were his group Bash!, featuring the French guitarist Patrice Meyer, Fred Baker on bass and Alex Maguire on keyboards, and a Hatfield and the North reunion (also with Maguire). Bash! released the live album Belle Illusion (Cuneiform Records), but only played five live shows in total (including Progman Cometh), finding it difficult to attract interest from venues. In 2005 Pyle joined Phil Miller and Richard Sinclair in a re-formation of Hatfield and the North, with Alex Maguire handling the keyboards. On 29 January, all three were reunited for the first time in fifteen years when Pyle sat in with the Richard Sinclair Band for a few old numbers ("Above And Below", "Share It", "Halfway Between Heaven And Earth" and "Didn't Matter Anyway") during a gig at Whitstable's Horsebridge Arts Centre. The rejuvenated Hatfield made its official live debut on 18 March 2005 at the Mean Fiddler in London, and a brief tour of Europe followed in June. More international touring followed in 2005-06, including dates in Japan, Mexico, the US and Europe. On 26 August 2006 Pyle played his last gig in Feerwerd (Groningen), Netherlands. He died in Paris on 28 August 2006. Solo Discography 1986: L'Équipe Out (52e Rue Est) 1991: Equip' Out Up! (NTI Music 3 TMR 301) 1998: 7 Year Itch (Voiceprint VP198CD) 1999: Pip Pyle's Equipe Out (Voiceprint VP213CD) (re-issue of 1st album) 2004: Belle Illusion (Cuneiform Rune 193) (partially recorded at Progman Cometh) 2004: Instants (Hux 062) Chronology 1966 - 1971 Delivery 1971 - 1971 Chicken Shack 1971 - 1971 Khan 1971 - 1971 Gong 1972 - 1975 Hatfield and the North 1975 - 1976 The Weightwatchers (with Elton Dean and Keith Tippett) 1977 - 1983 National Health 1977 - 1988 Soft Heap 1980 - 1981 Rapid Eye Movement 1982 - 2002 In Cahoots 1984 - 1995 Pip Pyle's Equip'Out 1989 - 1996 Gong reformed 1991 - 1996 Short Wave 1998 - 2006 Absolute Zero 2002 - 2006 Pip Pyle's Bash! 2005 - 2006 Hatfield and the North reformed Filmography 2015: Romantic Warriors III: Canterbury Tales (DVD) References External links Official website Calyx biography and chronology Interview with Pip Pyle Obituary in The Independent Obituary by Dave Stewart of Hatfield and the North 1950 births 2006 deaths Canterbury scene Chicken Shack members Delivery (band) members English expatriates in France English rock drummers Gong (band) members Hatfield and the North members In Cahoots members Khan (band)