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.^[6] The original band consists with Neil Warnakulasooriya, Nelson Vas, Ivor de Mel, Mahinda Silva and Athula Adhikari.^[7]

Members[]

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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[]

External links[]

"Official site".