The Members

{{Infobox musical artist

|name = The Members

|image = The_Members_in_2016.jpg

|alt = The Members in London, 2015

|caption = The Members in London, 2015

|landscape = yes

|background = group_or_band

|origin = Camberley, Surrey, England

|instrument =

|genre = Punk rock

|years_active = 1976–1983, 2007–present

|label = Stiff, Virgin, Arista

|associated_acts =

|website = [http://www.themembers.co.uk theMembers.co.uk]

|current_members = {{ubl|JC Carroll|Chris Payne|Nick Cash|Calle Engelmarc}}

|past_members = {{Ubl

| Rat Scabies

| Nicky Tesco

| Adrian Lillywhite

| Nigel Bennett

| Paddy Carroll

| Gary Baker

| Steve Morley

| Clive Parker

| Steve Maycock

| Rudi Thompson

| Simon Lloyd

| Chuck Sabo

| Adam Maitland

| Paul Gray

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The Members is a British punk band that originated in Camberley, Surrey, England. In the UK, they are best known for their single "The Sound of the Suburbs", reaching No. 12 in the UK Singles Chart in 1979, and in Australia, "Radio" which reached No. 5 in 1982.

Career

The Members were formed by lyricist Nicky Tesco (Nick Lightowlers) in 1976, through an invited audition at a recording studio at Tooley Street, London.{{cite web|url=http://www.nkvdrecords.com/members.PDF |title=Archived copy |access-date=17 November 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061117082951/http://www.nkvdrecords.com/members.PDF |archive-date=17 November 2006 }}{{dubious|date=January 2021|unreliable self-referencing interviews}} The original personnel, with Tesco (vocals), was Gary Baker (guitar), and Steve Morley (bass guitar), initially with Steve Maycock then Clive Parker (drums). Morley and Parker were later replaced by Chris Payne and Adrian Lillywhite.{{cite book|title=The Guinness Who's Who of Indie and New Wave Music|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-579-4|pages=176/7}}

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In 1976, the band performed for its first engagements at The Red Cow (London W6), The Windsor Castle (London W9) and The Nashville Rooms (London W14). In that year, composer Jean Marie Carroll (aka JC Carroll) joined the band to complement Tesco's lyrics. The Members had recorded a number of songs, but the first released recording was "Fear on the Streets", produced by Lillywhite's brother Steve Lillywhite. This song was included on the first record released by the Beggars Banquet label, who made the punk compilation Streets (1977). The song-writing collaboration between Tesco and Carroll moved The Members' sound towards an incorporation of reggae, shown in the first single released for Stiff Records, "Solitary Confinement", produced by Larry Wallis. Following these releases, the band personnel became Tesco (vocals), Carroll (vocals and guitar), Nigel Bennett (guitar), Payne (bass) and Lillywhite (drums).

In 1978/79, the Members continued to play the London pub and club circuit, became a feature in the music press and were championed by John Peel. They signed to Virgin Records in 1978, for which label they recorded "The Sound of the Suburbs", again produced by Steve Lillywhite. This became The Members' biggest chart success and their best-known song in the UK. However, the follow-up single, "Offshore Banking Business", a reggae tune written by Carroll, based on his experiences working in offshore banking at the private bank Coutts,{{cite web|author=John Dizard |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/75104856-fd65-11e5-b5f5-070dca6d0a0d.html#axzz45WsPpimZ |title=Offshore banking business, international crime! |website=Financial Times |date=8 April 2016 |access-date=27 June 2016 |url-access=subscription }} did not achieve the same popularity. A version of "Offshore Banking Business" was recorded for the early 1980s film Urgh! A Music War, produced by Michael White, and distributed by Filmways and Lorimar Productions.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

The Members' first album, At the Chelsea Nightclub, was followed by a second for Virgin, 1980 – The Choice Is Yours. Augmented by saxophonists Steve (Rudi) Thomson and Simon Lloyd (the latter of whom also provided horns and additional keyboards), the group recorded what would turn out to be their final album. This last album was first issued in the US as Uprhythm, Downbeat in 1982, and it surfaced in the UK a year later, with a new title called Going West. The album featured the singles "Radio," which made no. 5 in Australia,{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=27137 |title=Forum – 1982 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts) |publisher=australian-charts.com |access-date=30 December 2011}} and Working Girl, the music video for which gave the band exposure in North America via MTV.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

