 The Lords of the New Church approached Thee Hypnotics lead singer, Jim Jones, to front the Lords but he declined.Subsequently, Stiv Bators wore a T-shirt with a 'singer wanted' advert and then sacked his band onstage.In 1989, Ray Hanson and Jim Jones joined Stiv Bators onstage at The Opera On The Green, Shepherd's Bush, London, as temporary Dead Boys, after Cheetah Chrome failed to secure a work visa.