Lead singer Charlie Waller was involved in music from an early age, initial inspirations included Lou Reed's Transformer and bands such as Adam and the Ants.

The Action Heroes included Matthew Wheeler, drums, Sam Mansbridge, Guitar & Harry Dwyer on keyboards.

At this point Waller began writing and playing again with former Tavistock friends Tom Gorbutt, and Henry Clark.

The strain of playing in two bands eventually led to Waller quitting both groups before being coaxed back to the Rumble Strips.

Not taking away from Tom's bass playing Sam introduced the Rumble Drum that became such a feature of the band's live act.

[1] The band moved further into the public eye with a number of key support dates for Dirty Pretty Things and fellow Transgressive artists The Young Knives in early 2006, and then the release of their second single, "Hate Me (You Do)" on 5 June.

The new year brought the Rumble Strips their first move into the charts, with their release of "Alarm Clock" on 19 March 2007 reaching No.

[3][4] The Rumble Strips were asked by Island records to remix the Amy Winehouse single "Back to Black", and this was released in 2007 on limited-edition white vinyl.

This drew the attention of producer Mark Ronson and led to Charlie being asked to sing lead vocals on "Back to Black" at The Electric Proms in 2007.

In late 2008, with Sam Mansbridge now a full member, the band began working with Ronson on their second record at London rehearsal space The Joint.

Matthew Wheeler was in Berlin, Tom Gorbutt went back to Devon, Henry Clark was settled in Australia, and Charlie Waller was in Copenhagen, via Cuba.