{"id":77920,"date":"2023-03-06T07:50:23","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T07:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/06\/barnes-barnes-robert-haimer-of-fish-heads-fame-dead-at-69\/"},"modified":"2023-03-06T07:50:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T07:50:24","slug":"barnes-barnes-robert-haimer-of-fish-heads-fame-dead-at-69","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/06\/barnes-barnes-robert-haimer-of-fish-heads-fame-dead-at-69\/","title":{"rendered":"Barnes &#038; Barnes\u2019 Robert Haimer, Of \u201cFish Heads\u201d Fame, Dead At 69"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Robert Haimer, one-half of the duo Barnes &amp; Barnes has died at age 69. His bandmate Bill Mumy confirmed the information in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bill.mumy\/posts\/pfbid03NVppP14Ym1EgT2fiTb1v69xwfo73WHS79YmRArs2KRT2xvMuWoiJtLddrnHUHnSl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a Facebook submit<\/a>, writing: \u201cRobert was a one of a kind artist and person. Our relationship was based on harmony as was our music.  Sometimes there was dissonance and silence and sometimes we made a mighty raucous roar together.\u201d <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Haimer was born in 1954 and was childhood associates with Mumy. They began Barnes &amp; Barnes in 1970, taking up stage personas as Art and Artie Barnes. (Haimer performed the latter.) They made jokey novelty songs that grew to become well-liked on <em>The Dr. Demento Show<\/em> radio present. <\/p>\n<p>In 1978, they scored their greatest hit in \u201cFish Heads.\u201d Actor Bill Paxton directed and appeared within the tune\u2019s music video, which was performed in a December 1980 episode of <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>. After the success of \u201cFish Heads,\u201d Barnes &amp; Barnes continued to launch music \u2014 the newest album, <em>Haimoom<\/em>, got here out final 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will miss making that unique \u2018Barnes\u2019 music very much. Robert made many people happy with his talent and his humor,\u201d Mumy continued in his tribute. \u201cFish Heads, our biggest hit, came from the mind of Robert Haimer. As with a lot of our catalogue, I just helped him fill in the blanks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fbill.mumy%2Fposts%2Fpfbid03NVppP14Ym1EgT2fiTb1v69xwfo73WHS79YmRArs2KRT2xvMuWoiJtLddrnHUHnSl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"877\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '514545615712257');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Robert Haimer, one-half of the duo Barnes &amp; Barnes has died at age 69. His bandmate Bill Mumy confirmed the information in a Facebook submit, writing: \u201cRobert was a one of a kind artist and person. Our relationship was based on harmony as was our music. 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