The Darling Buds

The Darling Buds
The Darling Buds, December 2017
Background information
OriginNewport, Wales
GenresAlternative rock, indie pop, dream pop
Years active1986–1993, 2010, 2013–present
LabelsNative Records 1986–1993
Odd Box Records 2016–
MembersAndrea Lewis Jarvis
Matt Gray
Paul "Chaz" Watkins
Erik Stams
Dave Corten
Past membersGeraint Farr
Chris McDonagh
Richard Gray
Jimmy Hughes
Jon Lee
Dennis McCarthy

The Darling Buds are an alternative rock band from Newport, Wales. The band formed in 1986 and were named after the H. E. Bates novel The Darling Buds of May – a title taken in turn, from the third line of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18: "Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May".