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342: 27: 288:) on 19 October 1980. Mothersbaugh said before playing the single "this one's from a band from London, they don't ever play anywhere, they just kind of play in their bedroom or livingroom or something. It's a funny band because nobody in the band weighs less than 250 pounds." 219:. They also played out of town at venues in the south and north east of England. Their tracks have turned up on various punk compilations over the years and were collected and released with a bootleg live recording on the 203:) compilation album, ("Arabs in Arrads"). They played at most of the London punk club and pub venues including The Marquee, Nashville and Vortex supporting bands like 418: 413: 408: 379: 91: 177:
Their songs released as singles were "I am a Dalek"/"Neutron Bomb" and "Punk Rock Stars"/"Rat City". The group was formed by
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in 1979 and recorded the single "Take Your Brain Out For a Walk", on LAX records in 1980. The single was played on the
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After the Art Attacks ended the members of the group worked using the name Tagmemics. They played one gig supporting
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In the initial rehearsals and demo Rick Slaughter was on drums (later in
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and this led to the band's short career. They had two tracks on the
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