Departure of Neil O’Connor

In the wake of the departure of Neil O’Connor, who joined his sister Hazel’s band, the Flys disbanded in 1980. In 1990 See for Miles Records released the compilation album, Love and a Molotov Cocktail , that Q Magazine described as “angry, angsty, and splenetic guitar tunes with power chords”. In 2001 Waikiki Beach Refugees was reissued with eight bonus tracks covering their brief history. Also in 1991, “Love and a Molotov Cocktail” was covered by the German band Die Toten Hosen on their album Learning English, Lesson One . Joe Hughes and David Freeman later worked together again in the short-lived 1980s new wave band The Lover Speaks .