Gardener,Poet, Writer and Musician, Martin Newell had been
slaving around a recording studio, or should I say a 4 track in his bedroom, for several years before he waxed any recordings. not that this time was wasted, in fact over a dozen home made full length cassettes, famously known as the DIY tapes, were churned out in this period under the title of THE CLEANERS FROM VENUS.

The Cleaners were always a flexible band, members coming and going, but revolving around Martin,Lol Elliot and latterly Giles Smith.

Finally, in 1986 they ventured into a proper recording studio down Tin Pan Alley and came out with the masterpiece, Going To England. After little success, and a run in with RCA in Germany, the Cleaners folded, only to re-invent themselves as Brotherhood Of Lizards, with an album on Captain Sensibles Deltic Records.

Since then, Martin has divided his time between poetry, he
writes a weekly poem for the Independant, and recording. His firt solo album was produced by Andy Partridge of XTC, and his second, by Louis Philippe.

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