[1] The band formed in 1986, comprising female singer Johnny Johnson, Andrew Brown (bass), Allan Kingdom (guitar), and Phil Goodman (drums).
Andy Wake signed the band to his Medium Cool label on the strength of one of their three demo tapes, releasing their first single, "What Went Wrong This Time?"
[4] After a second Peel session, they had planned to release "You Get What You Deserve" as a third single, but this fell through when Sombrero ran out of money.
The band remained popular with fans of indie pop, and a collection of all of their recordings, Slum Clearance was released in 2001.
In 2017 Optic nerve records re-released "What Went Wrong This Time" in a limited edition single, on colored vinyl.