The Darling Buds has been played on NTS in shows including Immediate Hits w/ Dan Russell, featured first on 12 December 2020. Songs played include Just To Be Seen.

There are two bands with the name The Darling Buds:

(1) The Darling Buds were an indie band from Caerleon near Newport, Wales. The band were formed in 1986 and took their name from a British novel called The Darling Buds of May.

(2) A British band, fronted by actor Jamie Campbell Bower whose music is Alternative Indie Rock.

(1) Influenced by the catchy simpler sound of the early Beatles, the band created very melodic hook driven short duration singles. They were considered part of the short lived "Blonde" movement(bands that were fronted by blondes with the band members dressed in black) along with the like of The Primitives but also referenced the C86 scene of a few years earlier.

Whilst the band were not hugely successful, they did manage to score a number of notable hits in their native UK and managed to release three full length albums as listed below:

Pop Said - Epic 1988

Crawdaddy - Epic 1990

Erotica - Epic 1992

They also released numerous 7" & 12" vinyl/cd singles. The release of their 1992 cd caused some minor controversy when it was released several months prior to Madonna's cd of the same title. For more information go to:

www.stutter.demon.co.uk/elastica/darling.html

Members

* Andrea Lewis - Vocals * Harley Farr - Guitar * Chris McDonogh - Bass * Blos - Drums (1986-1990) * Jimmy Hughes - Drums (1990-1993)

(2) The Darling Buds featuring the British actor Jamie Campbell Bower played a few gigs from around 2009 up until the group's dissolution in 2015. They released two songs 'It's Amazing' and 'Alone Is No Together', but never published a full album. Lead singer Jamie Campbell Bower went on to have a successful acting career first appearing in major films like "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber On Fleet Street" and "The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones" and in recent years achieving critical acclaim for his performance as Vecna in the Netflix show "Stranger Things". From 2017 to 2020 Bower took the role of lead singer and guitarist in the London based punk rock band COUNTERFEIT together with former The Darling Buds bandmates Roland Johnson and Tristan Marmont. Folllowing the group's disbandment in late 2020, Bower has started releasing country and folk inspired music as a solo artist under the name Jamie Bower.

Members

Jamie Campbell Bower - vocals, guitar Roland Johnson - bass, vocals Tristan Marmont - guitar, vocals Dan Smith - drums

Known and live performed songs include:

Alone Is No Together Cities Alive Come Home Get Your Guns Heartbreaker I'm Not Okay It's Amazing New Song Venice Wasted Time Where Did All My Friends Go?