Dick Diamonde

Dick Diamonde
Dick Diamonde
Birth name Dingeman Ariaan Henry van der Sluijs
Born 28 December 1948 (1948-12-28) (age 62)
Hilversum, Netherlands
Genres rock and roll
Occupations Musician
Instruments bass guitar
Years active 1964-1969
Labels Parlophone, Albert Productions
Associated acts The Easybeats

Dick Diamonde (born Dingeman Ariaan Henry van der Sluijs (in Australia Van der Sluys), on 28 December 1947, in Hilversum, Netherlands)) was the bassist with Australian rock group, The Easybeats.

Van Der Sluys emigrated with his family to Australia when he was four years old.[1]

Widely regarded as Australia's greatest pop group of the mid-1960s, the Easybeats had their beginnings in Sydney's Villawood Migrant Hostel. Guitarist George Young had migrated from Scotland, singer Stevie Wright and drummer Snowy Fleet were Englishmen and the remaining two band members were Dutch—guitarist Johannes van den Berg, who became Harry Vanda, and bass guitarist Dingeman Van Der Sluys, who called himself Dick Diamonde.

References

  1. ^ Powerhouse Museum ARIA Hall of Fame Award, 'Dick Diamonde from 'The Easybeats', 1990.