Del Strangefish

Derek Francis Greening aka Del Strangefish (born 1960) is a songwriter and music producer from Brighton. He was a founder member of Peter and the Test Tube Babies in 1978.cite book |last=Strong |first=Martin C. |title=The Great Alternative & Indie Discography |year= 1999 |publisher=Canongate |isbn=0-86241-913-1 ] Strangefish went on to play with many other bands which included US success with Flesh for Lulu and is currently working with Lily Allen in a production capacity. He wrote music for several Hollywood films including Uncle Buck with John Candy [cite web
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Strangefish has recently made some solo recordings as "The Del Strangefish Inexperience", but a record is yet to be released.

Albums

*Pissed and Proud, (PTTB, No Future, 1982)
*Mating Sounds of South American Frogs, (PTTB, No Future, 1983)
*The Loud Blaring Punk Rock Album, (PTTB, HP, 1984)
*Journey to the Centre of Johnny Clarke's Head, (PTTB, OD, 1984)
*Soberphobia, (PTTB, Profile, 1986)
*Long Live the New Flesh (Flesh For Lulu, Beggars Banquet/Capitol 1987)
*Plastic Fantastic (Flesh For Lulu, Beggars Banquet/Capitol 1989)
*Live and Loud!! - More Chin Shouting, (PTTB, Dojo 1990)
*The $hit Factory, (PTTB, SPV, 1990)
*Cringe, (PTTB, SPV, 1991)
*Supermodels,(PTTB, We Bite, 1995)
*Schwein Lake Live, (PTTB, We Bite, 1996)
*Alien Pubduction, (PTTB, We Bite, 1998)
*A Foot Full of Bullets, (PTTB, Locomotive, 2005)

Films

*Some Kind of Wonderful (Dir. John Hughes, 1987)
*Uncle Buck (Dir. John Hughes, 1990)
*Flashback (Dir. Franco Amurri, 1990)
*Cattle and Bum (Dir. Del Strangefish, 1993)
*The Next Karate Kid (Dir. Christopher Cain 1994)
*You're Dead (Dir. Andy Hurst 1999)
*Paraletico (Dir. Del Strangefish, 2005)
*Video Kings (Dir. Daniel Acht 2007)

EPs and singles

*Banned From The Pubs, (PTTB, No Future, 1982)
*Run Like Hell, (PTTB, No Future, 1982)
*3 x 45, (PTTB, No Future, 1983)
*The Jinx, (PTTB, No Future, 1983)
*Zombie Creeping Flesh, (PTTB, Trapper, 1983)
*Pressed for Ca$h EP, (PTTB, Trapper, 1984)
*Wimpeez/Never Made It (PTTB, Trapper, 1984)
*Rotting in the Fart Sack EP, (PTTB, Metal Knob, 1985)
*Louise Wouldn't Like It (PTTB Profile, US Only 1986)
*Key To The City, (PTTB, HP, 1986)
*Siamese Twist (Flesh for Lulu, Beggars Banquet 1987)
*Postcards From Paradise (Flesh for Lulu, Beggars Banquet/Capitol 1987)
*I Go Crazy (Flesh for Lulu, Beggars Banquet/Capitol 1987)
*When I Fall in Love/Toy Boy (PTTB, SPV, 1990)
*Time and Space (Flesh for Lulu, Beggars Banquet/Capitol 1990)
*Every Little Word (Flesh for Lulu, Beggars Banquet/Capitol 1991)
*Fuck The Millennium, (PTTB, Trapper, 1999/2000)
*For A Few Bullets More (PTTB, Locomotive, 2006)

Compilations

*Vaultage 78 (Attrix, 1978)
*Oi! the Album (EMI, 1982)
*Punk and Disorderly, (Anagram1982)
*The Best of Peter and the Test Tube Babies,(Dojo, 1988)
* (Flesh For Lulu, MCA, 1991)
*Test Tube Trash, (Captain Oi,1994)
*The Punk Singles Collection, (Anagram, 1995)

References

External links

* [http://www.testtubebabies.co.uk/bandmemberpages/del.htm http://www.testtubebabies.co.uk] band member page
*myspace|delfish|Punk Rock Survivor Del!
*myspace|thedelstrangefishinexperience|The Del Strangefish Inexperience