At that time, Mick Roberts had been working on song lyrics and ideas with childhood friend John Halnon and Marcus Waite.

Their first gig was in 1988 at the Royal Park and their first release was a blue flexi-disc, "Lies" c/w "Just Good Friends", which was given away for free with a local fanzine.

The band started headlining their own gigs and became regulars at venues such as the Warehouse in Leeds, The Boardwalk in Manchester and The Leadmill in Sheffield.

[2] After the breakup of the original line up, Mick Roberts, Carl A. Finlow and Alaric Neville continued to write and play together.

It had become apparent during the recording of the album that Roberts' hearing loss was having an adverse effect on the volume he needed for monitoring and live gigs were becoming difficult.

Their final performance was filmed at the Warehouse for ITV featuring the album title track, "Cage" and a new song "World Stop Turning", recorded on 23 March 1993.