Sally “Silver Darling” Meltzer

The murky beginnings of the Pink Fairies – a more guitar-driven psychedelic rock band that eschewed the political stances of the Deviants – are hard to untangle; stories vary, and I don’t have any of the books that have been written on and by the bandmembers.  According to the liner notes on an early retrospective album by the band, Pink Fairies, the original Pink Fairies were Mick Farren (vocals), Steve Peregrin Took (guitar) and Twink (drums).  Together with Twink’s girlfriend Sally “Silver Darling” Meltzer (keyboards), Wikipedia reports that they “hooked up in October 1969 for one shambolic gig at Manchester University, billed as the Pink Fairies”.  The three men later worked together on Mona – The Carnivorous Circus.