The band broke up in 1983, when Tesco left the band after the last tour of the US. JC Carroll formed the UK fashion house, The Dispensary, with his then wife Sophy Lynn and began working on film soundtracks, most notably with film producer Stephen Malit and director Julien Temple.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3602903/|title=Jc Carroll | Composer, Music Department, Actor|website=IMDb.com|access-date=28 May 2024}}{{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}} Lillywhite went on to join the band King in the mid-1980s in time for their second album. Lloyd soon joined the Australian band Icehouse, remaining with them for their international smash hits "Electric Blue" and "Crazy". In 1989, Tesco appeared in Leningrad Cowboys Go America, written and directed by Aki Kaurismäki, a film about a fictional Russian rock band touring the US.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGBKbqdj4P8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/UGBKbqdj4P8 |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=NICK TESCO conversations. Pt-08. Leningrad Cowboys and Aki Kaurismäki. |publisher=YouTube |date=20 May 2010 |access-date=27 June 2016}}{{cbignore}} This fictional band then toured as an actual band, and recorded the Tesco song "Thru the Wire". Kaurismäki directed a video for "Thru the Wire", featuring Tesco.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtYI9PYRXcU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/AtYI9PYRXcU |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=NICK TESCO conversations. Pt-07. Berlin, Aki Kaurismäki, Thru the Wire. |publisher=YouTube |date=21 May 2010 |access-date=27 June 2016}}{{cbignore}} As well as working as a music journalist for the magazine Music Week, Tesco became a commentator on new releases for BBC 6 Music's "Roundtable".{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Reunion incarnation

In 2008, the original line up of the band reformed to play two concerts, then a line up of Carroll, Payne and Nick Cash resumed touring. In 2009, a new single "International Financial Crisis" (a re-write of "Offshore Banking Business") was released, recorded by Tesco, Carroll, Payne and Bennett, with artwork by the original Members' album sleeve designer, Malcolm Garrett. This line up played Glastonbury and Isle of Wight Festivals.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} The Members line-up of Carroll, Payne and Rat Scabies (drums) performed from 2010 to 2013, playing over 90 shows including three European tours and New Zealand and Australian tours.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} Nick Cash rejoined the band in 2014.

In March 2012, the Members released their fourth studio album, InGrrLand, featuring Carroll, Payne, Bennett, Cash and Rat Scabies. In December 2013, Nigel Bennett rejoined the Members. In 2014, the Members (comprising Carroll, Bennett and Cash), mounted a 23-date tour of the US; Carroll on bass guitar and lead vocals, Bennett on lead guitar, and Cash on drums. This was the band's first tour of the US for 32 years.{{cite web | url=http://www.musicnewsnashville.com/uk-punk-trailblazers-members-touring-america-now/ | title=UK Punk Trailblazers The Members Touring America Now | publisher=Nashville Music News | date=25 August 2014 | access-date=2 September 2016 | author=Harr, Dan| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620224523/http://www.musicnewsnashville.com/uk-punk-trailblazers-members-touring-america-now/ | archive-date=20 June 2017 }}

In 2015, the band began work on their fifth studio album in studios in London and West Byfleet featuring a nucleus of Carroll, Cash, Payne and Bennett together with guest appearances from Guy Pratt and guitarist Steve Brookes.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} One Law, released in early 2016, was produced by Carroll, and received reviews in Louder Than War,{{cite web|url=http://louderthanwar.com/members-one-law-album-review/ |title=The Members: One Law - album review |publisher=Louder Than War |date=22 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510111312/http://louderthanwar.com/members-one-law-album-review/ |access-date=27 June 2016|archive-date=10 May 2017 }} The Aberdeen Voice,{{cite web|url=http://aberdeenvoice.com/2016/03/members-one-law-punk-coming-age-album/ |title=The Members One Law – A Punk Coming of Age Album |date=31 March 2016 |publisher=Aberdeen Voice |access-date=27 June 2016}} Record Collector and Vive Le Rock.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

