DAVE AND THE DERROs

Dave And The Derros was created by lead singer David Jones. Jones was a radio station disc jockey on 2NX based in Newcastle who wrote novelty songs for his radio show. David had a large repertoire of radio character voices, one of which was his beloved Dave the Derro. David liked to make parody songs for his radio show. This eventually allowed him to work up an act based on "Dave". He complemented his performances with an ever-changing backing band of musos. Some of these various musos also backed John Paul Young. Dave and the Derros were signed by Mushroom in 1978 and released five singles and an album in 1980 called 'Live After Death' which featured most of these singles.

Members

David Jones (vocals), Nigel Haines (guitar), Kevin Buckingham (guitar), Damian McLeod (drums), Gary Shrock (bass)

SINGLES 
''Death To Disco (#44) / Punk Princess'' 1978 Mushroom 
''Out Of Bounds (#98) / Hounded'' 1979 Mushroom 
''Nice Legs, Shame About The Face (#20) / Hip Pocket Nerve'' 1979 Mushroom 
''Up Your Nose With A Rubber Hose (#73) / Sure She Is The Girl'' 1980 Mushroom 
''Two Cans Of Beer And A Bucket Of Chips / I Got The D.T.'s'' 1981 Mushroom  

ALBUMS 
'Live After Death' 1980 Mushroom

References

http://rockonvinyl.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/wock-on-vinyl-dave-and-derros-nice-legs.html

http://top100singles.blogspot.com.au/