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Phil Thompson Mike Herbage Pete Jones Eddie Roxy Alex Lutes

ex Stuart Mizon, Tony Lordan, Mark Taylor, Jimmy Hughes, Sam Burnett, Vaughn Cotillard

London band originally active between 1979 and 1982, best remembered for moody hit single Is Vic There?

ALBUMS

Burn Down Tomorrow

Burn Down Tomorrow / So Far Away

2023, 7", Single, Ora, Not On Label

Whistle For The Wind / One By One

2023, 7", Single, Blu, Not On Label

45 Revolutions: Singles 1980 – 2017

When All Is Said And All Is Done

2016, CD, Album, Westworld Recordings

Department : S*

Mr Nutley's Strange Delusionarium

2011, CD, Album, Not On Label

Department : S*

Wonderful Day EP

Post-Punk/Indie Rock

My Coo Ca Choo (Micko Westmoreland Remix)

2008, CDr, Single, Promo, Sartorial Records,

Indie Rock/Glam/Electro/New Wave

Department S / Terry Edwards & The Scapegoats

My Coo Ca Choo / Cat People/Gasoline

2007, 7", Single, Red, Sartorial Records,

2003, CD, Comp, RM, LTM (4)

1993, CD, Comp, Mau Mau Records

Going Left Right

Indie Rock/New Wave

APPEARANCES +

2023, File, MP3, Single, 320, Not On Label (Department S Self-released)

The Desecration Of Desire

Techno/Electro/Downtempo/Breaks/EBM

2005, CD, Comp, VAWS,

EBM/Industrial/Electro

Heaven Sent (The Rise Of New Pop 1979-1983)

2024, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Comp, Cherry Red,

Alternative Rock/Art Rock/Avantgarde/Ballad/Country/Disco/Downtempo/Dub/Electro/Experimental/Funk/Indie Pop/Indie Rock/Jazzdance/Jazz-Funk/Latin/Leftfield/Lounge/Minimal/Mod/New Wave/Pop Rock/Post-Punk/Punk/Rhythm & Blues/Ska/Soul/Synth-pop/Tribal/Turntablism

The Pete Jones Compendium Of Nonsense

2024, CD, Album, Fou, J.A.M. UK Records

Gary Crowley's Punk & New Wave Vol. 2

Mod/Punk/Power Pop/New Wave

Het Beste Uit De New Wave 100

2022, 3xLP, Comp, Ltd, Num, Gat, Universal Music Belgium,

New Wave/Post-Punk/Synth-pop/Electro/Garage Rock/EBM/NDW/Dub/Goth Rock/Alternative Rock/Darkwave/Post Rock/Punk

Now Yearbook '81

Now That’s What I Call Punk & New Wave

Very Terry Edwards

2020, 3xCD, Album, Comp, Sartorial Records,

Extend The 80s Alternative (Essential 12" And Extended Mixes Of 80s Alternative Tracks)

2018, 3xCD, Comp, BMG,

New Wave Club Class•X - Sinner's Day 2018 (40 Years Of New Wave)

2018, 3xCD, Comp, Universal Music Belgium,

New Wave/Goth Rock/Alternative Rock/Synth-pop/Pop Rock/Punk/Rockabilly/Garage Rock/Indie Rock/Post-Punk/Art Rock/Dub/EBM/Electro

80s Back To School

2018, 3xCD, Comp, Sony Music, Crimson Productions (2),

Breakbeat/Disco/Funk/Hip Hop/New Wave/Electro/Pop Rock/Soft Rock/Ballad/Synth-pop

Ita Cemetry Gates Volume 1

2017, CD, Comp, DDA Confidential,

The Many Faces Of The Police (A Journey Through The Inner World Of The Police)

Alternative Rock/Reggae/Reggae-Pop/Ska/New Wave/Punk/Pop Punk

Lust For Life - The Music That Changed A Generation

2016, 3xCD, Comp, Universal Music TV,

Alternative Rock/Indie Pop/Pop Punk/Punk

Top 40 New Wave (The Ultimate Top 40 Collection)

2016, 2xCD, Comp, Sony Music,

New Wave/Synth-pop/Post-Punk/Electro/Glam/Indie Rock/Goth Rock/Pop Rock/Punk/Hi NRG/Alternative Rock/Downtempo

