Multi-instrumentalist and sonic visionary Norman Fisher-Jones, aka Noko, had already gigged with The Cure, and The Buzzcock’s Pete Shelley before he released his first 12 with his own band The Umbrella. He formed Luxuria with Magazine’s Howard Devoto in 1987 and released two albums with Beggars Banquet. Together with original Umbrella member, James E. Gardner, their school friend Howard Gray, and Howard’s brother Trevor, he formed Apollo 440 in 1990.
An original member, he’d be at The Hacienda if it was still open.