At the time, it was super-cool to have a band name that began with 'The', and our singer really likes Lemon Jelly, so it came from that.

No, we're far too unorganised for that.

At a New Year's Eve party which marked the line between 2002 and 2003, Liam and Thomas decided to start a rock n roll band, with Thomas on guitar, and Liam on vocals. After speaking to our good friend Patrick, he agreed to be in it, also playing guitar. After a little bit of practising, The Lemons recorded their first demo, a release which became known as 'Groovey', featuring two tracks: 'Nuthouse Blues' and 'Groovey'. The demo was recorded with a single microphone, and amps which spread from the room with the computer to the bedroom on the other side of the house, turned up super-loud.

Later the band got another friend, Dan, to play bass for them, as well as a girl called Daisy who Dan and Liam had recently met to be a third guitarist, although really in true rock n roll style, it was really to take advantage of the fact that she had a great house for practising, and she made us food while we did it. Unfortunately, the weekly routine practises got lazier and lazier until The Lemons decided to call it a rest.

The Beatles, The White Stripes, Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Elvis Presley.

Guitars, Amps, and a small computer microphone.