This Is Radio Punk (1977-1980)

2016, 4xCD, Comp, Universal Music France,

Punk/Post-Punk/Ska/Reggae/New Wave

No More Heroes - 60 Punk & New Wave Anthems

2015, 3xCD, Comp, USM Media,

New Wave/Punk/Pub Rock/Ska

EFD's Greatest Stiffs

2015, CD, Comp, WFMU,

2014, 5xCD, Comp, Universal Music Belgium,

Art Rock/Goth Rock/Indie Rock/Industrial/New Wave/New Beat/Pop Punk/Post-Punk/Punk/Synth-pop/Coldwave

Rock Anthems (The Ultimate Collection)

2014, 5xCD, Comp, Universal UMC,

The Big 5 - New Wave Classics

2013, 2xCD, Comp, Parlophone, Nostalgie (4),

Greatest Ever! Punk & New Wave (The Definitive Collection)

2013, 3xCD, Comp, Box, Greatest Ever!,

Punk/New Wave/Ska/Post-Punk

Teenage Kicks 1977-1981 - The Music That Changed Everything

2012, 3xCD, Comp, Dig, Universal, EMI TV,

Alternative Rock/Garage Rock/Post Rock/Post-Punk/Punk/Ragga/Reggae/Ska

Grandmaster Teenage Kicks 2

2012, CD, Comp, Mixed, Music Factory,

New Wave/Mod/Ska/Punk/Synth-pop

Crème Anglaise: Le Tour De Londres En 50 Titres

2012, 3xCD, Comp + Box, fnac.com, Les Inrockuptibles, Oui FM,

Wishing You A Sartorial Christmas

Alternative Rock/Holiday

40 Hits Incontournables - New Wave Vol. 2

Synth-pop/New Wave

100 Hits Punk & New Wave

2011, 5xCD, Comp, Demon Music Group, 100 Hits, EMI,

2011, 2xCD, Comp, Enh, Union Square Music,

101 Punk & New Wave Anthems

2010, 5xCD, Comp, Virgin, EMI, EMI TV,

Vive Le Rock! Presents God Save Rock And Roll

2010, CD, Comp, Vive Le Rock!,

New Wave/Post-Punk/Blues Rock/Punk/Psychobilly/Rockabilly/Heavy Metal

Radio 1 Classics Vol. 2

2010, 2xCD, Comp, Universal Music Belgium,

100 Hits Electric Eighties

2010, 5xCD, Comp + Box, 100 Hits, Demon Music Group,

New Wave/Europop/Indie Pop/Ska

Turntable Wax Museum

2010, CD, Comp, Mixtape, P/Mixed, Promo, FX Empire Records

The 80s (200 Original Hits Featuring 20 Tracks For Every Year Of The 1980s)

Italo-Disco/Smooth Jazz/Theme/Euro House/Heavy Metal/Electro/Ballad/Latin/Pop Rock/Indie Rock/Freestyle/Europop/Rockabilly/Breakbeat/Downtempo/Funk/Rock & Roll/Hi NRG/Pop Rap/Soul/Disco/New Wave/Soft Rock/Rhythm & Blues/Swing/Hard Rock/Synth-pop/Classic Rock/Alternative Rock/House/Abstract/RnB/Swing/Roots Reggae/Jazz-Funk/Arena Rock/Leftfield

Ultimate 80s (60 Classic Tracks Of The Decade)

2009, 3xCD, Comp, Music Club, Cleveland International Records,

New Wave/Electro/Synth-pop

New Wave Club Class•X - Sinner's Day 09

2009, 3xCD, Comp, EMI,

Alternative Rock/EBM/Industrial/Experimental/New Wave

Smash Hits 1981

2009, CD, Comp, Rhino Records (2)

The Pop Years: 1980-1981 (40 Classic Pop Hits From The 80s)

2009, 2xCD, Comp, Crimson,

New Wave/Synth-pop

Top Of The Pops - Punk & New Wave

2009, 3xCD, Comp, EMI Gold, BBC,

The Ultimate Collection Rock 100 Hits

2008, 5xCD, Comp, Union Square Music,

Classic Rock/Pop Rock

2008, 5xCD, Comp + Box, EMI,

Alternative Rock/New Wave/Synth-pop/EBM

Grange Hill - The Album

Disco/New Wave/Pop Rock/Punk/Ska/Reggae/Synth-pop

The Mix Tapes - Alternative Music From The Late 70s And 80s

Alternative Rock/Leftfield/Synth-pop/Pop Rock/Indie Rock/Downtempo/Abstract/Punk/Avantgarde/Disco/Soundtrack/New Wave/Ska/Tribal/Modern Classical/Electro/Goth Rock/Breaks/Experimental

