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Refimprove|date=August 2010Infobox musical artist | name = The Mighty Lemon Drops| image =| caption =| image_size = 240| background = group_or_band| alias = Sherbet Monsters| origin = Wolverhampton , West Midlands (county)|West Midlands , England | genre = Alternative rock College rock Indie (music)|Indie rock Jangle pop | years_active = 1985& ndash;1992| label = Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis , Sire Records|Sire | associated_acts =| website =| current_members =| past_members = Paul Marsh ( Singing|vocals , rhythm guitar ) David Newton (guitarist)|Dave Newton ( guitar s) Tony Linehan (1985-1989, bass guitar ) Marcus Williams (1989-1992, bass guitar) Keith Rowley ( Drum kit|drums )| notable_instruments = The Mighty Lemon Drops were an England|English rock music|rock group active from 1985 to 1992.
Biography
Originally called the Sherbet Monsters , http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php? a=mighty_lemon_drops Trouser Press Record Guide: The Mighty Lemon Drops the quartet first formed in the spring of 1985 in Wolverhampton , in The Black Country .cite web |first= |last= |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4913|pure_url=yes |title=Biography by Richard Skelly |publisher=Allmusic.com |accessdate=22 February 2009 Paul Marsh, David Newton (guitarist)|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 songwriter s for the group. Their sound can best be described as a more psychedelia influenced post punk, played with a ringing Rickenbacker guitar as the lead instrument. They drew comparisons to Echo and the Bunnymen, who were also influenced by psychedelia.
After losing original drummer Martin Gilks (later to join The Wonder Stuff ), the Drops line-up settled as Paul Marsh (vocals), David Newton (guitar), Tony Linehan (bass), and Keith Rowley (drums). In December 1985 the quartet, now officially The Mighty Lemon Drops, released their first independent single (music)|single , "Like An Angel," on Daniel Treacy of Television Personalities "Dreamworld Records" label which went to the top of the UK Indie Chart and sold 14,000 copies. They also sound recording and reproduction|recorded a session for John Peel around the same time. Becoming part of the C86 (music)|C86 movement , which was championed by the NME|New Musical Express , they were soon snapped up by Geoff Travis of Rough Trade for his new Blue Guitar label, a subsidiary of Chrysalis Records . They signed with Sire Records for the United States and Canada around the same period. Derek Jarman film producer|produced the music video|video for the "Out of Hand" single in 1987 which was followed by their hit single|hit "Inside Out" in 1988. In the UK, albums Happy Head and World Without End both charted (#58 and #33 respectively) and in the US World Without End was a Number 1 Modern Rock/College album in 1988. The band eventually parted company with Chrysalis in the UK after three albums ( Happy Head , World Without End and Laughter ), failing to repeat their initial independent success, but remained signed with Sire in the US, with Laughter , another US Modern Rock #1 entering the lower regions of the Billboard 200 in 1990. During the sessions for Laughter , Linehan left the band and was replaced by Marcus Williams.
The band released two more albums, Sound...Say Goodbye To Your Standards and Ricochet before finally breaking up in 1992. Three more albums followed ( live album s All The Way and Young, Gifted, & Black Country , and the greatest-hits package Rollercoaster ) and at the end of 2000 the band played a one-off comeback concert|gig in Wolverhampton. In 2007 the band were reported to have been offered the chance to reform at the Coachella festival.Citation needed|date=August 2009 Linehan now works as a project manager and emigrated to New Zealand in April 2007.
Newton still works as a audio engineering|recording engineer and record producer , and has completed projects for The Little Ones (band)|The Little Ones and The Blood Arm . In 2006, he produced a cover version of "Inside Out" (as well as playing bass guitar on the track) for The Lassie Foundation 's double album , Through and Through .
In 2011, Newton produced the third album, Turn and Face Me by The Blood Arm cite web | url= http://www.thebloodarm.com/about/ | title= About The Blood Arm | accessdate=2012-01-03.
All of The Mighty Lemon Drops albums are now officially available again through Wounded Bird Records, licenced through Warner Bros, all with extra tracks, b-sides and liner notes.
Discography
Singles
"Like An Angel" 1985
"The Other Side Of You" 1986 - #67 UK Singles Chart cite book
| first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 585
"My Biggest Thrill" 1986
"Out Of Hand" 1987 - UK #66
"Inside Out" 1988 - UK #74
"Fall Down (Like The Rain)" 1988
"Into The Heart Of Love" 1989
"Beautiful Shame" 1989
"Too High" (Remix) 1991
"Unkind" (Remix) 1991cite book
| first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 363
Rollercoaster: The Best Of The Mighty Lemon Drops 1997
References
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External links
http://indie-mp3.net/mightylemondrops In Everything You Do - The Mighty Lemon Drop Archives (includes history, discography, gallery, interviews and reviews)Dead link|date=November 2011
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4913
http://www.facebook.com/pages/David-Newton-Thee-Mighty-Angels/151941294888903 David Newton & Thee Mighty Angels (David Newton & Thee Mighty Angels facebook page)
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