Formed in Leed in 1977 from music-journalist Andy Gill. Band stopped in 1984 reformed in 1990

Style : High Energy Rock to Punk with Soul elements

see : Shriekback; Sharks; Rumour; Jane Aire; Robert Fripp

Musicians :
Andrew Gill - guitar, vocal, perc.; John King - vocals, melodica; Hugo Burnham - drums;
Dave Allen - bass  replaced by Busta Cherry Jones & in 1982 from Sara Lee -bass (guesting: Jon Astrop - bass)
in 1983 : Chuck Kirkpatrick, Brenda White & John Sambatero - vocals; Steve Goulding - drums

Hard (1983) :
Is it Love
I fled
Silver Lining
Woman Town
A Man with a good Car
It don't matter
Arabic
A Piece of my Heart Independence

Solid Gold  (1981) :
Paralysed
What we all want
Why Theory ?
If I could keep it for myself
Outside the Trains don't run on Time
Cheeseburger
The Republic
In the Ditsch
A Hole in the Wallet
He'd send in the Army