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Mighty Lemon Drops

The Mighty Lemon Drops were an English indie band active from 1985 to 1992. Originally called the Sherbet Monsters, the quartet first formed in the spring of 1985 in Wolverhampton, in 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 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.

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Peel played a track from Active Restraint (a pre-Mighty Lemon Drops band) on his show in 1982 and when three of them (Paul Marsh, Dave Newton and Tony Linehan) left to form the Mighty Lemon Drops, he continued his interest in this group by playing their debut single, Like An Angel, in December 1985. The track later entered the 1986 Festive Fifty and a session by the band was broadcast in that year. However, by the end of the 80's, Peel had lost interest in the band and moved on to other artists.

Festive Fifty Entries[]

Sessions[]

1. Recorded: 1986-08-19. First Broadcast: 27 August 1986. Repeated: 22 September 1986

  • Open Mind / Take Me Up / Behind Your Back / Up Tight

Other Shows Played[]

Active Restraint
Like_An_Angel

Like An Angel

Mighty Lemon Drops

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