In the mid-1970s, his other brothers left the band and got involved in business activities. Their first hit "Linda Langa Sangamaya" was released in 1972/1973 along with "Amma Amma Me Mata". In the '70s, they released nearly 5 albums titled 'Dance with Gypsies'. His father also built a studio for the band next to the house on Galle Road in Ratmalana where they were staying at the time. Sunil was the main vocalist of the band, along with his brother Piyal Perera. Accordingly, Nihal, Lal, Nimal and Piyal formed a group of seven including two cousins. Later, The Gypsies group consisted of his own brothers and cousins. He learned guitar under Vincent Jayawardane and George Ferdinando and had voice training under Loren Abeysekara, Lily Godridge and Maryanne David. In 1969, at the age of 15 when he left school, Sunil joined the band The Gypsies created by his father, Anton Perera, along with his brothers – Nihal, Lal, Nimal, Piyal and uncle's son Neville there were seven of the crew in all. Sunil later conveyed his interest in music to his father. His father made arrangements for Sunil to do GCE O/L examination privately, but Sunil again could not produce expected results in order to further continue his studies. However, he was not able to pursue his higher education due to inadequate results in GCE O/L examinations.
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His father initially expected him to pursue his higher studies and then to make him a professional doctor. Musical career Īt the age of 11, he started to play guitar. In spite of treatment, on 5 September, he was re-admitted to hospital due to pneumonia and died in the early hours of 6 September 2021, one week before his 69th birthday. In August 2021, Perera tested positive for COVID-19 and rumors of his death started circulating on social media. His nephew, Lanthra Perera is also a musician and the founder-member of the band "Doctor". His younger son, Gayan is a musician who formed the band "Daddy". Eldest son Sajitha is married to the daughter of famous singer Dalreen Suby. He had two sons: Sajith and Gayan, and two daughters: Rehana and Manisha. When Kulatunga was aged 16, she and Perera got engaged. On 25 October 1981, Perera was arrested by police in Homagama following reports from Kulatunga's parents that he had abducted her the case was later dropped. Kulatunga's father, Mahinda, is a sub-inspector with the Sri Lanka Police. She also meets Sunil while he is attending a concert. Perera was married to Geetha Kulatunga who was born on 18 March 1967, whom he met while she was studying for her O/L classes. When he was 11 years old, he became a guitarist. During his school days he was also a member of the college band. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa until grade four and then until finishing school in the St Peter's College, Colombo. Anton was a clerk at the government Postal Department and also run a sweet production company called "Glucorasa". His father, Anton Perera, was in the military before becoming a musician and forming the original Gypsies band. Perera was born on 14 September 1952, in a family with ten siblings.