Artist · from United Kingdom · born 1962
William Derek Drake is an English musician, keyboardist, pianist, composer and singer-songwriter. He is a former member of the English rock band Cardiacs, whom he played with for eight years between 1983 and 1991. He has also been a member of the Sea Nymphs, North Sea Radio Orchestra, Nervous, Wood, Lake of Puppies and The Grown-Ups, as well as pursuing a career as a solo artist.
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