Early Bands
Born in the Australian capital of Canberra, Dalton showed an interest in music in his pre-teens, and formed an informal early band with Charlie Owen. His early bands in Canberra were Girls With Money, Get Set Go and The Plunderers with Stevie Plunder. The Plunderers relocated to Melbourne in 1985 and then to Sydney in 1986, where they also played gigs and released records as Hippy Dribble and Captain Denim.
In 1989, Dalton and Miles Ferguson founded the record label Half A Cow, and opened an associated bookshop in Sydney. In 1990, Robyn St Clare, bass guitarist for The Hummingbirds took leave from that band during her pregnancy, and Dalton filled in during a tour of Australia supporting visiting American band The Lemonheads. Lemonheads' lead singer Evan Dando formed a friendship and musical collaboration with Dalton and his Sneeze bandmate Tom Morgan, and the results of Dando and Morgan's songwriting collaboration formed much of the Lemonheads' 1992 album It's a Shame about Ray.
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