The band consisted of singer Gary Briggs, guitarist Nathan Wason, bassist Iwan Gronow and drummer Jack Mitchell.

[1] The band formed after Gary Briggs moved to Cornwall and met Nathan Wason in a record shop in Penzance in 1996.

[2][3] After recruiting drummer Tom Lewis and London born Iwan Gronow, the band moved to Manchester in 1999[4] after being discovered by the former Smiths' manager Joe Moss set them up with a regular slot at The Night and Day Café.

[5] Through Moss's Smiths connections they also played support slots for Johnny Marr's band The Healers, and others including Badly Drawn Boy.

Wason was the guitarist in Peter Hook and The Light from 2010 to 2013 and is currently a member of A Blaze Of Feathers with singer-songwriter Ben Howard, having toured as part of his backing band for several years.