This article is about Pete King, the drummer. For Pete King, the jazz tenor saxophonist and manager of Ronnie Scott's, see Pete King (saxophonist)

Pete King (saxophonist)

Peter "Pete" Stephen George King was a British jazz tenor saxophonist. He was the manager of London's famous jazz club, Ronnie Scott's, for almost 50 years.-Biography:...

. For the alto saxophonist Peter King, see Peter King (saxophonist)

Peter King (saxophonist)

Peter John King is an English jazz saxophonist, composer, and clarinettist.- Early life :Peter King was born in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, on August 11, 1940. He took up the clarinet and saxophone as a teenager, entirely self taught...

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Pete King (13 August 1958 – 15 July 1987) was a British musician.

The drummer Pete King played in the British punk band The Flys

The Flys (UK band)

The Flys were a British punk rock band that originally formed in 1976 in Coventry, England. After the self-release of their initial EP, Bunch of Fives, they were signed by EMI Records. With EMI they released the albums Waikiki Beach Refugees and Own...

 then joined After the Fire

After the Fire

After the Fire are a British rock band that progressed from playing progressive rock to new wave over their initial twelve-year career, while having only one hit in the United States, and one hit in the United Kingdom .-Early career:Keyboard player Peter Banks originally formed the band in the...

 throughout most of the band's brief heyday, performing on their biggest stateside

United States

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 hit, "Der Kommissar," before he became the replacement of Jan Dix in the German rock band BAP

BAP (German band)

Bap is a German rock group. With ten albums reaching the number one in the German record charts, Bap is one of the most successful rock acts in their home country....

 in 1986.

He died in 1987 of testicular cancer

Testicular cancer

Testicular cancer is cancer that develops in the testicles, a part of the male reproductive system.In the United States, between 7,500 and 8,000 diagnoses of testicular cancer are made each year. In the UK, approximately 2,000 men are diagnosed each year. Over his lifetime, a man's risk of...

. He was replaced by Jürgen Zöller. The song Flüchtig (literally: "fleeting") was released as a tribute to him on BAP's 1988 album Da Capo.