{{Short description|Freddie Mercury's first band}} {{about|the band from India|other uses|Hectic (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Multiple issues| {{Notability|Music|date=May 2020}} {{more citations needed|date=November 2018}} {{primary sources|date=November 2018}} }} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- For groups; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = The Hectics | image = | alt = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = Panchgani, Bombay, India | genre = Various | years_active = {{Start date|1958}}–1962 | label = | associated_acts = | website = | current_members = | past_members = * Freddie Mercury * Derrick Branche * Bruce Murray * Victory Rana * Farang Irani }}
'''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>
==Aftermath==
Freddie Mercury (1946–1991) went on to become the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen.
Derrick Branche (born 1947) went on to appear in British films such as ''My Beautiful Laundrette'' and television shows such as ''Only When I Laugh'', ''The Comic Strip Presents...'' and ''Father Ted''.
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.
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>
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 | Anvar Alikhan|website=www.outlookindia.com}}</ref> His daughters now run the restaurant as he has since died.
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