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RICHARD HELEY
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Contact Updated Sep-2022 |
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Richard Heley is a poet and a painter. An artist. His work can be viewed at his own site here and at Saatchi here. As Dick Heley he was in an early incarnation of Here And Now, co-writing along with Kif Kif and José the Here And Now crowd pleaser Soviet Kommercial Radio; later reframed as Floating Anarchy Radio (along with 'alternate' credits). He was with the band until the 1975 Watchfield Festival. He went on to form Blank Space and perform as a solo musician appearing at many of the Here And Now, Fuck Off Records and Idiot Ballroom events over the years, before moving on to concentrate on his artistic career. His work with Blank Space will be covered separately. 
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Bio text:- Richard Heley is an artist, poet, songwriter, storywriter and 'live' performance painter. He exhibits his paintings and drawings regularly in the UK and paints as performance in night-clubs and arts events internationally, often inviting audience participation, an activity that has been particularly successful while working with children. His paintings are represented in collections around the world. Richard is the 1997/8 Farrago UK Poetry Slam Champion, has a reputation as a spoken word performer and has toured extensively in the UK and America. Richard Heley, dropped out of a conventional middle class family lifestyle, a restless soul, returned to the UK from Australia in 1974 to lead a life of contemplation and creativity. Played with rock bands, wrote songs and poetry and drew constantly. There followed a very introverted period studying Buddhism, a unique style of paintings emerged, depicting a world where “everything passes, everything changes, everything born knows the process of ageing.” He dislikes to be compared to any impressionist titans of the past, but he surely paints like a poet and writes poetry like an artist. [Seema Gill] Yearning for calm in the arms of the storm. [Richard Heley] All images © Richard Heley. All reproduction rights reserved. Reproduced here by permission of the artist. | ||||
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Back To Sing For Free Again Soon
1979 Cass Fuck Off FO 001
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Really Weird, Slightly Weirdsville 1979 Cass Fuck Off FO 005
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Music For Pressure 1981 Cass Fuck Off FO 007
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Perfect Mistakes 2011 CDr Self-Released
All songs written and performed by Richard Heley Backing vocals on 1 by Joy Mobbs Backing vocal and guitars on 9 by José Gross 1-7 recorded & engineered by José Gross 8 recorded by Chris White 9 recorded at Street Level by Grant Showbiz and Kif Kif. |
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Known gigs - there's bound to be a load more... |
| 1979 Aug-15 | London | Acklam Hall |
The Good Missionaries; Zounds; Blank Space The Sell-Outs; Good For Nuffinks |
| 1980 Aug-23 | London | Meanwhile Gardens |
Androids Of Mu; The Instant Automatons; The Voletones Blue Midnight; Inner Force; Vince Pie & The Crumbs |
| 1981 Oct-27 | London | The Windsor Castle | Blue Midnight; Real Imitations; The Murphy Federation |
| 1981 Dec-08 | London |
Clarendon Hotel Basement |
Blue Midnight; Real Imitations; The Murphy Federation Merry Zap Zap; Sir Alias Sounds |
| 1981 Dec-15 | London |
Clarendon Hotel Basement |
Blue Midnight; Real Imitations; The Murphy Federation Merry Zap Zap; Sir Alias Sounds |
| 1982 Aug-03 | London |
Clarendon Hotel Basement |
Blue Midnight; Merry Zap Zap; Risky Biscuits Mac Truck & The Fender Benders; Uncle Phil |
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Links Richard Heley Online Art Gallery Artworks at Saatchi online Perfect Mistakes CD available directly from Richard for £10 or there's an option of an accompanying piece of unique artwork. Ask away. Perfect Mistakes on youtube Mind Walls Are Waterfalls |
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