Dobba is the son of the Duke and Duchess of Lowdsliegh de Grun and was born into a life of wealth and priviledge. He excelled at his studies at the exclusive Chesterfield Boys school for young gentlefolk reaching the dizzy heights of Prefect.
He began studying music at an early age, first learning to play the lute and then the lyre. As he reached his teenage years he rebelled against his silver spoon lifestyle, grew his hair long and indulged in the devils own music Rock n Roll. He self taught himself the guitar and would sit for hours on end in his bedroom jamming to The Doors and The Rolling Stones. He would occasionally suffer mental breakdowns and during one such period he became convinced that Black Sabbath were Satans own band. To counter their evil influence he took his mathematical compass and scratched "Barclay James Harvest" across his Black Sabbath LP.
This eccentric behaviour plagued him throughout his life possibly a result of centuries of inbreeding. During Geography lessons he would drift into a world of his own and doodle WW1 German Battleships across his course work. At around this time he also developed a new language with the intention of it being the new Esperanto. Unfortunately Toopvaarian never really took off and only he and Norbert could understand it. This mutual understanding led ultimately to the formation of the Fingolstones Firemen. Dobba the axe man thrashing away at his Gibson and when he wasn't doing that, playing the guitar. Dobba wrote much of the music for the Fingolstones but also ripped quite a bit off from other artists. He lives in constant fear of a visit from the performing rights society.
The 5 year gap between the first two Fingolstones albums was a result of Dobba emigrating to Morecambe to study something entirely useless. He is currently preparing a thesis on the life and times of Ainsley Harriott.
Dobba rejoined the Fingolstones briefly in 2010, laying down vocals for 2 tracks on the Fingolstones Sell Out album. It is hoped that he may eventually rejoin full time but for the moment he has some real ale to drink and a beard to cultivate.
He began studying music at an early age, first learning to play the lute and then the lyre. As he reached his teenage years he rebelled against his silver spoon lifestyle, grew his hair long and indulged in the devils own music Rock n Roll. He self taught himself the guitar and would sit for hours on end in his bedroom jamming to The Doors and The Rolling Stones. He would occasionally suffer mental breakdowns and during one such period he became convinced that Black Sabbath were Satans own band. To counter their evil influence he took his mathematical compass and scratched "Barclay James Harvest" across his Black Sabbath LP.
This eccentric behaviour plagued him throughout his life possibly a result of centuries of inbreeding. During Geography lessons he would drift into a world of his own and doodle WW1 German Battleships across his course work. At around this time he also developed a new language with the intention of it being the new Esperanto. Unfortunately Toopvaarian never really took off and only he and Norbert could understand it. This mutual understanding led ultimately to the formation of the Fingolstones Firemen. Dobba the axe man thrashing away at his Gibson and when he wasn't doing that, playing the guitar. Dobba wrote much of the music for the Fingolstones but also ripped quite a bit off from other artists. He lives in constant fear of a visit from the performing rights society.
The 5 year gap between the first two Fingolstones albums was a result of Dobba emigrating to Morecambe to study something entirely useless. He is currently preparing a thesis on the life and times of Ainsley Harriott.
Dobba rejoined the Fingolstones briefly in 2010, laying down vocals for 2 tracks on the Fingolstones Sell Out album. It is hoped that he may eventually rejoin full time but for the moment he has some real ale to drink and a beard to cultivate.
Publicity shot for Dobbas debut solo album "Journeys In Toopvaar". It flopped big time. Just like his hair.
 
A view of Dobbas famous "Moss" that drove the ladies oh so wild.
Dobba with his first band. He was asked to leave the band after becoming addicted to Ventolin and also his hair wasn't quite long enough. |
Dobba performs at the 1986 Blackpool Beach Festival.
Dobba in action at the notorious 1988 Torquay gig, after which he was mobbed by obsessive Danish Fingolstones fans and sexually assaulted in a public lavatory..
Whilst stoned on Ventolin Dobba would sometimes even pull reasonable looking groupies.
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Dobba actually manages to pull a bird during the 1987 tour of Norfolk. The tour was ruined when a drunken Billy Gratton barged on stage and attacked Norbert with a boat hook. Any chance Billy had of joining the band was well and truly blown.
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After Dobba quit the band in 1992 he devoted his life to the literary arts and the end result was, in 2008, the publication of his first novel Plenti & Grase.
Plenti and Grase is an exciting action thriller set in the seedy morass of the Chez Vegas underworld. Darren Plenti and Sharon Grase are tough no nonsense cops who find themselves up against local crime kingpin Ernie Froggatt and his gang of ruthless thugs and henchmen. As they battle to destroy his empire built on the lucrative trade in fake designer clothing Plenti and Grase find themselves falling for each other and battle to keep their private lives separate from their work. The book is available on Amazon and has gained 5 star reviews. Here is one of them: "Excellent full of interesting information and beautifully written. Weald & Downland Open Air Museum Interpretation department" |
 After leaving the Fingolstones Dobba really let himself go.
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