In 2021, the band released their seventh studio album Bedsitland{{cite news |last1=Simpson|first1=Dave |title=The Members: how we made Sound of the Suburbs |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/12/the-members-how-we-made-sound-of-the-suburbs// |access-date=12 April 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=12 April 2021}} and JC Carroll's definitive story of the band, Still Annoying the Neighbours, was published.{{cite news |last1=Browne |first1=Den |title=Still Annoying The Neighbours by JC Carroll – book review |url=https://louderthanwar.com/still-annoying-the-neighbours-by-jc-carroll-book-review// |access-date=11 March 2021 |publisher=Louder Than War |date=11 March 2021}}

Since reforming the Members have performed all over the world; and apart from a break for the COVID pandemic, they continue to perform.{{cite web | url=http://www.themembers.co.uk/tour.html | title=The Members, Tour Dates|website=Themembers.co.uk}}

On 26 February 2022, it was announced that Tesco had died, at the age of 67.{{cite news |last1=Robb |first1=John |title=Nicky Tesco (The Members) RIP |url=https://louderthanwar.com/nicky-tesco-the-members-rip/ |access-date=27 February 2022 |publisher=Louder Than War |date=27 February 2022}} The BBC's Johnnie Walker and JC Carroll paid tribute to Tesco on the Sounds of the 70's BBC radio show.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0014ykp|title = BBC Radio 2 - Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker, Remembering Nicky Tesco from the Members|website=Bbc.co.uk}}

Line-ups

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style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 1976 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 1976 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 1977 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 1977
valign=top \| Nicky Tesco – vocals Gary Baker – guitars Steve Morley – bass Steve Maycock – drums, percussion \| valign=top \| Nicky Tesco – vocals Gary Baker – guitars Steve Morley – bass Clive Parker – drums, percussion \| valign=top \| Nicky Tesco – vocals Gary Baker – guitars Steve Morley – bass Adrian Lillywhite – drums, percussion \| valign=top \| Nicky Tesco – lead vocals Gary Baker – guitars Steve Morley – bass Adrian Lillywhite – drums, percussion JC Carroll – guitars, backing vocals
style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 1977 – 1978 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 1978 – 1981 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 1981 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 1981 – 1983
valign=top \| Nicky Tesco – lead vocals Gary Baker – guitars Adrian Lillywhite – drums, percussion JC Carroll – guitars, backing vocals Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals \| valign=top \| Nicky Tesco – lead vocals Adrian Lillywhite – drums, percussion JC Carroll – guitars, backing vocals Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals Nigel Bennett – guitars, backing vocals \| valign=top \| Nicky Tesco – lead vocals Adrian Lillywhite – drums, percussion JC Carroll – guitars, backing vocals Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals Nigel Bennett – guitars, backing vocals Steve "Rudi" Thompson – horns Adam Maitland – horns \| valign=top \| Nicky Tesco – lead vocals Adrian Lillywhite – drums, percussion JC Carroll – guitars, backing vocals Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals Nigel Bennett – guitars, backing vocals Steve "Rudi" Thompson – horns Simon Lloyd – keyboards, horns
style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 1983 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 1983 – 2007 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 2007 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 2008
valign=top \| Nicky Tesco – lead vocals JC Carroll – guitars, backing vocals Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals Nigel Bennett – guitars, backing vocals Steve "Rudi" Thompson – horns Simon Lloyd – keyboards, horns Chuck Sabo – drums, percussion \| valign=top \| Disbanded \| valign=top \| Nicky Tesco – lead vocals Adrian Lillywhite – drums, percussion JC Carroll – guitars, backing vocals Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals Nigel Bennett – guitars, backing vocals \| valign=top \| JC Carroll – guitars, lead vocals Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals Nick Cash – drums, percussion
style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 2009 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 2009 – 2010 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 2010 – 2013 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 2013 – December 2013
valign=top \| Nicky Tesco – lead vocals JC Carroll – guitars, backing vocals Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals Nick Cash – drums, percussion \| valign=top \| JC Carroll – guitars, lead vocals Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals Nick Cash – drums, percussion \| valign=top \| JC Carroll – guitars, lead vocals Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals Rat Scabies – drums, percussion \| valign=top \| JC Carroll – guitars, lead vocals Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals Rat Scabies – drums, percussion Steve "Rudi" Thompson – horns
style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| December 2013 – 2014 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 2014 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 2014 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 2014
valign=top \| JC Carroll – guitars, lead vocals Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals Nick Cash – drums, percussion Nigel Bennett – guitars, backing vocals \| valign=top \| JC Carroll – guitars, lead vocals Nick Cash – drums, percussion Nigel Bennett – guitars, backing vocals Calle Engelmarc – bass, backing vocals \| valign=top \| JC Carroll – bass, lead vocals Nick Cash – drums, backing vocals, percussion Nigel Bennett – guitars, backing vocals \| valign=top \| JC Carroll – guitars, lead vocals Nick Cash – drums, backing vocals, percussion Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals
style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 2014 – 2015 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 2016 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 2016 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 2016
valign=top \| JC Carroll – guitars, lead vocals Nick Cash – drums, backing vocals, percussion Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals Paddy Carroll – guitars, backing vocals \| valign=top \| JC Carroll – guitars, lead vocals Nick Cash – drums, backing vocals, percussion Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals Nigel Bennett – guitars, backing vocals \| valign=top \| JC Carroll – guitars, lead vocals Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals Dan Heatly – drums, backing vocals, percussion \| valign=top \| JC Carroll – guitars, lead vocals Calle Engelmarc – bass, backing vocals Nick Cash – drums, percussion
style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 2017 – 2020 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 2020 – 2022 ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 2022 (199 club – 45 years reunion) ! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"\| 2022 – present
valign=top \| JC Carroll – guitars, lead vocals Calle Engelmarc – guitars, backing vocals Nick Cash – drums, percussion Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals \| valign=top \| JC Carroll – guitars, vocals Nick Cash – drums, percussion Chris Payne – bass, vocals \| valign=top \| JC Carroll – guitars, vocals Nick Cash – drums, percussion Chris Payne – bass, vocals Adrian Lillywhite – drums, percussion Steve "Rudi" Thompson – horns Nigel Bennett – guitars, backing vocals Calle Engelmarc – guitars, backing vocals Paddy Carroll – guitars, backing vocals \| valign=top \| JC Carroll – guitars, vocals Nick Cash – drums, percussion Chris Payne – bass, vocals

