We cut two demos, the first in December 1979 at 'Blackwing Studios', Southwark. This session was engineered by 'Eric Radcliffe', who was later associated with 'Yazoo', in 1982 ('Upstairs At Erics') and 'The Assembly' in 1983, having a top ten hit with 'Never Never' on Mute Records - which I'm sure everyone will remember was with 'The Undertones' very own 'Feargal Sharkey' on vocals and synth wizard 'Vince Clarke'.

"The Action" came fourth in the Melody Maker Rock 80 - Battle of the Bands competition!!! (June 1980) we received a £300 cheque from 'Annie Lennox' who was one of the esteemed judges of the final. We invested this money in to the next demo recording at 'Gateway Studios' in July 1980.

The outcome of said demos was an offer of management and a small indie record deal, that didn't come together before we split up.

Steve Phypers

Nov 2004