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Swindells (bass), Colin Gregory (guitar), John Wood (vocals), David Walmsley (keyboards/guitar), and Peter Day (drums). Gregory and Walmsley had previously played together in The Page Boys. Their first single, "Halcyon Days" was released in 1985. The B-side,
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Bastard", "Locked Out of The Love-In", and "If I Were a Bullet". The following year the band's debut album,
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