Signers are; Paul Marsh, Dave Newton, Marcus Williams and Keith Rowley. This item is certified authentic by Todd Mueller and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity. Originally called the Sherbet Monsters.
He quartet first formed in the spring of 1985 in. And Tony Linehan had played together in a band called Active Restraint in 1982, with Newton later leaving to become a founding member of.Dave Newton and Tony Linehan were the principal songwriters for the group. Their sound can best be described as a more psychedelia influenced post punk, played with a ringing. Guitar as the lead instrument.
Who were also influenced by psychedelia. , 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, "Like An Angel, " on Daniel Treacy of Television Personalities "Dreamworld Records" label which went to the top of the. Which was championed by the. They were soon snapped up by Geoff Travis of Rough Trade for his new Blue Guitar label, a subsidiary of.
For the United States and Canada around the same period. For the "Out of Hand" single in 1987 which was followed by their. In the UK, albums Happy Head and World Without End both charted #58 and No.
In the US World Without End was a Number 1 Modern Rock/College album in 1988 and Happy Head was one of the 50 best album of the year 1986 according to Sounds magazine critics poll. These two albums relied heavily on Newton's use of a vintage. Mark VII semi-acoustic "Teardrop" 12-string electric guitar and a Micro-Frets Spacetone 6-string guitar. 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.
Another US Modern Rock No. 1 entering the lower regions of the. 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 albums 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. In 2007 the band were reported to have been offered the chance to reform at the Coachella festival. Dave Newton still works as a.
And record producer, and has completed projects for. Everybody Was in the French Resistance...
The Sweater Girls, Torches, The Movies. In 2006, he produced a. Of "Inside Out" (as well as playing bass guitar on the track) for.
In 2011, Newton produced the third album. This item is in the category "Entertainment Memorabilia\Autographs-Original\Music\Rock & Pop\Records". The seller is "historicsellsmemorabilia" and is located in this country: US.This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Vietnam, Uruguay, Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Turks and Caicos Islands, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, South Africa, Colombia, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Oman, Reunion, Montserrat.