They were part of a West London squatland scene, alongside bands such as the Poison Girls, Zounds, The Mob and The Astronauts.
Emerging from associations with the hippy-orientated Here & Now, Nik Turner, Gong's Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth, the Androids of Mu formed out of the Frestonia squatter community in Notting Hill Gate, West London, notable in its time for producing non-conformist music.
The band's driving force was vocalist Suze da Blooze (11 February 1950 – 19 August 2007).
Robbi Millar in Sounds described the album as "Android genius" and likened the band to The Slits,[3] praising their "simple songs, played with limited but adventurous ability, sung with voices that scream and holler with the mispitched intensity of early Raincoats".
[5] Newcastle anarcho-punk band Blood Robots[6] named themselves after Androids of Mu's only album.