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British anarcho punk band formed in Darlington, U.K. by vocalist Andrew Bayles and bassist [a=Ian Armstrong] in 1983. The band had a very fluid membership which included (according to an insert in the 7' EP [b]Can You Dig It?[/b]) these 18 people prior to 1986: Dallas, Slob, Ian, Steely, Sned, Helen, Jane, Simon, Andrew, Dave, Paul, Pete, Ian T., Derek, Mandy, Les, Georgie and Wal. It went on to say "There might have been a few more.." In an interview with website Negative Insight, Bayles states he recorded with the band on the [b]Can You Dig It?[/b] EP but left the group after the recording of debut [b]Where Have All the Children Gone?[/b]. (He is possibly credited on the EP as simply "Andrew" though that could be Andrew Black. "Andy the Lionhearted" is credited on [b]Where Have All the Children Gone?[/b] though that could also be engineer [a=Andy Tillison].) He also confirmed and expanded on the lineup information from [b]Can You Dig It?[/b]:"We went thru' various other singers including Helen and Jane, Dave S. and Joy and a couple of guitarists: Slob, Andrew Black. We also had a guy called Steely on drums and, after I’d left, they finally got their shit together with a guitarist called Wal and started taking the band more seriously. Female singers Jools and Georgie are singing on the albums and singles, although I think Jools was the longest serving and did the most gigs."