Francois

Francis Hickey was born to Jamaal Slippery, an African American opium dealer, and Yang Veng-Hickey, an underage Vietnamese prostitute in December 1969. At the age of 5 he was "sold" to an underground child porn ring leader for an undisclosed sum by his father. Francis would spend the next five years of his life in the custody of this man.

At the age of ten he was left mentally impaired from a gang beating and his residence changed to the Tacoma Institute for the Mentally Deranged. It was here that Francis' luck would begin to change.

Given 30 doses of LSD by a nurse bitter over a pay dispute, Francis broke out of the institute and was foun 3 days later adrift in Puget Sound. He was on a makeshift raft gyrating and making loud "booming noises". When questioned by police Francis claimed to be the S.S. Oliver, a famous WWII Destroyer known for the battle of Wounded Kneecap. Ever since this moment, Francis has been known as "The Destroyer"
He was a month away from his 15th birthday.

He was released by the police and spent the next four years as a drifting, homeless, street musican. He picked up guitar from a homeless buddy of his, Eddie "He'll eat it" Moran. Never without a head full of booze or illicit drugs, Francis honed a unique guitar sound in short time. One day in the summer of 1987, Francis was on Main Street playing Jimi Hendrix's "Hornet's Nest" when he was happened upon by Creole' Zimbabwae and Pippy Fettucinni.

The two members of Ratfish Entrails were duly impressed and took Francis in. They did not know who he was, or where he came from, but they recognized that his guitar style could take them to the top of the Rock world. They decided to clean him up, have him record a few tracks, and then put him back on the street to never be heard from again. Francis, however, was just about to make history.

He played the 1 note guitar solo on "Old Folks Home" while blitzed on a mixture of crank, crack, and after shave. He then accidently recorded "The Song that put 40 demons to sleep" with a blood alcohol level of .36, and finally laid down the rift of "She's From Hell" while mostly unconsious from Valium and sniffing gasoline.

After this 2 week recording process, Pippy and Creole' were ready to dump their guitar player back on the street. They had gotten all they wanted from him. The plan was simple. First a double shot of "Horse" followed by a gallon of Red Wine. Francis passed out in a half an hour. Deciding they had time to kill, Creole' and Pippy headed out to toast their future success. They would return in an hour to take their comotose bandmate out of state by car, where they would leave him at the side of the road.

When they returned, they found their bandmate not only awake, but speaking in a frantic manner. Francis insisted that the band name be changed to "Vuvvverz Uzz Vickness". He yelled it over and over, "Vruvvers of Fickitness".

Creole' and Pippy liked the sound of the new name "Brothers of Wickedness" and decided on the spot that they were indeed brothers with Francis and could never leave him on a deserted interstate. He was made a permanent member. Two days later when Francis came to, he explained that he meant "Lovers of Fitness", not "Brothers of Wickedness" but he was too late. Jimmy McJones of INGAG records heard the "She's from Hell" demo and wanted this band - The Brothers of Wickedness, to sign a deal. The rest is musical history.

Francis has been a member of the Brothers from 1987-1990, and most recently he has returned 1995- Present. He was sworn himself off drugs except for the occassional qualude, opium, pot, booze, beer, upper, downer, and Old Spice.

Francis lives in Tacoma with his pet Iguana - Mooge.