Punk / F**k Art Let's Danse

2007, 2xCD, Comp, Music Club Deluxe,

Alternative Rock/Punk

30 Years Of Stiff Records Volume One

2007, CD, Comp, Promo, Stiff Records, The Independent

The Big Stiff Box Set

2007, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Salvo,

Power Pop/Punk/Alternative Rock/New Wave/Pop Rock/Hard Rock/Ska/Post-Punk/Folk Rock/Blues Rock/Novelty

100 Hits 80s (100 Classic Tracks Of The Decade)

2007, 5x CD Mediamotion,

Folk Rock/Indie Rock/Country/Soul/Vocal/New Wave/Ska/Rockabilly/Synth-pop

New Wave (The Platinum Collection)

2007, Box Set, 3x CD,

Alternative Rock/Coldwave/Downtempo/Electro/Ethereal/Experimental/Folk Rock/Garage Rock/Glam/Goth Rock/Indie Rock/Industrial/Leftfield/Minimal/New Beat/New Wave/Pop Rock/Post-Punk/Power Pop/Psychedelic Rock/Psychobilly/Punk/Rock & Roll/Synth-pop

Punk/Post-Punk/New Wave/Pop Rock

New Wave Heroes

Essential New Wave - Volume 1

2005, CD, Comp, EMI,

New Wave/Indie Rock

Teenage Kicks Vol 2 (Going Underground)

2005, CD, Comp, Sanctuary TV, EMI, Virgin, Universal Music TV,

The Essential 80s

2005, 3xCD, Comp, Crimson 3,

Hang The DJ: The Alternative '80s Volume 2

2005, 2xCD, Comp, Shock (2),

80s Back To School Party

2005, CD, Comp, Crimson

The Ultimate Punk Album

2004, CD, Comp, Crimson,

The Greatest 80s Album

2004, 2xCD, Comp, EMI

Various / Crispy Ambulance

Black Music / Atlantic Crossing

2003, CD, Comp + CD, LTM (4),

New Wave/Art Rock/Avantgarde/Indie Rock

Team Spirit - De Muziek Uit De Serie

2003, CD, Comp + DVD-V, Ext, Sony Music Media,

2002, 2xCD, Comp, Smplr, Demon Music Group,

Mod And Beyond - On Target With Four Generations Of Mod Music

2002, CD, Comp, Crimson,

Soul/Rhythm & Blues/Punk/Ska/Mod/Britpop

Ultimate Eighties (54 Smash Hits)

2002, Box + 3xCD, Comp, Crimson,

Synth-pop/Disco/New Wave/Pop Rock/Ska/Rock & Roll/Ballad/Psychedelic Rock/Indie Rock/Hi NRG/Mod/Soul/Alternative Rock/Hard Rock/Soundtrack/Vocal/Electro/Funk/Dance-pop/House/Contemporary R&B

Teenage Kicks: Punk 2

2001, CD, Comp, Crimson,

If It Ain't Stiff... (A Stiff Records Collection)

2001, CD, Comp, Metro

A Kick Up The 80s

2001, CD, Comp, Crimson,

Stiff, Stiffer, Stiffest (A Stiff Records Collection)

Best Of The Eighties (108 Original Hits)

2000, Box + 6xCD, Comp, EMI Gold, EMI Gold,

Rock & Roll/Reggae/Soul/Disco/New Wave/Power Pop/Ska/Funk

Dressed In Black (Best Of 80's New Wave/Gothic)

1999, 2xCD, Comp, PolyGram TV, Universal,

Alternative Rock/EBM/Electro/Garage Rock/Glam/Goth Rock/Indie Rock/Industrial/Minimal/New Wave/Pop Rock/Post-Punk/Psychedelic Rock/Punk/Shoegaze/Synth-pop

