 It was Russell's death which was key in the politicisation of the Dial House residents.The functioning community now came to feel that the lifestyle that they had created outside the system was in some ways an avoidance of personal and social responsibility, that maybe dropping out was copping out.So, in 1977, Rimbaud and a fellow resident, Steve Williams, aka Steve Ignorant, formed a band on the back of the then growing punk scene which they hoped might create a platform for the ideals promoted and lived at Dial House