Trouble followed the band around and led to their being sacked from

Trouble followed the band around and led to their being sacked from Good Vibrations, so their next release was on their own GBH label in 1981, the “Magnum Force” single. This was followed by the band’s first Peel Session for BBC Radio 1 . GBH became Outcasts Only, and their next releases was the Programme Love EP in 1981. In 1982 they released a cover of The Glitter Band ‘s “Angel Face”, which spent over two months in the UK Indie Chart , peaking at number 21. The band were struck a serious blow when Colin Cowan was killed in a car crash. Colin was described by his brother Greg as “the core of the band. He started The Outcasts, he even gave the band its name”. The large attendance at Colin’s funeral prompted the band to play a thank-you gig at the Harp Bar , and the positive reaction convinced the band that they should carry on. They recorded a second Peel session and released the Blood and Thunder album on Abstract Records, which reached number 20 in the indie album chart. A few more singles and the Seven Deadly Sins mini-album followed, but the band split in early 1985. Greg Cowan, Martin and Getty started a new band, Time To Pray, but this only lasted until 1986. Ray Falls joined the army.