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Frederick
(Farookh) Bulsara
Born 5th September 1946 at the Government Hospital on the small island
Zanzibar. Family: Father Bomi and mother Jer, sister Kashmira (born
1952)
Schools: At the age of five Freddie attended Zanzibar Missionary School.
At the
age of eight when Freddie and his family moved to Bombay, India he went
to St Peter´s boarding school in Panchgani just outside Bombay.
In India
he excelled
especially in sport, (boxing and table tennis) as well as Art, History
and the English language. At an early age Freddie had artistic skills
and took piano lessons. According to Freddie his time at the boarding
school was quite good,but also very hard. He once said: "One thing
boarding schools teaches you is how to fend for yourself and I did it
from a very early age. It taught me to be independent and not to have to
rely on anybody else".
At the age of sixteen Freddie and his family moved to
Feltham, Britain. He went to Isleworth School and three years later he
studied Graphic illustrating at
Ealing College of Art.
In 1969
Freddie left the college with a diploma in graphic
art and design.
Early bands
Freddie formed his first band at school in India, they called themselves
The Hectics and played mainly at school dances.
During the late 1960s Freddie joined his first band IBEX and Sour Milk
Sea and Wreckage.
In less than seven months Freddie had been through three
different bands.
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