Sunflowers (band)
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Sunflowers is a Sri Lankan pop band[1][2] established in the early 1980s, lead by Neil Warnakulasooriya.[3]The band's name, "Sunflowers," was reportedly given by veteran Sri Lankan musician, Clarence Wijewardena.[4][5]
Career
Sunflowers performed their first show on September 4, 1983 in Dankotuwa. The original band consists with Neil Warnakulasooriya, Nelson Vas, Ivor de Mel, Mahinda Silva and Athula Adhikari.[6]
Members
Current
- Chalana Piumantha – Lead Guitar
- Dinesh Dissanayake – keyboards
- Amila Sampath - drums
- Sudath Nawalage – vocals, rhythm guitar
- Shirantha Fernando – bass guitar
- Anuruddha Perera – Octapad
- Nelson Vaas – vocals
- Kasun Chamikara – vocals
- Syamen Dangamuwa – vocals/Drums
- Suranga - vocals
Former
- Ivor de Mel - rhythm guitar, bass guitar, vocals
- Erny Peiris – bass guitar, vocals
- Gayan Fernando - Bass guitar
- Mahinda Silva - Drums, vocals
- Paul Fernando -saxophone
- Marlon Dileepa Fernando - bass guitar
- Manjula Gamage – lead guitar, vocals
- Christopher Liyanage - vocals
- Noel Raj – vocals
- Ruwan Bandara - vocals, rhythm guitar, darabouka
- Athula Adikari – keyboards, vocals
- Anton Perera – keyboards
- Lucien Alahakoon - drums
- Mahinda Silva – drums
- Roshan Perera – drums
- Sujith Marasinghe - octapad, darabouka
- Indika Kalugama - vocals
- Roshan Thisera - keyboards
- Prabath Thamel - drums
- Neero Holan - Theth Leak
References
- ^ Lilacs blossoming in popularity
- ^ Chandrasena reaches musical milestone
- ^ Love stands the test of time
- ^ Some unknown facts about Clarence Archived February 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ A name etched in memory Archived December 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ පරණ සන්ෆ්ලවර් ආයෙමත් ඇවිදින්
- ^ Sunflowers Musical Band