[1] The band also originally had a horn section of Vincent Johnson, John Graham, Robert Holland, and Paul Green.
[2] Debut single "The Gong Man" was released on Crass's label in November 1983, with "The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes" following in June 1984, now signed to Reflex Records.
Several singles and EPs followed over the next few years, although a cover of R. Dean Taylor's "There's a Ghost in My House" was withdrawn in 1987 due to the Fall's version appearing at the same time.
The Very Things recorded two Peel Sessions, in 1983 and 1987, and two tracks, "The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes" and "This Is Motortown" featured in the Festive Fifty.
[3] The Shend formed a new band, Grimetime, and has since gone on to an acting career, appearing in television series including EastEnders, Red Dwarf, The Bill, Men Behaving Badly and Torchwood.