Back To The Eighties

1999, CD, Comp, Music Club,

New Wave/Pop Rock/Synth-pop

EightiesMix Volume 1

1999, CD, Comp, Crimson,

1998, CD, Comp, Mixed, Crimson,

A Hard Nights Day - 45 Classic Singles - A History Of Stiff Records

Punk/New Wave/Hard Rock/Pop Rock/Synth-pop

98 New Wave Club Class•X Traxx!!!

1996, Box, Comp + CD, Comp, RE + CD, Comp, RE + CD, Comp, Antler-Subway,

EBM/Electro/Synth-pop/New Wave

The No. 1 Punk Album

1996, 2xCD, Comp, PolyGram TV,

The Stiffer The Better Vol 2

1996, CD, Comp, EMI Music South Africa (Pty) Ltd.,

New Wave/Pop Rock/Punk/Synth-pop/Mod

The Ultimate Eighties

Synth-pop/Vocal/Ska/New Wave/Mod/Europop/Rhythm & Blues

Into The Eighties

1995, 2x CD Disctronics S,

Acoustic/Ballad/Electro/Indie Rock/Mod/New Wave/Pop Rock/Punk/Reggae-Pop/Rocksteady/Ska/Soul/Synth-pop/Theme

The Best Of Punk Rock Vol 3

Anarchy The Best Of Punk

1993, CD, Comp, Nectar,

The Best Of New Wave Club Class-X

New Wave/Electro/Goth Rock/Synth-pop

The Indie Scene 81

1992, CD, Comp, Connoisseur Collection,

Alternative Rock/New Wave/Goth Rock/Indie Rock/Punk/Post-Punk/Psychobilly/Synth-pop

The Stiff Records Box Set

Folk Rock/Reggae/Pop Rock/Country Rock/Rock & Roll/Blues Rock/Punk/New Wave/Soft Rock/Power Pop/Ska/Rockabilly/Pub Rock

A Kick Up The Eighties Vol. 5 (Since Yesterday)

Alternative Rock/New Wave/Pop Rock/Synth-pop/Mod

Punk & Disorderly

New Wave Club Class•X 2

New Wave/Post-Punk/Electro/Synth-pop/Minimal

From Hell To Obscurity

Blues Rock/New Wave

Diving For Pearls Volume 1

Stiff Best Buy Vol. 1

1982, 12", Comp, Stiff Records,

New Wave/Ska/Power Pop/Pub Rock

1981 New Music Seminar Tour Sampler

1981, 7", Comp, Promo, Stiff Records,

Wonderful Time Out There

1981, LP, Album, Promo, Stiff Records, Stiff Records,

Top Of The Pops - 868

1981, LP, Transcription, BBC Transcription Services, BBC Transcription Services

Top Of The Pops - 860

1981, LP, Transcription, BBC Transcription Services, BBC Transcription Services,

Pop Rock/Ska/Synth-pop/Punk/Public Broadcast

Top Of The Pops-888

1981, LP, Transcription, BBC Transcription Services, BBC Transcription Services,

Public Broadcast

Top Of The Pops-895

1981, LP, Transcription, BBC Transcription Services, BBC Transcription Services

Rock Disko - Uusi 80-Luvun Syke

New Wave/Synth-pop/Punk

New Wave/Power Pop

Plastic Crimewave

Galactic Zoo Dossier Tape Club Vol. 10 #2: Dandies In The Underworld

2014, Cass, Comp, Ltd, Unofficial, Not On Label (Plastic Crimewave Self-Released)

Breaking The Back Of Indie

2006, 2xCDr, Comp, Unofficial, Not On Label,

Alternative Rock/Industrial/Indie Rock/Abstract/Avantgarde/Darkwave/Art Rock/Goth Rock/Synth-pop/Punk/Post-Punk

2004, 9xCDr, Comp, Unofficial + CDr, Comp + 251xFile, MP, Not On Label,

Post-Punk/Avantgarde/Art Rock/Power Pop/Psychedelic Rock/Lo-Fi/Experimental/Punk

Pressing Problems

1981, Cass, Comp, Unofficial, Pressing Problems,

New Wave/Industrial/Punk/Experimental

New Wave Mix Vol. 9

CDr, Ltd, Mixed, Unofficial, Not On Label (DJ Chesko),

New Wave/Goth Rock/Synth-pop

Weihnachts Studio Mix

Cass, Comp, Unofficial, Welpenschänder Tapes,