The Lapels were a band formed by three young chaps from Orkney in January 1996. They moved to Edinburgh in August 1996 or so with high hopes, having been a fairly decent success in Orkney. After another year certain differences led them to go their seperate ways. Kris Drever and Neil Dixon collaborated in various ways, most notably with the Celtic Wah Wah Co-op and Calum briefly played with Dave Valderhaug and Sean Brechin (formerly of the Tom and Dave Trio) as Wascomat 73. Calum still writes his own songs, Neil has been in a few bands since (Cloth Cat and Automatic Earth mostnotably) and also writes his own songs. Kris Drever has gone on to travel the world, form another band (Fine Friday) and get involved with such folk luminaries as Phil Cunningham and, well, Ivan Drever who just happens to be his dad.