College friends Cy Curnin on vocals and Adam Woods on drums formed the group in London in 1979, initially calling themselves Portraits.

[1] The pair placed an ad for additional members, and recruited keyboardist Rupert Greenall, guitarist Tony McGrail and bassist Russell Mckenzie, the last of whom was later replaced by Charlie Barrett.

The Fix's raised profile eventually led to the group being offered a contract by MCA Records.

[3] Worried about the potential drug-user implication of the band's name, MCA insisted on a name change before signing them to the label.

[2] This album featured the band's initial hits, "Stand or Fall" and "Red Skies", both of which charted in the US and the UK.

[2] Brown played bass on the third top 40 single from the album, "The Sign Of Fire" and continued with the band on its subsequent tour.

The 1987 album React, was a compilation of both live and new studio material, after which the band would depart MCA Records.

In 2002, the Fixx performed Nancy Sinatra's 1960s classic "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" for an album of cover versions of songs from the 1960s to 1990s called When Pigs Fly.

Gary Tibbs (formerly a member of Roxy Music, The Vibrators and Adam and the Ants) played bass for this album.

They celebrated 25 years of making music together, with the release of the double-CD Twenty-fifth Anniversary Anthology compilation.

With the classic lineup back intact, the Fixx released their 10th studio album, Beautiful Friction, on 17 July 2012.

[6] On 10 November 2023 the band released a newly-recorded single "Winter's Time" backed with "Someone Like You" a track recorded initially during the Every Five Seconds sessions.