird estate on Skye to the John Muir Trust Anderson didnt care about the cash ( 3/4 million ) so he could be fussy and the JM trust got it becuase it was going to be preserved for conservation "I didn't want to sell the estate to some hunting shooting, fishing type " unquote. Good for him Not connected to his Salmon farm in Inverness Edited January 23, 2017 by fleabag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZilchWoolham Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 [quote name='fleabag' timestamp='1485206300' post='3222169'] 15,000 acre Strathaird estate on Skye to the John Muir Trust Anderson didnt care about the cash ( 3/4 million ) so he could be fussy and the JM trust got it becuase it was going to be preserved for conservation "I didn't want to sell the estate to some hunting shooting, fishing type " unquote. Good for him Not connected to his Salmon farm in Inverness [/quote] Right, yes, I was referring to Strathaird. And no, he didn't really need the compensation. He was a rich man before yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 [quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1485202592' post='3222108'] He came around and fixed my roof tiles after a storm about 9/10 years ago. I went round his house not long after, he was thinking about unloading a Bass on Ebay at the time. (might well have been the Bass you mentioned, or possibly a P-Bass) Also I have quite a funny story concerning the insurance company involved with my roof....Not for public airing though. Yes, he occasionally turned up at The Oysterfleet (I was there on one occasion). He is still in the building trade as far as I know. [/quote] Thanks for the update, Sir. He was such a talented bass player and so right for the band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 [quote name='ZilchWoolham' timestamp='1485203482' post='3222116'] He did so in the late 70's while remaining very much active in music, and later sold the estate to an environmental organisation, back in the 90's I believe. Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond, bass player for Jethro Tull from 1970 to 1975, quit to pursue his true passion of painting and hasn't touched a bass in 40 years. [/quote]I wonder what happened to his stripey Jazz? I heard he burned the matching suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 [quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1485161778' post='3221537'] Fergal Sharkey, after leaving the Undertones and a short solo career, didn't leave the music industry, but worked for some Government QUANGO to do with the industry bit never performed again AFAIK [/quote] I saw Fergal Sharkey at the Mute Records Weekend a few years back with Vince Clarke. Performing The Assembly's only single, does that count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 [quote name='casapete' timestamp='1485190877' post='3221946'] Jim Lea released an album late last year, with the single being played a fair bit on Radio 2. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR28HcoznX8"]https://www.youtube....h?v=rR28HcoznX8[/url] According to The Daily Mail (!!!), Jim Lea & Noddy Holder each receive around £250,000 a year from the Christmas hit. [url="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3374311/Poisonous-feud-merriest-Christmas-hit-earns-fortune-two-Slade-s-stars-ZILCH.html"]http://www.dailymail...tars-ZILCH.html[/url] [/quote] Last I heard - last year - it was £800k each. As already said Jimmy's new single was "Record of the week" on Radio 2's Ken Bruce show - he's a bit of a fan. A few years ago Jim studied psychotherapy (hence the album name) to make sense of his thoughts on the music industry and his life in general. Apparently the reason he got sick of MXE was because of Nod making the song all about him in annual interviews, so he set the record straight on a recent Johnnie Walker show on Radio 2 (it's still on iPlayer if you're interested). Jim has a two page interview in the March edition of Mojo, he certainly sounds perkier than he has of late. In a German magazine about 18 months ago he said he'd been battling the C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZilchWoolham Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 [quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1485242019' post='3222326'] I wonder what happened to his stripey Jazz? I heard he burned the matching suit. [/quote] He left all his gear behind. I remember reading in a fairly recent interview with him on a Tull board that apparently, sometime in the 80's, he spotted his striped Precision (I think it was a Precision, but he might have had several black-and-whites) on the telly, as some other bassist was playing it, something he wasn't too chuffed about. He never mentioned what band it was, though. I suppose one could plough through every episode of TOTP and The Tube from the 80's and we might find out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 [quote name='Barking Spiders' timestamp='1485173344' post='3221705'] Big Martin, ex Faith No More guitarist is a pumpkin farmer [/quote] Thanks for that; I was wondering about 'Big Ugly Jim' the other day. You've saved me a google. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 [attachment=236589:Jeffrey Hammond.jpg][quote name='ZilchWoolham' timestamp='1485270267' post='3222647'] He left all his gear behind. I remember reading in a fairly recent interview with him on a Tull board that apparently, sometime in the 80's, he spotted his striped Precision (I think it was a Precision, but he might have had several black-and-whites) on the telly, as some other bassist was playing it, something he wasn't too chuffed about. He never mentioned what band it was, though. I suppose one could plough through every episode of TOTP and The Tube from the 80's and we might find out! [/quote]You're quite right, it was a Precision, I was mugged by other pics of him with a Jazz. Found some great pics of Tull whilst looking too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I think Bilbo will know more about this than me, but I believe Artie Shaw gave up the clarinet to pursue a career as a writer, with limited success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 A wonderful factoid is that Arthur Brown (as in Crazy World of) once had a painting and decorating business with Frank Zappa drummer Jimmy Carl Black. Although I believe they both continued with their musical careers. And Arthur still does, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkandrew Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 (edited) One of the weirdest ones has to be Warren Cuccurullo, guitarist with Duran Duran during the late 80s and through the 90s, who apparently became a porn star and even produced an "adult toy" modelled on his own anatomy. Edited January 29, 2017 by darkandrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfoxnik Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 [quote name='squire5' timestamp='1485202050' post='3222092'] Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull fame became a salmon farmer up on the Isle of Skye.He owns a large estate there. [/quote] IIRC, he also owned a record pressing plant called SRT that his daughter ran for him.. And Fergal Sharkey was an A&R guy for Polydor in the early 90s I believe.. had some very wide-shouldered, 'power-dressing suits' that were as far away from his punky Undertones look as you could possibly imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan0583 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Mansun guitarist Dominic Chad became a paramedic and then a massage therapist: http://wellbeingspace.co.uk/therapist-dominic-chad/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriswareham Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Type O Negative keyboard player and producer Josh Silver became a paramedic. Stuart Morrow, formerly of New Model Army and mentioned in an earlier post, is still playing. I was in touch with him last year via Facebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 [quote name='squire5' timestamp='1485202050' post='3222092'] Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull fame became a salmon farmer up on the Isle of Skye.He owns a large estate there. [/quote] His son in law is that bloke from tellys' The Walking Dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Jason Everman of Nirvana and then Soundgarden, joined the US military and is a highly decorated Special Forces type guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 [quote name='keeponehandloose' timestamp='1485116411' post='3221292'] Also Phil Taylor , drummer in the iconic line up, just hung up his sticks... [/quote] To be fair to him though he did go on to have a very successful darts career... 😐 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 (edited) Andrew Ridgely Jokes aside , from what I read after George Micheal's death , this guy was instrumental in thier early success , fairly play to him for achieving that and setting himself up Edited January 31, 2017 by lojo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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