Martin Dempsey (Martin-A-Mel-O-Tone)

Martin Dempsey started his music career in the mid-Seventies with Albert Dock & The Codfish Warriors, then re-named Yachts, where he played bass guitar as a full member until the turn of the decade. In 1980 he left the Yachts to briefly join one on the many line-ups of Jayne Casey’s Pink Military before becoming a member of It’s Immaterial (after the release of the band’s first single in 1980). In 1984 he put together the Mel-O-Tones, with whom he released the Hello My Name is Tumor (1985) and Mellonheaded (1985) (see relevant post below).
After the split of the Mel-O-Tones in 1986 Dempsey left the music business for a while, but kept the band’s name for possible future projects.

One of the traces of this undefined and in-between status is the track that Demspey recorded for the compilation Raging Sun (1985), under the meaningful pseudonym of Martin-A-Mel-O-Tones:

Toxteth Ablaze