Plume (Delia Gaitskell) and Denim (Suzanne Powell) met and formed the band when they were both students at the University of Liverpool.

We're in the Music Biz has a deceivingly innocent looking album cover, with the girls appearing to wear shirts and ties when in fact they are topless and the "clothes" are simply body paint.

The band relied on fan pledges to financially support the project,[3] and released the single "Wake Up" on 3 May 2010, which included a remix by Electrosexual & Scream Club.

was inspired by Barry M cosmetics, who financed a music video-cum-ad featuring "Robot Blue" lipstick and costuming.

[5] Dee and Sue appeared several times in the British Television series The Mighty Boosh as electro band members and goth girls.