Members: Rex Bullen, Paul Lyneham, Dave Kain, Tony Hayes (12)

Formed circa 1965 in Canberra, Australia as The Orgasms but quickly renamed to The Bitter Lemons. The group was a fixture at the Lemon Tree in Kingston, ACT (the venue later named The Boot & Flogger). Disbanded in late 1965 after the accidental drowning death of Harding. Notable for the presence of Aussie journalist Paul Lyneham as well as Rex Bullen and Dave Kain.

LINEUP:
Nicky Arndt (guitar)
Martin Berry (guitar, trumpet)
Rex Bullen (guitar)
Graeme Harding (bass)
Tony Hayes (bass)
Dave Kain (guitar)
Paul Lyneham (vocals)
Steve Senz (drums)

The group recorded one independently released single, "Canberra Blues", during 1965. Their band came to an abrupt halt in late 1965 after the tragic death of bassist Graeme Harding (he accidentally fell from a ferry during a party cruise on Lake Burley Griffin and drowned).

Although his career as a pop singer was short, Paul Lyneham went on to greater fame as a political journalist (with the ABC's This Day Tonight, Four Corners, The 7:30 Report, and later with the Nine Network).

Dave Kain later worked in several groups with singer Gulliver Smith, including Sydney 60s pysch band Dr. Kandy's Third Eye and a later lineup of the illustrious Company Caine in the early 1970s. Dave was a fixture on the Canberra scene throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

Rex Bullen moved to Perth in the early 1970s, where he joined renowned W.A. prog-rock band Bakery. He went on to work with Jim Keays' Southern Cross and the Marc Hunter Band. He died in March 1983.

The surviving members of The Bitter Lemons reformed for a one-off performance at a social function in 1988 to mark the closing of Old Parliament House. Paul Lyneham died from lung cancer on 24 November 2000.