The band were highly comitted and rehearsed for 3 hours nightly. They oon had plenty of songs and entered Ginger studios to record the best of them. The result was the now legendary double A-side 'Regulations' and 'Venus eccentric', released in December 1977 on their own Neon hearts label. Packaged in an outrageous oversized 8" cover, a copy will now set you back £60.

The band established their own punk venue at the lord Raglan in Wolverhampton and gigged furiously nationwide, building a substantial following and reaching the attention of many labels.

Despite various options, NEON HEARTS made the wrong decision and signed to Satril. Immediatly things started to go wrong as the label tried to manipulate the band by rewriting their lyrics, allowing them no say in the production of the records and releasing singles without their consent.

Satril released two singles 'Answers' and 'Popular music'. Line-up changes followed and by the time the album - also titled 'Popular music' - was released in April 1979, the band dispirited, had already split.

There was a brief reformation before Tony joined Fashion, Paul raven joined Killing joke and later Prong and Steve formed 21c. Keith Allen and Martin Ratcliffe formed The Circles in 1979.