[2] by childhood friends, singer/songwriter and guitarist Andrew Cash and bassist Charlie Angus, along with drummer Peter Duffin.
[7] The songs were composed by Cash and Angus, and some had political themes;[8] some critics referred to the band as "Gang of Four with a sense of humour".
[4] At that time the band was playing in various clubs and music venues in Toronto, performing regularly at the Cabana Room in the Spadina Hotel.
Duffin later co-founded the acoustic pop band Barnhouse Static with Canadian songwriter Kathy Evans.
As of 2011, Angus and Cash were both in politics, sitting in the House of Commons of Canada as members of the New Democratic Party caucus.