Pinchers

{{Short description|Jamaican musician (born 1965)}} {{other uses|Pincher (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Use British English|date=December 2012}} {{Infobox musical artist | image = | image_size = 150 |  | name = Pinchers | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Delroy Thompson | alias = Pinchers | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1965|11|19}} | origin = [[Jamaica]] | instrument = | genre = [[Reggae]] | occupation = | years_active = | label = [[VP Records]] | associated_acts = [[Sly & Robbie]], [[Jackie Mittoo]], [[Robbie Lyn]] }}

'''Delroy Thompson''' (born 19 November 1965), better known by his stage name '''Pinchers''',<ref name="Steffens"/> is a [[Jamaican people|Jamaican]] [[reggae]] and [[dancehall]] artist.

==Career== He released his first [[album]] as a [[adolescence|teenager]] in Jamaica for Blue Trac Records, before briefly moving to the [[United Kingdom|UK]] in 1985.<ref name="Larkin"/> Pinchers made his first hits in 1986 with "Borrow No Gun", which he released through [[King Jammy]], "Abrakabra", "Eat Man", and "Jailhouse Hot". Pinchers gained fame with the [[single (music)|single]] "Agony", from the album of the same name [[record producer|produced]] by [[King Jammy]].<ref name="Larkin" /> In the same year, he recorded the ''Mass Out'' album, produced by [[Philip "Fatis" Burrell]] and backed by [[Sly & Robbie]], [[Jackie Mittoo]] and [[Robbie Lyn]], among others.<ref name="Green"/>

In 1990, he released "Bandelero", which became his signature tune.<ref name="Larkin" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Moniz |first1=Jessie |title=Reggae stars Admiral Bailey and Pinchers return for Sunday concert |url=https://www.royalgazette.com/arts-entertainment/lifestyle/article/20121108/reggae-stars-admiral-bailey-and-pinchers-return-for-sunday-concert/ |website=[[The Royal Gazette (Bermuda)|The Royal Gazette]] |access-date=30 June 2024 |date=8 November 2012}}</ref> It was later part of the [[soundtrack]] for the movie ''[[Shottas]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shottas (Original Soundtrack) |url=https://archive.org/details/shottas-original-soundtrack |website=archive.org |access-date=30 June 2024}}</ref> He continued with hits through the mid-1990s, including "Carpenter", "Send Another One Come" and "Venti Uno" with [[Bounty Killer]].

Pinchers continues to record music and perform concerts, where he is known for his elaborate outfits.<ref name="Gleaner">{{cite web |title=Pinchers the Don returns for Musical Delights 2024 |url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/entertainment/20240111/pinchers-don-returns-musical-delights-2024 |website=[[Jamaica Gleaner]] |access-date=30 June 2024 |date=11 January 2024}}</ref> He states his name was a continuation of other Jamaican artists in the 1980s named after [[Tool|carpentry tools]] such as [[Pliers (singer)|Pliers]], [[Screwdriver (musician)|Screwdriver]] and [[Tenor Saw]].<ref name="Gleaner"/>

==Personal life== In January 2015, he was among a group of men who were shot at in Queenborough, Jamaica; two men were killed and Thompson was hit in his left arm, breaking two bones.<ref name=Bonitto/>

Thompson has a daughter Deyanah Martin-Thompson born October 1992. She is the longtime partner of Stoke City player [[Daniel Johnson (footballer)|Daniel Johnson]]. He has 12 children in total (8 daughters and 4 sons).

==Discography== *''Can't Take the Pressure'' (1986), Blue Trac Records/Blue Mountain Records *''Agony'' (1987), Live & Love *''Mass Out'' (1987), Exterminator/[[Ras Records|Ras]] *''Lift It Up Again'' (1987), Exterminator/Vena *''Got to Be Me'' (1987), Live & Love *''Dancehall Duo'' (1988), RAS - with [[Frankie Paul]] *''Turbo Charge'' (1988), Super Supreme - with Frankie Paul *''Pinchers with Pliers'' (1988), [[Black Scorpio]] - with [[Pliers (musician)|Pliers]] *''Return of the Don'' (1989), Supreme *''Pinchers Meets Sanchez'' (1989), Exterminator - with [[Sanchez (singer)|Sanchez]] *''Two Originals'' (1990), King Dragon - with Tweetie Bird *''Hotter'' (1992), Blue Mountain *''Dirt Low'' (1993), Exterminator/[[VP Records|VP]] *''If You Love Me Girl'' (1995), [[Trojan Records|Trojan]] - with Frankie Paul *''Get Close'' (2002), Artists Only

;Compilation appearances: *''Worries and Problems'' (1986), Positive Musik - Pinchers, Scully Brown, Teddy Brown, Jah Wayne, Johnny P, Colourman and Little John

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="Bonitto">{{cite news | first = Brian | last = Bonitto | title = Pinchers on the Mend | date = 2015-01-31 | publisher = [[Jamaica Observer]] | url = http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Pinchers-on-the-mend_18322494 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150203060534/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Pinchers-on-the-mend_18322494 | archive-date = 2015-02-03 | access-date = 2022-07-21}} </ref> <ref name="Steffens">Steffens, Roger "[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=pinchers-p2927/biography|pure_url=yes}} Pinchers Biography]", [[AllMusic]], retrieved 2010-10-31</ref> <ref name="Larkin">Larkin, Colin (1998) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae'', Virgin Books, {{ISBN|0-7535-0242-9}}, p. 223-4</ref> <ref name="Green">Green, Jo-Ann "[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mass-out-r103963/review|pure_url=yes}} ''Mass Out'' Review]", [[AllMusic]], retrieved 2010-10-31</ref> }}

==External links== * [http://www.reggae.ch/?module=artists&id=30 Pinchers Bio and Discography at reggae.ch] * {{Discogs artist|166396}}

[[Category:1965 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Jamaican dancehall musicians]] [[Category:20th-century Jamaican male singers]] [[Category:Jamaican reggae singers]] [[Category:Jamaican expatriates in England]] [[Category:20th-century Black British male singers]] [[Category:20th-century British male singers]] [[Category:VP Records artists]]