The Mighty Lemon Drops

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The Mighty Lemon Drops
Also known asSherbet Monsters
OriginWolverhampton, West Midlands, England
Genres
Years active1985–1992, 2000
LabelsChrysalis, Sire
Past membersPaul Marsh
Dave Newton
Tony Linehan
Martin Gilks
Keith Rowley
Marcus Williams

The Mighty Lemon Drops were an English rock group active from 1985 to 1992.

Biography

Originally called the Sherbet Monsters,

Echo and the Bunnymen
, who were also influenced by psychedelia.

After losing original drummer

Vox 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 Laughter, another US Modern Rock No. 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.[1]

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

Coachella Festival.[citation needed
]

Dave Newton still works as a

recording engineer and record producer, and has completed projects for the Little Ones, the Blood Arm, the Soft Pack, the Henry Clay People, Everybody Was in the French Resistance...Now!, the Sweater Girls, Torches, and the Movies. 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 by the Blood Arm, Turn and Face Me.[4]

All of the Mighty Lemon Drops albums are now officially available again through Wounded Bird Records, licensed through Warner Bros., all with extra tracks, B-sides and liner notes.

In March 2014, the band released Uptight: The Early Recordings 1985–1986, on Cherry Red Records.[5]

Members

  • Paul Marsh – vocals, rhythm guitar (1985–1992)
  • Dave Newton – guitars (1985–1992)
  • Tony Linehan – bass guitar (1985–1989)
  • Martin Gilks – drums (1985)
  • Keith Rowley – drums (1985–1992)
  • Marcus Williams – bass guitar (1989–1992)

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

  • All the Way (Live in Cincinnati) (1993)
  • Young, Gifted & Black Country (2004)[6]

Compilation albums

  • Rollercoaster: The Best of the Mighty Lemon Drops (1997)
  • Uptight the Early Recordings 1985/1986 (2014)

Singles and EPs

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Biography by Richard Skelly". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  2. ^ a b "TrouserPress.com :: Mighty Lemon Drops". Trouserpress.com. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  3. ISBN 978-83-915272-8-3
    .
  4. ^ "About The Blood Arm". Thebloodarm.com. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Cherry Red Records – The Mighty Lemon Drops – Uptight (The Early Recordings 1985–1986)". Cherryred.co.uk. 31 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  6. ^
    ISBN 1-904994-10-5
    .
  7. ISBN 1-904994-10-5
    .

External links
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