Sunflower is a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n pop band established in the early 1980s, led by Neil Warnakulasooriya. The band's name, "Sunflower" was reportedly given by veteran Sri Lankan musician,

Clarence Wijewardena Vithana Kuruppu Arachchilage Clarence Arthur Somasinghe Wijewardena Justice of the peace#Sri Lanka, JP ( si, ක්ලැරන්ස් විජේවර්ධන, ta, கிளாரன்ஸ் விஜேவர்தன; 3 August 1943 � ...

Career

Sunflower performed their first show on 4 September 1983 in Dankotuwa. The original band consisted of Neil Warnakulasooriya, Nelson Vas, Ivor de Mel,Erny peiris,Christopher liyanage,Lushan alahakoon and Athula Adhikari.

Members

Sunflowers Musical Band
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Current

* Chalana Piumantha – guitar * Dilantha Dias – keyboards * Saraa - drums * Sudath Nawalage – vocals, rhythm guitar * Shirantha Fernando – bass guitar * Chaminda hettiarachchi – octapad * Nelson Vaas – vocals * Kasun Chamikara – vocals * Jagath Sohantha - 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 The goblet drum (also chalice drum, tarabuka, tarabaki, darbuka, darabuka, derbake, debuka, doumbek, dumbec, dumbeg, dumbelek, toumperleki, tumbak, or zerbaghali; arz, دربوكة / Romanized: ) is a single-head membranophone with a goblet-s ...

* 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 * Shirantha Fernando - bass guitar * Suranga-vocals * Dangamuwa - Vocals * Suresh-bass guitar * Dinesh Dissanayake - keyboards * Amila - drums * Anuruddha perera-octapad

References

External links

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