Oxford busker and part-time rat-catcher Archie 'Chocoboy' Ayres changed his name by deedpoll to 'Frank Fish' and insisted that his ugly, overworked, underpaid backing band 'The Cutteslowe Grunties' immediately reinvent themselves as either
'The Small Penises' or 'The Fins'. After much careful thought they chose the latter.

Lots of chaotic gigs in Oxford/London/Holland during the 80s and early 90s. Plans afoot to re-form the band at this very moment in time!

We're too busy practising our scales to open fetes and supermarkets...er....about half past eight Jimmy!

Yeahhhhh!!! Our dream of a marzipan covered 947 roomed mansion in the countryside, a hedgehog shaped swimming pool and a 5-dimensional Rolls Royce on stilts is still very much alive.

Notorious in the 1980s for their high energy, over the top live performances combining bizarre theatrical costumes with a mental fusion of bluesy funk-rock, fish obsessed psychedelia. Rumoured to be reforming to promote their surreal CD album 'FRANK FISH and the FINS - live Volume 1'.

Frank Fish and Mick 'Stickle' Clack have an ongoing recording project entitled 'NIGE & TREV'....Here's their MySpace site:
click here to go there!

Click on this 'Soundclick' logo to visit NIGE and TREV's
Soundclick website...



FRANK FISH has his own My Space site too.
click here to visit Frank!

MICK CLACK has his own My Space site here

To hear two songs by ruggedly handsome, buck-toothed FRANK FISH & the FINS tribute band 'FRANK RABBIT and the BOBTAILS'...click on the Soundclick logo below...(if you dare!!)


Frank Rabbit and the Bobtails at My Space

Mick 'Stickle' Clack and Dale 'Whale' Marshall occaisonally record together as improvising 'jazz'n'roll' no-rules combo 'GURZUNZ'. Click on the Soundclick logo below to hear some of their abominable audio adventures...



Mick has written some country songs with vocalist/ keyboard player PAUL GIBBON. Click on the Soundclick logo below to visit their 'Mechanics Of Sorrow' website...

Zappa/Beefheart/Miles Davis/Mario Lanza/Hendrix/Johnny Winter/Lord Buckley/Little Feat/Hawkwind/Allman Brothers/Magma/Earth Wind and Fire/Bonzo Dog Band/Patto/Clark Hutchinson/King Crimson/Crying Wind

The non-existant Rooftop Studio in Oxford...click on this green Soundclick logo to visit Rooftop:

Equipment used:

Flipper Hat, Hair Gel, Tiger Balm, and a picture of a horse.

Anything else...?

now this is a true story folks...There used to be a place in Oxford called The Caribbean Club. We’d always go there after the pubs closed because you could drink Red Stripe until two in the morning and there’d usually be some local band playing on the little stage. Anyway, one night, Frank's walking down the street and he bumps into this posh bloke called Alum who he hadn’t seen for ages. Alum used to hang around with us but he was always different. Well brought up like, you know, not short of a bob or two. Anyway, Frank says to him
“Hey…Alum! Long time no see. Where you off to then?â€쳌
“We’re going to the Caribbean.â€쳌 Says Alum, his arm round a pretty girl.
“Great. Who’s playing tonight?â€쳌 replies Frank all excited.
Alum looks slightly embarrassed.
“Er..no. We’re going to the CARIBBEAN.â€쳌
Frank watched them walk off with their suitcases.
The girl wasn’t really that pretty…