Artist Info: The Vidiots

Early in 1978 guitarist/bass player Alec Murphy and singer/songwriter Robert Windfield formed the nucleus of the band, Audio Vidiot. Robert and Alec hammered out "Man From China" which had a melodic, whistled hook that inspired Peter Gabriel's "Games Without Frontiers". After recording early demos, they added Alec’s brother, guitarist David Murphy, Chas Grey (Skulls, Wall of Voodoo) on bass and Marina Del Rey (Backstage Pass) on keyboard. The band rehearsed for much of 1978 and evolved a keyboard driven sound. [read more...]