The Sons of Harry Cross were Paul Spencer (drums), Ian Jackson (bass) and Ken Hancock (guitar).
[3][4] At Peel's suggestion he formed a band to work with, which he called The Sons of Harry Cross, a reference to the Brookside character.
In September 1985 Dodd and the band recorded the self-financed Polluted Minds at the Station House in New Brighton.
Four of these tracks were later re-recorded for the Winebars and Werewolves album, which was a hit on the UK Indie Chart in 1986, reaching number 19.
The track Grumpy Old Men from Wake Up And Smell The Offy reached number one in the 2005 Festive 50 as voted for by listeners to the OneMusic shows of Huw Stephens, Rob da Bank and Ras Kwame.