Formed in Manchester in 1971, the band came to prominence after appearing on the ITV talent show New Faces.

Follow-up singles "Hide Away from the Sun", "Mr Cool", "Sweet Regrets" and "Mail Train" all failed to make the charts over the next couple of years.

[5] The youngest member and lead vocalist, Marcel King, tried to resurrect a solo career in 1985, and with Donald Johnson (A Certain Ratio) and Bernard Sumner (New Order) recorded "Reach for Love" (written by King) for Factory Records without commercial success, followed by "Hollywood Nights" for ZYX.

[6] Bass guitarist Barry Johnson later joined Quando Quango and then Aswad.

Founder member Leroy Smith was found dead in his Manchester flat on 15 January 2009.