When the Marine Girls disbanded in 1983, the band members Jane Fox (bass) and Alice Fox (vocals and percussion) formed Grab Grab the Haddock with Lester Noel (guitar and vocals), Steve Galloway (guitar) and Tim Hall (saxophone and clarinet).
[1] The name of the band came from the title of a painting by the artist Bruce McLean.
[2] In 2003, the band came top in a listeners poll on the Mark and Lard show on BBC Radio 1 to find the "worst band name of all time".
Tracks from both EPs have subsequently appeared on many Cherry Red compilation albums.
Lester Noel and Steve Galloway went on to form the band North of Cornwallis, while Noel later joined Norman Cook in the electronic music group, Beats International.