originally formed

The Only Ones were originally formed in August 1976 in South London by Peter Perrett . Perrett had been recording demos since 1972, and in late 1975 he was looking for a bassist. He was introduced to John Perry as a possible candidate, but Perry wanted to concentrate on playing guitar instead. By August 1976, Perry and Perrett had found drummer Mike Kellie , formerly of Spooky Tooth , and bassist Alan Mair , who previously had huge success with the Scottish beat band the Beatstalkers . Their first single, “Lovers of Today”, self-released on the Vengeance record label, was immediately made “record of the week” by three of the four main music papers . A year later they signed a recording contract with CBS . Their next single ” Another Girl, Another Planet ” became a popular and influential song, and remains the band’s best-known song. It is often featured on various musical box-sets featuring a punk rock or new wave theme. After its inclusion on the compilation album The Sound of the Suburbs (1991), it was re-released as a single and reached no. 57 in the UK Singles Chart .