 During his absence, drummer Stuart Elliot (previously with Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel) played drums with the band for a John Peel session on 18 July 1984, and also played on the song, "Ball and Chain", for their first album, "Celebration".Neil Conti—from Prefab Sprout—played drums with them during the summer of 1984, before Edge was asked to rejoin.Mark Ferda played guitar with them on their European tour, and later worked with Jah Wobble, Bill Laswell, Brian Eno, and The Wolfgang Press.