[1] Alan Ward was formerly a member of the glam punk band Bastard along with Damned guitarist Brian James, Dez Lover, future Raxola frontman Yves Kengen on bass, and drummer Nobby Goff.
[citation needed] Ward then recruited a new set of musicians who became the band Elton Motello: Peter Goff (guitar), Willie Change (bass), and Nobby Goff (drums), with Ward himself (as Elton Motello) on vocals and percussion.
[1][2] Ward/Motello returned in 1980 with a second album, Pop Art, now backed by Butcher, Andrew Goldberg, J.P. Martins, and Walter Mets.
That exact same backing track was simultaneously used by Belgian artist Plastic Bertrand on his internationally successful hit single "Ça plane pour moi".
Alan Ward lives in Belgium where he works as a producer at Electric City Recording Studio.