Originally called the Sherbet Monsters, the quartet first formed in the spring of 1985 in Wolverhampton, in the The Black Country. Paul Marsh, Dave Newton and Tony Linehan had played together in a band called Active Restraint in 1982, with Newton later leaving to become a founding member of The Wild Flowers. Dave Newton and Tony Linehan were the principal songwriters for the group. Their sound can best be described as neo-psychedelia in the vein of Echo & The Bunnymen, played with a ringing Rickenbacker guitar as the lead instrument.
1 member
Mighty Lemon Drops
Originally called the Sherbet Monsters, the quartet first formed in the spring of 1985 in Wolverhampton, in the The Black Country. Paul Marsh, Dave Newton and Tony Linehan had played together in a band called Active Restraint in 1982, with Newton later leaving to become a founding member of The Wild Flowers. Dave Newton and Tony Linehan were the principal songwriters for the group. Their sound can best be described as neo-psychedelia in the vein of Echo & The Bunnymen, played with a ringing Rickenbacker guitar as the lead instrument.
1 member
