4, McAloon explained Sony would be making further releases, and that he was working on an album of unreleased material, 'Femmes Mythologiques', to be issued in September 2019. During the radio appearance, he played a segment of a song called "Cleopatra". However, the album has yet to be released, and as of 2022, no additional information is available about its release. Band name Several inaccurate stories have circulated about the origins of the band's unusual name. According to the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums, the band's name was a mondegreen from the song "Jackson" ("We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout"), misheard by frontman Paddy McAloon. McAloon has maintained that the name was entirely made-up, stating in a 1984 interview; "I was asked about the name so many times I used to invent stories about it. The truth of the matter is that I made it up. Around that time all the groups were supposed to mean something ... and when you are 13 you think it's profound, that there must be some secrecy. I liked the idea and so thought of two odd words, put them together and have kept it, basically because it reminds me of how I used to look at things". Members Current members Paddy McAloon – vocals, guitars, keyboards, programming, piano, harmonica, bass guitar (1978–present) Former members Martin McAloon – bass guitar (1978–2001) Michael Salmon – drums, percussion (1978–1983) Wendy Smith – vocals, guitars, keyboards, piano, tambourine (1982–2000) Feona Attwood – vocals (1982) Graham Lant – drums, percussion (1983–1984) John Hendry – drums, percussion (1984) Neil Conti – drums, percussion (1984–1993, 2000) Paul Smith – drums, percussion (1997) Touring musicians Kevin Armstrong – guitar Michael Graves – keyboards Discography Swoon (1984) Steve McQueen (1985) From Langley Park to Memphis (1988) Protest Songs (1989) Jordan: The Comeback (1990) Andromeda Heights (1997) The Gunman and Other Stories (2001) I Trawl the Megahertz (2003) Let's Change the World with Music (2009) Crimson/Red (2013) Sources Birch, John. Myths, Melodies & Metaphysics: Paddy McAloon's Prefab Sprout – Birch, John. Prefab Sprout: The Early Years – References External links sproutology 1978 establishments in England English new wave musical groups English pop music groups Jazz-pop musicians Musical groups established in 1978 Sophisti-pop musical groups Musical groups from County Durham Sibling musical groups