David Newton (guitarist)

Newton has been a member of Active Restraint (1981–1983), the Wild Flowers (1983–1984), the Mighty Lemon Drops (1985–1993), Blue Aeroplanes (1992–1993), Starfish (1993–1994), Revolux (1995–1997), Fonda (1998–2003), Straight to Video (2001–2003), Twinstar (2003–2006), the C86 All Stars (2006–2007), Bilston United (2006–present), the Joshua Dreamz (2008) and most recently David Newton and Thee Mighty Angels (2009–present).

Newton still occasionally performs with his own bands, the C86 All Stars, Bilston United and most recently David Newton and Thee Mighty Angels.

In the late 1990s, Newton moved from Wolverhampton, England to Southern California, U.S. in January 1995 (via five years in Putney, London), where he co-formed the short-lived band Revolux with former Seven Simons honcho and The The guitarist Keith Joyner. Newton built his own personal recording studio, Rollercoaster Recording.

Newton has produced or engineered records by the Little Ones, the Happy Hollows, Everybody Was in the French Resistance...Now!,{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13895-fixin-the-charts-vol-1/|title=Pitchfork Reviews- Fixin' the Charts, Vol. 1|author=Marc Hogan|date=18 February 2010|publisher=Pitchfork Media}} Kissing Tigers, the Soft Pack, the Movies, the Henry Clay People, the Blood Arm, Death to Anders, You Me & Iowa, Wait Think Fast, the Lassie Foundation, Twinstar, Graham MacRae, Red Lightning – Alain Whyte (Morrissey), Big Stone City, the Hush Now, Star Parts, One Silver Astronaut, Slow Car Crash, the Transmissions and the Golden Years. Newton produced the Little Ones' debut EP, Sing Song,Perlich, Tim (2006) "[http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2006-11-23/music_feature.php Little threat: Silver Lake Indie Popsters' Artful Dodge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306141048/http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2006-11-23/music_feature.php |date=2007-03-06 }}", Now, Vol. 26, No.12, November 23, 2006, retrieved 2011-08-08. as well as material from the Blood Arm{{cite web | url= http://www.thebloodarm.com/about/ | title= About The Blood Arm | date= 4 October 2010 | accessdate=2012-01-03}} and Rat Fancy.{{cite web | url= https://bigtakeover.com/news/AlbumPremiereStayCoolbyRatFancy | title= Album Premiere: Stay Cool by Rat Fancy | accessdate=2019-06-03}}

Newton has done occasional work as a composer for television, film and music libraries, and has had work and compositions featured on Gilmore Girls, The Osbournes, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and The Bill, amongst others.

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• Paint the Town EP (November 2011)

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• [http://www.myspace.com/davidnewtonmusic Dave Newton's Myspace]
• [http://community-2.webtv.net/rollercoasterpg/Rollercoaster/ Rollercoaster Recording, Newton's studio]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• [http://www.theemightyangels.com David Newton & Thee Mighty Angels website]
• [https://music.apple.com/us/album/paint-the-town-ep/484264482 David Newton & The Mighty Angels Paint the Town EP]
• [http://www.caughtinthecarousel.com/reviews/dNewton.php Caught in the Carousel]
• [http://radiofreesilverlake.typepad.com/rfsl/2011/12/interview-dave-newton-from-the-mighty-angels.html#more Radio Free Silverlake]
• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120524180420/http://www.playbackstl.com/music-reviews/11118-david-newton-a-thee-mighty-angels--paint-the-town-ep-sr Playback STL]}}
• [http://thefirenote.blogspot.com/2012/01/david-newton-thee-mighty-angels-paint.html The Fire Note]

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