- Dave Newton
David Newton was a guitarist/songwriter with the British band
The Mighty Lemon Drops . Has been a guitar playing song-smith with the following combos: Active Restraint 1981-1983. The Wild Flowers 1983 - 1984. The Mighty Lemon Drops 1985 - 1993. The Blue Aeroplanes 1992 - 1993. Starfish 1993 - 1994. Revolux 1995 - 1997. Fonda 1998 - 2003. Straight To Video 2001 - 2003. Twinstar 2003 - 2006. The C86 All Stars 2006 – 2007. Bilston United 2006-present. The Joshua Dreamz 2008 - present.He moved from Wolverhampton, England to Southern California in January 1995, where he co-formed the short lived band Revolux with former Seven Simons honcho / The The guitarist Keith Joyner. On a whim, after an idea inspired by too many margaritas on a vacation in Cabo San Lucas in 1997, Dave built a studio, Rollercoaster Recording, & started recording his mates bands!
Newton produced / engineered records by the following: The Little Ones, The Happy Hollows, Everybody Was In The French Resistance…Now, Kissing Tigers, The Movies, The Henry Clay People, The Blood Arm, Death To Anders, You Me & Iowa, Wait Think Fast, The Lassie Foundation, Twinstar, Graham MacRae, Red Lightning / Alain Whyte (Morrissey), Big Stone City, The Hush Now, Star Parts, One Silver Astronaut, Slow Car Crash, The Transmissions, The Golden Years. Newton recently produced The Little Ones' debut EP,
Sing Song . [http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2006-11-23/music_feature.php]Newton has done occasional work as a composer for tv, film & music libraries, & has had work / compositions featured on Gilmore Girls, The Osbournes, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, The Bill (amongst others).
Newton still occasionally performs with his own bands "The C86 All Stars" and "Bilston United" !!
External links
* [http://www.myspace.com/davidnewtonmusic Dave Newton's MySpace page]
* [http://community-2.webtv.net/rollercoasterpg/Rollercoaster/ Rollercoaster Recording, Newton's studio]
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