The band's debut LP Fifi (1985) and singles in the UK ("Pioneer Girl" and "Dream of the West", both available as a 7" and a 12" EP) were released by Illegal Records and I.R.S.
Producers on these records included Anne Dudley (Art Of Noise), Tony Mansfield, Jesse James and David Ruffy.
BBC DJ John Peel gave the band a session on January 30, 1984.
For some songs, added performers included Carrie Booth on keyboards, Harry Pitch on harmonica, and "Luis" on percussion).
[citation needed] Bob Stanley calls the band part of one of the two "insular mid-eighties movements" (cowpunk and psychobilly) "...which harked back to the spirit of '76" (1976), The Clash's beliefs, and the view that roots rock was path to "true grit".