...may be...

Steve Hatfield - A would be Tex Ritter impersonator from Gittarville - "Hoe up and saddle down"
Jack Hayter - A Laptop Steel worker rescued from binary system blackout "Squeelin' and Steelin' like a hog"
Phil Outram - A beat frequency monitor from the Grave's End, reconstructed and lab tested to strict NASA spec [n=™2x-n$7].
Alan Outram - A deep throbbing pulse from a handbag factory in Ursa Minor where resonance is inversely proportional to oscillation frequency " bbbbrrroooouuughiiaahh".
Oliver - A sometime pornshine art thereminoid from "COLA" brainwashed by the Ipcress noise.

Spongefinger play a series of repetitive beats with a cookie jar of hard bitten fingernails and a generous helping of southern hospitality. They can be seen by naked eye at various altitudes in an around London where conditions prevail.

Some quotes from the press:-

"America became a wide Cinemascope expanse where Denis Hopper lurked behind every Bush." - NME 10/8/96 Album review

"Yeah they've been drinking with Denis Hopper - they've got these twists" - The Organ 49

"Like we said before they're like Denis Hopper's house band, you wouldn't like to go down their road late at night by yourself...Spongefinger are probably the coolest way out left field lo-fi country band in the whole world" - The Org 50.

"Rather fine silkscreens by Denise Harper - Melody Maker 17/8/96 Article on country living.

Stuff to buy...see...do

"Pearloid Blue" an album of songs from Spongefinger on the Volcano Label can be purchased from all good record shops or ordered from distributors CARGO at your local record store if they don't stock it..... Cat no. VOLC001CD.
Look out for forthcoming albums of songs and live appearances from SPONGEFINGER in the near future. Also watch out for the "Pearloid Blue Club" where music and atrocities are available at very reasonable rates in the heart of London.

Write to Spongefinger at: Volcano Records PO Box 11363, London SE13 7ZH.