Released compilation The Mekons Story

For several years the band played noisy, bare-bones post-punk , releasing singles on a number of labels. Their first album, The Quality of Mercy Is Not Strnen , was recorded using Gang of Four ‘s instruments, and due to an error by the Virgin Records’ art department, featured pictures of Gang of Four on the back cover. After 1982’s The Mekons Story, a compilation of old recordings, the band ceased activity for a while, with Langford forming The Three Johns .