Music
The band was named after Massey's favourite drum machine, the Roland TR-808, ironically later admitting that until the late 1980s they thought Roland drum machines were "severely uncool." Massey had also been a member of the D.I.Y. band Danny And The Dressmakers doing a mixture of "bad" music and Gong covers (living up to their tagline "We don't play our instruments, we abuse them") and also hippy - fusion band Aqua in the 1970s, along with violinist Graham Clark (also later of Gong).
Massey Co wrote and Co Produced two tracks for Bjork's album . and The Modern Things . Initially recorded in 1992 for her album Debut they were not released until her second album Post in 1995. Army Of Me was the first single off Post in May 1995 reaching number 10 in the UK Singles Chart
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