Formed during the spring of 1979, UK Decay released the ‘Split Single’ 7” on their own Plastic Records label. The 'Split Single' sold extremely well, mainly thanks to a damning review in the NME, whose Danny Baker and Charles Shaar Murray described them as "one of the worst punk bands of all time".

Next was the band's Black Cat EP, in early 1980, which made the UK Indie Chart for three weeks, getting to No. 42.

"For My Country"(Sept 80), gained airplay from John Peel (for whom they would r...