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- The Orange Album (Tue 01 Aug 1978)
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Vocals 1975-76🎤. Guest vocals 1978.
Neil Beattie aka Neal Beattie aka Ptery Dactyl aka Terry Dactyl. He was the first singer of Cirith Ungol and did the vocals from 1975 to 1976. In 1978 he was a session guest on one song on Orange tape demo. AFAIK, We Know You’re Out There is the only published song with him on vocal. I have no idea whether he has done anything musically outside Cirith Ungol. Neil and Neal – what is his real name and what is his nickname?
Neil’s name day is 20 Jul in the USA. Classmates was Robert Garven, Greg Lindstrom, Jerry Fogle, Patrick Galligan and Tim Baker.
Our first singer was Neil Beattie and he was a great guy and a fantastic showman. I think that some of the music we created with him was pretty good and if you could hear it you would be surprised how good it was. Although I could not imagine the band without Tim, parting with Neil was especially painful as we did it for our career, with little sensitivity to him at the time, which I now regret. We had a lot of fun together.
Robert Garven, Diabolical Conquest interview
It wasn’t until 1975 that Neil Beattie (aka Terry Dactyl) became our lead singer. He was a little more glam inspired than the rest of us, but he put on a really wild live show, with black widow spider fingertip extensions to go along with our six foot wide black widow spider for “Shelob’s Lair”. Even though he was a great performer, Neil’s voice didn’t quite fit in with our vision, and we parted ways after about a year.
Greg Lindstrom, BallBuster interview
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Ventura County – Star*Free Press (Thu 29 Jul 1976)
Music, but no mob at beach
If the sky was clouded, the crowd small, and the music less than ear-shattering, it was still a free outdoor concert, and those who went seemed to have had fun.
The concert at Ventura State Beach Park featured three bands, Glacier, Cirith Ungol, and Manitoba, who entertain- ed the crowd that trickled in throughout the afternoon.
State Parks and Recreation Department sponsors had hoped for a larger turnout than the 100 or so persons who had showed up by 1:30 p.m., but they said the response was probably due to the weather-cool and cloudy-as well as late publicity for the concert, which had been postponed from the previous week.
But no one seemed to mind the small- ness of the event.
For a while the big attraction was expected to be a promised strip act by Neal Beattie, Cirith Ungol’s singer. The disrobing failed to take place, however, because a parks and recreation official told Beattie they would prefer he keep his clothes on.
Photo by Gary Phelps, Travis Jones, 6, foreground, and Willy Kemp, 12, Ventura, watch singer Neal Beattie Wednesday
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- the same person in 2006 ?
Probably meaning of the nickname:
- “Ptery” or “Terry”:
- “Ptery” (pronounced like “Terry”) refers to the pterodactyl, a famous extinct flying reptile known for its distinctive wingspan and silhouette.
- “Terry” serves as a simplified or alternative pronunciation, making the name easier to say casually.
- Humorous wordplay:
- The nickname is a fun and fitting reference, aligning with the band’s fantasy and epic themes.
- It might also have been an inside joke among the band members, as nicknames often carry a playful undertone.
Neil Beattie’s nickname Ptery Dactyl has no connection to the British band Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs from early 1970’s.
Neil Beattie was nicknamed Ptery Dactyl or Terry Dactyl. This nickname is a humorous play on words, inspired by the prehistoric flying reptile Pterodactylus, often referred to as a “pterodactyl.” In essence, the nickname Ptery Dactyl/Terry Dactyl reflects a lighthearted and imaginative spirit, which fits well with Cirith Ungol’s early history and aesthetic.