Effective period / Period of releases: 1995

Members: Toby Pascoe, Roger Power, Mattie Bennett, Mark Blackwell, Dave Burbidge, Peter Bailey (10)

Please were formed in Bristol by Peter Bailey (vocals) Matthew Bennett (guitar) and Roger Power (bass) Dave Burbidge (drums) with Toby Pascoe (Drums) Duck (Keyboards) The group signed to Arista Records. They recorded an album in Boston with American record producers Sean Slade and Paul Q. Kolderie. Unhappy with the results however, the band were dropped by the label after releasing the single, "If I Was God..." (1995, Sugar Records).
When Arista kept Please's singer under contract, Bennett stepped into the lead vocalist role. The band adding drummer Andy Nixon and re-christening themselves Straw.