Lineup

• Jamie Farrell : vocalist/lead guitarist (ex-English Opium Eaters)
• Steve Johnson : guitarist
• Robbie Butcher : bass guitar
• Kev Connolly : percussion
• Mark Parry : drums (later Thunderboots, Steppin’ Razor, Western Promise)

Career

The band toured infrequently but recorded several sessions for the BBC with John Peel

John Peel

John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...

  and Janice Long

Janice Long

Janice Long is an English radio broadcaster currently working on BBC Radio 2. Her show is on Sunday to Thursday nights from midnight to 02:00. She is the older sister of TV and radio personality Keith Chegwin.-Early career:...

. They produced a much more energetic sound than contemporary bands but seemed unable to capture the volume and energy of their live performances on record. A John Peel session recorded live at the London I.C.A. came closest to capturing the band at their best. The band claimed bands such as MC5, The Stooges, Ramones

Ramones

The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group...

, Heartbreakers and The Clash

The Clash

The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...

 as their influences, something heard more on later recordings although early tracks show a more rockabilly and punk influence.

Singles

• Hit The Moon (June 1981),
• Ringing (March 1982) (featuring; Ian Broudie
  Ian Broudie
  Ian Broudie is a British singer-songwriter, musician and record producer from Liverpool, England. After emerging from the post punk scene in Liverpool in the late 1970s as a member of Big in Japan, Broudie went on to form the short-lived groups Original Mirrors and Care in the early 1980s as well...
  
   of The Lightning Seeds on bass) (#46)
• We Deny (November 1982),
• Jihad.
• Ringing/Fight and Desire (1982)