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===Post-split===
Following the band's dissolution, Julian Cope began a career as a solo artist, writer and cultural commentator which continues to this day. Gary Dwyer played drums on Cope's 1984 debut solo album ''[[World Shut Your Mouth (album)|World Shut Your Mouth]]'', and drummed for [[The Colourfield]] in 1986 and Balcony Dogs in the late 1980s, but subsequently left music for a variety of jobs including fork-lift driver. David Balfe moved into artist management and subsequently set up [[Food Records]], acting as a mentor to bands such as [[Blur (band)|Blur]]: he quit the music business in 1999. Former guitarist Troy Tate released two solo albums and worked as a producer (including work with [[The Smiths]]).