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Dingeman Adriaan Henry van der Sluijs (born 28 December 1947), better known by his stage name Dick Diamonde, is an Australian former bass guitarist. He was a founding mainstay member of the Easybeats. Diamonde, with the group, was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2005.
(Drummer Snowy Fleet took over his family’s construction business in Perth, and bassist Dick Diamonde retired to New South Wales.) But Stevie Wright, the band’s diminutive, Jaggeresque singer,...
Dingeman Adriaan Henry van der Sluijs aka Dick Diamonde was The Easybeats’ bassist for their entire career which spanned 1964-69 and one successful reunion jaunt in 1986.
The two founding Dutch members of the group were lead guitarist Harry Vanda and bassist Dick Diamonde. Dingeman Adriaan Henry van der Sluijs (born 28 December 1947), better known by his stage name Dick Diamonde was a founding mainstay member of the group.
All five founder members were from families which had migrated to Australia from Europe: lead singer Stevie Wright and drummer Gordon "Snowy" Fleet were English-born; rhythm guitarist George Young was Scottish-born; lead guitarist Harry Vanda and bassist Dick Diamonde were Dutch-born.
The group got together in the Villawood migrant hostel on the outskirts of Sydney when two Dutch teenagers — who took the stage names Harry Vanda and Dick Diamonde — teamed up with Leeds-born...
Dingeman Adriaan Henry van der Sluijs (born 28 December 1947), better known by his stage name Dick Diamonde, is a retired Dutch-Australian bass guitarist. He was a founding mainstay member of 1960s rock group the Easybeats. With the group, Diamonde was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2005.
