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Hard, guitar-fuelled dance music raiders from Leeds, Yorkshire, England, who at one point looked likely to translate Gang Of Four's vision to a mass audience: "We're part experimental, part bop and we look pretty good as well." With a line-up boasting Steve Elvidge (vocals), Neil Howbs (guitar), Geoff Taylor (bass) and Jan Penny (percussion, stand-up drums), their first single was "Motorcity" on their own label, which proved a big hit with BBC disc jockey John Peel. A follow-up, "Bible Of The Beats", pushed them further in the direction of caustic dance. Although their early live sets rarely extended beyond 20 minutes, they proved attractive to a media that could make photogenic capital out of their lavish costumes (such as designer cyclist garb). Their metallic treatment of Prince's "Kiss" was a mutant dance mini-classic, while a reading of the Trammps' "Disco Inferno" brought them to within sniffing distance of the UK Top 40. Signing to Virgin Records, a succession of anonymous singles failed to nudge them any closer. Only the Public Enemy -remixed "Take It" (featuring embryonic rapping) was of much interest, before Steve E left in the midst of considerable acrimony. Despite enlisting a replacement, Charles Hutchinson, the band were soon dropped by Virgin. When he, in turn, deserted, Perry briefly handled vocals before the band finally gave up the ghost in 1991. Elvidge persevered with his love of samples and loops by working with Mad Love, who went nowhere. Elvidge worked as a DJ in Leeds and York, while Howson publishes a listings magazine, View. Perry works for Leeds Council, and Taylor for the Grand Theatre in the same city.