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style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1976

! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1976

! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1977

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Nicky Tesco – vocals
Gary Baker – guitars
Steve Morley – bass
Steve Maycock – drums, percussion

| valign=top |

Nicky Tesco – vocals
Gary Baker – guitars
Steve Morley – bass
Clive Parker – drums, percussion

| valign=top |

Nicky Tesco – vocals
Gary Baker – guitars
Steve Morley – bass
Adrian Lillywhite – drums, percussion

| valign=top |

Nicky Tesco – lead vocals
Gary Baker – guitars
Steve Morley – bass
Adrian Lillywhite – drums, percussion
JC Carroll – guitars, backing vocals

style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1977 – 1978

! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1978 – 1981

! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1981

! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1981 – 1983

valign=top |

Nicky Tesco – lead vocals
Gary Baker – guitars
Adrian Lillywhite – drums, percussion
JC Carroll – guitars, backing vocals
Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals

| valign=top |

Nicky Tesco – lead vocals
Adrian Lillywhite – drums, percussion
JC Carroll – guitars, backing vocals
Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals
Nigel Bennett – guitars, backing vocals

| valign=top |

Nicky Tesco – lead vocals
Adrian Lillywhite – drums, percussion
JC Carroll – guitars, backing vocals
Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals
Nigel Bennett – guitars, backing vocals
Steve "Rudi" Thompson – horns
Adam Maitland – horns

| valign=top |

Nicky Tesco – lead vocals
Adrian Lillywhite – drums, percussion
JC Carroll – guitars, backing vocals
Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals
Nigel Bennett – guitars, backing vocals
Steve "Rudi" Thompson – horns
Simon Lloyd – keyboards, horns

style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1983

! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 1983 – 2007

! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 2007

! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 2008

valign=top |

Nicky Tesco – lead vocals
JC Carroll – guitars, backing vocals
Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals
Nigel Bennett – guitars, backing vocals
Steve "Rudi" Thompson – horns
Simon Lloyd – keyboards, horns
Chuck Sabo – drums, percussion

| valign=top |

Disbanded

| valign=top |

Nicky Tesco – lead vocals
Adrian Lillywhite – drums, percussion
JC Carroll – guitars, backing vocals
Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals
Nigel Bennett – guitars, backing vocals

