The Waltons (UK band)

The Waltons (UK band)

The Waltons was an anarchic band from the Isle of Wight in the UK. The socio-political post-punk/rock 5-piece fronted by Tony Gregson (aka Tony Walton), had one minor hit with Brown Rice (the long grain mix) in the mid-eighties and starred in an early Colin Nutley movie shot on the island called [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274237/ Annika] about an Island boy falling in love with a Swedish exchange student.

Original line-up

* Tony Walton - Lead vocals & rhythm guitar.
* Hank Torso - Lead guitar & tenor sax.
* Dave Cheesybits - Bass.
* Dread (Family Man) Jones - Drums & percussion.
* O.B.Lee - Alto sax.

Later to be joined by Sean the Riddler on various Keyboards and found hubcaps.

They were regular live performers on the Isle of Wight but never quite succeeded in totally breaking away from the island.They allegedly came to blows in the late eighties whilst touring the Netherlands in an old hippy bus driven by ex-paratrooper and traveller, Sam Ganja. They disbanded soon afterwards due to problems with drugs, alcohol and mental illness. See also IOW bands.

Releases

* Dead Above The Neck (cassette only) - 1985. This can be downloaded on mp3 from [http://www.myspace.com/thewightwaltons Myspace] or as individual tracks from [http://www.cheesybits.com/waltons/_download.php#datn The House of Cheese]
* The Painting & The Photograph ('Feet on the Street', compilation album) - 1985
* Brown Rice/Pain Killing Time (7")
* Brown Rice/Long Grain mix/Pain Killing Time (12")
* Black Leather ('Vaguely Sunny', IOW Rock Anthology CD) - 1995

External links

* [http://www.cheesybits.com The House Of Cheese]
* [http://www.myspace.com/thewightwaltons The Waltons on Myspace]
* [http://www.iowrock.demon.co.uk/profiles/waltons.html Waltons Article] By Dr Brian Hinton.
* [http://www.iowrock.demon.co.uk IOW Rock]
*imdb title|id=0274237|title=Annika


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