The Tin Lids were an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n group comprising Mahalia Barnes

Mahalia Barnes

Mahalia Barnes is an Australian singer/songwriter, daughter of well-known Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes.She began performing as part of kiddie pop group The Tin Lids with siblings, Eliza-Jane and Jackie; but has since become a respected session and backup singer.She performs regular live gigs...

, Eliza-Jane Barnes, Elly-may Barnes and Jackie Barnes

Jackie Barnes

Jackie Barnes is a Thai Australian musician. He has been performing since the age of five and has appeared on almost a dozen albums since 1990. He is currently the drummer in father Jimmy Barnes' band.-Early life:...

. All are children of Australian rock icon, Jimmy Barnes

Jimmy Barnes

James Dixon Swan , better known as Jimmy Barnes, is a Scottish-born Australian rock singer-songwriter. His father Jim Swan was a prizefighter and his older brother John Swan is also a rock singer. It was actually John who had encouraged and taught Jim how to sing as he wasn't really interested at...

. The band released three albums following their first hit single, "Walk the Dinosaur

Walk the Dinosaur

"Walk the Dinosaur" is a hit single recorded and released by the band Was in 1987, later featured on their hit 1988 album, What Up, Dog?-Song info:...

". The first, in 1991, was a collection of Christmas songs called Hey Rudolph, which sold over 100,000 copies. Two further albums were released including Snakes and Ladders, now listed on rare records websites.

They were the back up singers for the song "When Your Love is Gone".