| valign=top |

JC Carroll – guitars, lead vocals
Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals
Nick Cash – drums, percussion

style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 2009

! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 2009 – 2010

! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 2010 – 2013

! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 2013 – December 2013

valign=top |

Nicky Tesco – lead vocals
JC Carroll – guitars, backing vocals
Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals
Nick Cash – drums, percussion

| valign=top |

JC Carroll – guitars, lead vocals
Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals
Nick Cash – drums, percussion

| valign=top |

JC Carroll – guitars, lead vocals
Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals
Rat Scabies – drums, percussion

| valign=top |

JC Carroll – guitars, lead vocals
Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals
Rat Scabies – drums, percussion
Steve "Rudi" Thompson – horns

style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| December 2013 – 2014

! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 2014

valign=top |

JC Carroll – guitars, lead vocals
Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals
Nick Cash – drums, percussion
Nigel Bennett – guitars, backing vocals

| valign=top |

JC Carroll – guitars, lead vocals
Nick Cash – drums, percussion
Nigel Bennett – guitars, backing vocals
Calle Engelmarc – bass, backing vocals

| valign=top |

JC Carroll – bass, lead vocals
Nick Cash – drums, backing vocals, percussion
Nigel Bennett – guitars, backing vocals

| valign=top |

JC Carroll – guitars, lead vocals
Nick Cash – drums, backing vocals, percussion
Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals

style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 2014 – 2015

! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 2016

valign=top |

JC Carroll – guitars, lead vocals
Nick Cash – drums, backing vocals, percussion
Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals
Paddy Carroll – guitars, backing vocals

| valign=top |

JC Carroll – guitars, lead vocals
Nick Cash – drums, backing vocals, percussion
Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals
Nigel Bennett – guitars, backing vocals

| valign=top |

JC Carroll – guitars, lead vocals
Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals
Dan Heatly – drums, backing vocals, percussion

| valign=top |

JC Carroll – guitars, lead vocals
Calle Engelmarc – bass, backing vocals
Nick Cash – drums, percussion

style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 2017 – 2020

! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 2020 – 2022

! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 2022 (199 club – 45 years reunion)

! style="vertical-align:top; background:#e7ebee; width:25%;"| 2022 – present

valign=top |

JC Carroll – guitars, lead vocals
Calle Engelmarc – guitars, backing vocals
Nick Cash – drums, percussion
Chris Payne – bass, backing vocals

| valign=top |

JC Carroll – guitars, vocals
Nick Cash – drums, percussion
Chris Payne – bass, vocals

| valign=top |

JC Carroll – guitars, vocals
Nick Cash – drums, percussion
Chris Payne – bass, vocals
Adrian Lillywhite – drums, percussion
Steve "Rudi" Thompson – horns
Nigel Bennett – guitars, backing vocals
Calle Engelmarc – guitars, backing vocals
Paddy Carroll – guitars, backing vocals

| valign=top |

JC Carroll – guitars, vocals
Nick Cash – drums, percussion
Chris Payne – bass, vocals

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Discography

=Albums=

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! style="text-align: center;" | Title

! style="text-align: center;" | UK

! style="text-align: center;" | Label

style="text-align: center;" | 1979

| At the Chelsea Nightclub

| style="text-align: center;" | 45

| Stiff/Virgin

style="text-align: center;" | 1980

| 1980 – The Choice Is Yours

| style="text-align: center;" | -

| Virgin

style="text-align: center;" | 1982

| Uprhythm, Downbeat

| style="text-align: center;" | -

| Virgin

style="text-align: center;" | 1995

| Sound of the Suburbs (Best Of)

| style="text-align: center;" | -

| Virgin

style="text-align: center;" | 2010

| Live in Berlin

| style="text-align: center;" | -

| Smash The System

style="text-align: center;" | 2012

| Ingrrland

| style="text-align: center;" | -

| AngloCentric

style="text-align: center;" | 2016

| One Law

| style="text-align: center;" | -

| AngloCentric{{Snd}} Cadiz Music

style="text-align: center;" | 2016

| At The Luton Hat Factory

| style="text-align: center;" | -

| AngloCentric

style="text-align: center;" | 2018

| Greatest Hits (all the Singles)

| style="text-align: center;" | -

| AngloCentric{{Snd}} Cadiz Music

style="text-align: center;" | 2019

| Version

| style="text-align: center;" | -

| Cleopatra Records

style="text-align: center;" | 2019

| InGrrLand (vinyl edition)

| style="text-align: center;" | -

| Cleopatra Records

style="text-align: center;" | 2021

| Bedsitland (vinyl, CD, Digital )

| style="text-align: center;" | -

| AngloCentric Records

2024

|Greetings From knowhere

| -

|AngloCentric Records

=Singles=

class="wikitable"

