Ian Richard Parkin (18 August 1949[1] – 1 July 1995[2]) was an English musician who played rhythm guitar with the first incarnation of Bill Nelson's Be-Bop Deluxe.
Parkin was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, where he befriended Nelson when both were attending Ings Road Secondary Modern School.
They made their musical live debut at a school Christmas concert, as a guitar duo.
[3] Later, he and Nelson founded Flagship, later to become Be Bop Deluxe.
[4] However, Parkin played only on the first album of the band, Axe Victim, released in 1974, quitting shortly afterwards.