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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- For groups; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --><br />
| name = The Hectics<br />
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| origin = [[Panchgani]], [[Bombay]], India<br />
| genre = Various<br />
| years_active = {{Start date|1958}}–1962 <br />
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* [[Freddie Mercury]]<br />
* [[Derrick Branche]]<br />
* Bruce Murray<br />
* Victory Rana<br />
* Farang Irani<br />
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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]]) (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 [[Mumbai]]), India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://scroll.in/article/815380/freddie-bucky-mercury-the-12-year-old-rockstar-from-panchgani|title='Freddie Mercury was a prodigy': Rock star's Panchgani school bandmates remember 'Bucky'|first=Anvar|last=Alikhan|date=5 September 2016|website=Scroll.in}}</ref><br />
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==Aftermath==<br />
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[[Freddie Mercury]] (1946–1991) went on to become the lead vocalist of the rock band [[Queen (band)|Queen]].<br />
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[[Derrick Branche]] (born 1947) went on to appear in [[Cinema of the United Kingdom|British films]] such as ''[[My Beautiful Laundrette]]'' and television shows such as ''[[Only When I Laugh (TV series)|Only When I Laugh]]'', ''[[The Comic Strip]] Presents...'' and ''[[Father Ted]]''.<br />
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Bruce Murray currently runs The Music Centre<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musiccentre.co.uk/|title=The Music Centre - Bedford’s Independent Instrument Retailer - All guitars inspected and set-up.|website=www.musiccentre.co.uk}}</ref> in [[Bedford]], England. His step-son Guy Griffin plays with British rock band [[The Quireboys]].<br />
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Victory Rana became a general in the Nepalese army and headed a UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/1999/19991210.sga716.doc.html|title=MAJOR-GENERAL VICTORY RANA APPOINTED FORCE COMMANDER OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN CYPRUS – Meetings Coverage and Press Releases|publisher=United Nations|accessdate=16 February 2019}}</ref><br />
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Farang Irani joined his family's restaurant business and ran Bounty Sizzlers, a Pune restaurant.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com:80/article.aspx?278845|title=Going Ga Ga &#124; Anvar Alikhan|website=www.outlookindia.com}}</ref> His daughters now run the restaurant as he has since died.<br />
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