It was Keith Laws who suggested the name 'The The' to Matt Johnson.Īs the The was now getting underway, Johnson was simultaneously working with experimental synth-pop combo the Gadgets, a studio group he formed with Colin Lloyd Tucker, his colleague at De Wolfe recording studios. The band at this point consisted of Johnson on vocal, electric piano, guitar and tapes and Keith Laws on synthesiser and tapes. The The made their debut at London's Africa Centre on, third on the bill to Scritti Politti and PragVEC, using backing tape tracks that Johnson created at his day job at De Wolfe studios for the drums and bass. This album remains unreleased, although the track "What Stanley Saw" was later licensed to Cherry Red Records for their Perspectives & Distortion compilation album, which also featured Virgin Prunes, Lemon Kittens, Thomas Leer, Kevin Coyne and Mark Perry. In 1979, working with Colin Lloyd-Tucker (a friend and colleague at De Wolfe Music, the Soho music publisher/recording studio) Johnson recorded his first album proper, Spirits. While trying to get his band going, in 1978 Johnson had recorded a demo solo album ( See Without Being Seen) which he continued to sell at various underground gigs on cassettes. Johnson later placed a second advertisement in the NME, stating his new influences as " The Residents/ Throbbing Gristle". In November 1977, Matt Johnson placed an advertisement in NME, asking for "Bass/lead guitarist into The Velvet Underground/ Syd Barrett".
3.3 Unreleased, limited edition and promo-only albums.1.5 Reformation and new material (2017–present).
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