McGuire left the band in February 1983 (he would later join UK Subs and The Men They Couldn’t Hang ), his eventual replacement being Gaz Ivin. The band struggled to capitalise on the success of their last EP, not helped by McDonald’s drug problem, but their career was kickstarted when John Robb suggested that they might find a suitable home at Crass ‘/ John Loder ‘s Corpus Christi Records . After travelling to meet Crass , the label took them on and released the Tears of a Nation EP , which spent eight weeks in the indie chart, peaking at number 15. The success of the EP led Crudge and Withers to relocate to London. McDonald remained in Fleetwood with his family, and did not travel to all of the band’s gigs, with Ogs from Peter and the Test Tube Babies standing in.
McGuire left the band
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