Despite originating in London, the band made its first public performance on 20 September 1976 at Manchester ‘s Holdsworth Hall, featuring Buzzcocks as their support act. The band did not yet have a permanent bassist and rented a local musician for the show. Lutfi Radwan (a.k.a. Social Demise) was soon replaced by drummer Dee Generate (real name: Roger Bullen, now well regarded for his work with troubled youth in a social support role), and by November 1976, they had recruited bassist Ian Woodcock ( who, after his career in music went on to work in the Far East as an engineer ) in time to play their first London gig. Lutfi Radwan went on to become a highly regarded scholar and academic, who now lectures in food ethics and the central role of sustainable living in a time of scarcity in the 21st century.
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