Effective period / Period of releases: 1985 - 2007

Members: Norman Cook, Paul Heaton, Stan Cullimore, Hugh Whitaker, David Hemingway, Ted Key, Sticks Lanagan

English alternative rock group, active from 1983 to 1988.
The original line up of the group had Paul Heaton, Stan Cullimore, Ted Key & Hugh Whitaker. Ted Key was replaced by Norman Cook after the band's first single. Hugh Whitaker was replaced by the ex-Velvetones drummer David Hemingway in 1987.

Norman Cook and Paul Heaton went on to form Beats International and The Beautiful South respectively, after the demise of the group.