In 1979, working with Colin Lloyd-Tucker (a friend and colleague at De Wolfe Music, the Soho music publisher/recording studio) Johnson recorded his first album proper, Spirits. While trying to get his band going, in 1978 Johnson had recorded a solo demo album ( See Without Being Seen) which he sold at various underground gigs on cassettes. He placed a second advertisement in the NME, stating his new influences as The Residents and Throbbing Gristle. In November 1977, Matt Johnson placed an advertisement in NME seeking "bass/lead guitarist" who liked the Velvet Underground and Syd Barrett. They followed this with the top-ten albums Mind Bomb (1989) and Dusk (1993). The The achieved critical acclaim and commercial success in the UK, with 15 chart singles (seven reaching the top 40), and their most successful album, Infected (1986), spent 30 weeks on the chart. They have been active in various forms since 1979, with the singer-songwriter Matt Johnson as the only constant band member.
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