The Waltons (British band)

The Waltons were an anarchic band from the Isle of Wight in the UK. The socio-political post-punk 5-piece fronted by Tony Gregson (aka Tony Walton), had one minor hit with "Brown Rice" (the long grain mix) in the mid-1980s, and starred in Annika, an early Colin Nutley film shot on the Island about a boy falling in love with a Swedish exchange student.

• Tony Walton – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Hank Torso – lead guitar, tenor sax
• Dave Cheesybits – bass
• Dread (Family Man) Jones – drums, percussion
• O.B. Lee – alto saxophone

Later to be joined by Sean the Riddler, on various keyboards and found hubcaps.

• "Dead Above the Neck" (cassette only) – 1985.
• "The Painting & the Photograph" (Feet on the Street, compilation album) – 1985
• "Brown Rice" / "Pain Killing Time" (7")
• "Brown Rice" / "Long Grain Mix" / "Pain Killing Time" (12")
• "Black Leather" (Vaguely Sunny, IOW Rock Anthology CD) – 1995

• IOW bands