Effective period / Period of releases: 1985 - 1986

Members: Ron Collins, Martin Longley, David Pritchard (4), Chris Horton (2), John Horton (5), Sven Vortex, Chris Long (29)

Birmingham based band who formed in 1980. Both the band and the band members, went through several names changes before settling on the Noseflutes.
Previous names include The Blaggards, The Cream Dervishes, Extroverts in a Vacuum, The Viable Sloths, Pantaloni Brothers and Shitstormer.

They launched their own label Rictus Recordings.

Members:
Chris Horton - bass guitar, keyboards, guitar
John Horton - guitar, bass guitar, keyboards
Chris Long (aka Legs Akimbo) - keyboards, violin, guitar
Martin Longley - vocals, saxophone, trombone
Dave Pritchard - guitar, bass guitar
Mark Rowson - drums, percussion, keyboards
Ron Collins - drums, percussion
Trevor Lines – drums, percussion, bass guitar
Roger Turner – drums and percussion