Hard Corps were an electronic band that pioneered electronic music in the 1980s and released their first single in 1984 Dirty/Respirer on Survival Records, with Respirer also being released that year on The Art of Survival compilation EP[2] along with bands such as Tik and Tok, Eddie and Sunshine and Richard Bone.
A later re-recording in 1985 of Respirer was produced by Mute Records founder and electronic music production supremo Daniel Miller.
[3] They were on the cusp of making a real impact and hoped to support Depeche Mode when they returned to the USA, but according to an interview by Rob Doran for The Electricity Club: "However, we were not invited possibly due to British and American Musician Union politics on support bands and reciprocal agreements, but I don’t think there was any chance with Regine’s onstage controversies anyway!
Doran went on to write music for TV, radio, commercials and video with the singer from Perfect Strangers, Rod Syers.
Ashton carried on with Regine for a while doing PAs and using the Hard Corps' name before becoming The Sun Kings with former Naked Lunch member Paul ‘Driver’ Davies.