! style="text-align: center;" | Year

! style="text-align: center;" | Title

! style="text-align: center;" | UK

! style="text-align: center;" | UK Indie

! style="text-align: center;" | US Main

! style="text-align: center;" | AUS{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=197}}

style="text-align: center;" | 1979

| "Solitary Confinement"

| style="text-align: center;" | -

style="text-align: center;" | 1979

| "The Sound of the Suburbs"

| style="text-align: center;" | 12

| style="text-align: center;" | -

style="text-align: center;" | 1979

| "Offshore Banking Business"

| style="text-align: center;" | 31

| style="text-align: center;" | -

style="text-align: center;" | 1979

| "Killing Time"

| style="text-align: center;" | -

style="text-align: center;" | 1980

| "Romance"

| style="text-align: center;" | -

style="text-align: center;" | 1980

| "Flying Again"

| style="text-align: center;" | -

style="text-align: center;" | 1981

| "Working Girl"

| style="text-align: center;" | 114

| style="text-align: center;" | 41

| style="text-align: center;" | 34

| style="text-align: center;" | -

style="text-align: center;" | 1982

| "Radio"{{cite book

| first= David

| last= Roberts

| year= 2006

| title= British Hit Singles & Albums

| edition= 19th

| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited

| location= London

| isbn= 1-904994-10-5

| page= 361}}

| style="text-align: center;" | -

| style="text-align: center;" | 5

style="text-align: center;" | 2009

| "International Financial Crisis"

| style="text-align: center;" | -

style="text-align: center;" | 2011

| "New English Blues"

| style="text-align: center;" | -

style="text-align: center;" | 2015

| "(I Love my)English Girls"

| style="text-align: center;" | -

style="text-align: center;" | 2016

| "Emotional Triggers c/w Apathy in the UK"

| style="text-align: center;" | -

style="text-align: center;" | 2016

| "Incident at Surbiton (3 Mixes)"

| style="text-align: center;" | -

style="text-align: center;" | 2018

| "Smartphone Junkie c/w Non. Je ne Regrette Rein"

| style="text-align: center;" | -

style="text-align: center;" | 2019

| "When U were mine c/w Ever Fallen in Love in Love"

| style="text-align: center;" | -

=Compilation appearances=

Streets (Beggars Banquet 1977{{Snd}} Track: "Fear on the Streets")
The Moonlight Tapes (Danceville Records 1977{{Snd}} Track: "Rat Up a Drainpipe")
The Sound of the Suburbs (Columbia Records MOOD18 (1991){{Snd}} Track: "The Sounds of the Suburbs")

References

External links

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[https://www.youtube.com/user/lapt0p The Members Official YouTube Channel]
[http://www.themembers.co.uk The Members web site]
[http://www.musicgoulash.blogspot.com Nick Tesco music review blog.]
[http://wimwords.com/2014/08/27/the-members-sacramento-082614/ Review of The Members in Sacramento 2014]
[http://www.themembers.co.uk/The_Members_rc_sept2016.pdf Record Collector Article September 2015]
[http://www.jccarroll.com J C Carroll Official Site]
[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0856254/ Nicky Tesco filmography]
[http://www.jccarroll.com/nickcash.html Nick Cash: a bio]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7pPhSKiCfU&feature=PlayList&p=B4D7A9337F540488&playnext_from=PL&index=0&playnext=1 Nick (Nicky) Tesco biographical videos.]
[https://vivelerock.net/suburban-guerilla Vive Le Rock Magazine JC Carroll Book Review April 2021.]
[https://louderthanwar.com/still-annoying-the-neighbours-by-jc-carroll-book-review/ Louder then War Magazine - JC Carroll Book Review April 2021.]
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