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A Mick Sinclair-directed spin-off from the Funboy Five,
Milkshake Melon first appeared as a contributor to a compilation indie cassette called Lizards In Your Lounge (Left Luggage Label), issued in 1980, with an instrumental track called 'Walk Don’t Melon'. Two further instrumentals, 'Theme de Melon'and 'Danger Melon' appeared on another compilation cassette, Answers On A Postcard (dps1) soon after.
Following the break-up of the Funboy Five,
Milkshake Melon reworked recent material written for that band and composed completely new songs that eventually became half of the 2001 album, Very Hush! Hush!, a retrospective set shared with the Funboy Five.
Like the Funboy Five, Milkshake Melon appears on the Messthetics #101: D.I.Y.77-81 London, with 'What Did You Do With The Body?' and also, on the ‘enhanced’ version of the same CD, with 'Have You Ever Seen a Whale?' (incorrectly titled there as 'Have You Seen A Whale?').
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