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===Formation and early years (1986–1991)===
Jimi Goodwin first met Andy and Jez Williams while attending [[Wilmslow]] Comprehensive School around 1986. The members had previously been involved in separate local acts: Goodwin played guitar in a band called The Risk, while the Williams twins performed in a group named Static Mist (originally called Open View), who made a television appearance on the children's programme ''[[Saturday Superstore]]''. Jez Williams also played in a band called Metro Trinity alongside Johnny Male, later of [[Republica (band)|Republica]].

The three reconnected at [[The Haçienda]] in Manchester around 1988, by which time Goodwin was playing with the Joe Roberts band. It was through this connection that they met Dave Rofe, who would become their manager. The Williams twins had already prepared a track called "Spaceface" as the basis for a debut release.

In early 1991, "Spaceface" was independently released as a 12-inch single, backed with "EktoJam-Sub", the first track co-written with Goodwin. An initial pressing of 500 copies sold out quickly; further pressings brought total sales to around 2,000 copies, sold through record shops and from the back of the band's cars. Club play of the record attracted wider attention.