Effective period / Period of releases: 1977 - 2021

Members: Wally Brill, Roddy Frame, Henry Badowski, Mark Perry, Karl Blake, Dave Morgan, Alex Fergusson, Steve Carter, Mick Linehan, Steve Jameson, Tony Barber, Kim Turner, Steve Cannell, Clive Giblin, Lee McFadden, Dennis Burns, John Isaac, Bob Leith, Chris Bennett (3), Tyrone Thomas (2), Kevin Mann, Dave George, Allison Phillips, Greg Anderson (2), James Kyllo, Gillian Hanna, Ray Weston, Mike Cook, John Towe, Alan Gruner, Grahame Hullett, Rob Ugly, Siobhan Duvigneau, Anno Graver, Luci Bocchino, Martin Neish, Cos Chapman, Ruth Tidmarsh, Stephen Mark Lee

In March 1977, Alternative TV were formed by Mark Perry (vocals/guitar) with guitarist, Alex Fergusson. ATV played their first gig at the Nottingham Punk Festival in May 1977. Following various line-up changes, their first album was released in May 1978.

Becoming fed up with the punk scene, Mark took ATV into areas of experimentation in late '78 and, after playing as The Good Missionaries for a few gigs, the band broke up for the first time in late 1979. They reformed in '81 split and started again in 1984 and are still currently active (as of early '08).