Positive Noise were a new wave and synthpop band from Scotland who had a number of indie hits in the 1980s.

[3] Début album Heart of Darkness was released in May 1981, after which Ross left to form the short-lived Leisure Process, with Blackstock taking over on lead vocals.

[2] Heart of Darkness peaked at number four on the independent chart, and the band's second album, Change of Heart (1982), also charted, reaching number 21.

[3] They released a third and final album, Distant Fires, in 1985, now with John Telford on drums and John Coletta on guitar, but their earlier success was not repeated and they split up shortly afterwards.

[4] Ross Middleton had earlier worked as a music journalist, writing for Sounds under the pen name Maxwell Park.