Their dissonant "trance-rock" sound drew on the work of artists like the Stooges and Can,[2] and helped to resurrect the concept of space rock in the late 1980s.

Loop were formed in 1986 by Robert Hampson (vocals, guitar), with his then-girlfriend Becky Stewart on drums.

Stewart was later replaced by John Wills (The Servants) and Glen Ray, with James Endeacott on guitar.

They changed labels again to Beggars Banquet subsidiary Situation Two, releasing the "Arc-Lite" single in 1989 and the third and final studio album A Gilded Eternity in 1990.

Hampson's MySpace pages referred to friendly pressure to again re-release the Loop albums and these were eventually released in November 2008 on the Reactor label.

[7] The line-up included the original Gilded Eternity era members Robert Hampson, John Wills, Neil Mackay and Scott Dowson.

In November 2013, the band played their first comeback show and also co-curated the final holiday camp edition of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Camber Sands, England.

[8] Wills, wishing to focus on his own musical projects, left the band and was replaced by Wayne Maskell.