[1] Miller was disillusioned by the fact you needed to learn three chords to be in a punk band, so he decided to purchase a synthesiser.
[1] After buying a Korg 700s synthesiser from Macari's music shop in London,[1] Miller recorded and released a single under the name The Normal.
[citation needed] "Live at West Runton Pavilion", The Normal's second release, done with another Mute Records act, Robert Rental, was not well received.
A strange release, it was a one-sided album (side two was left blank) of improvised electronic noises, in a plain purple dust jacket.
Songs by The Normal have been covered and performed by many notable artists such as Grace Jones, Sleep Chamber, Laibach, Chicks on Speed/Hell on a split-7", Giddle and Boyd Rice and in 2006 by Trent Reznor with Jeordie White and Peter Murphy.