My friend Victor Brox, the singer, keyboard player and trumpeter, who has died aged 81 from cancer, generated enough music and anecdotes during his first 25 years to sustain him indefinitely.
Victor was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, to Victor Hickling, an insurance broker, and Ethel Crozier, a dance teacher. After leaving William Hulme grammar school, Victor went to St David’s College, Lampeter (now the University of Wales, Lampeter), to study philosophy. There he played in a “spasm” band, making music on found objects. In Ibiza, on what was not yet called a gap year, he had an affair with Nico, who was not yet famous for Velvet Underground.
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