(c’80-’81) Kaz Jones (vocals) Gavin Dunt (bass), John “Johnnie” Clarke (guitar) and Richard “Tully” Tull (drums).

1980 Matrix photoshoot at the now demolished and rebuilt Sainsbury’s car park, Guildford. Picture courtesy of Kaz Jones

Dunt and Clarke got together, with Jamie “Breezeblock” Legg (drums) and Sophie “Sis” Montague (vocals) of The Golden Age Of Metro, to form Matrix. Tully replaced Legg and Jones took over Montague’s vocals role. With a PA supplied by Ray “Bonza” Bradman, these 17 year olds gigged locally at the likes of The Wooden Bridge, Guildford, where they once supported Disruptive Patterns; Godalming College, and the Village Hall, Bramley. Issue No.4, the June/July ’80 issue, of Down in the Street, featured the band along with Actifed, Crisis, and Revolt. The band headlined at The Wooden Bridge, Guildford on 9 December ’80 and their Christmas outing that year at the Youth Centre, Cranleigh garnered 47 ticket sales.

Matrix’s Cristmas 1980 gig at Cranleigh Youth Centre. Picture courtesy of Kaz Jones

The band recorded a demo at Chestnut Studios, Churt in 1980, which carried “Deja Vu” and the band’s cover of The Tights’ “China’s Eternal”.

Clarke and Tull were also both in Imperfect Hold. Jones went on to join Just So Stories in late ’81; then played sax and piano in Funtime and subsequently Casual Sax, performing with Holy Durex and Steel Bill & The Buffalos. Dunt, following the split of Matrix, got together with a few friends in early ’81 to form Displayed. Legg had previously been in Strange Cult and The Golden Age of Metro, and would join Luxury Glass Town, Ill at Ease, Innocent Bystander and Eat the Sofa a few years later and has since joined forces with others to form The True Deceivers.

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Issue No.4, the June/July ’80 issue, of Down in the Street, featured the band along with Actifed, Crisis, and Revolt. Picture courtesy of John Hudson
9 December 1980: Matrix played The Wooden Bridge, Guildford
Matrix rehearsal, 1980 with (LtoR) Dunt, Breezeblock, Clarke, two observers, and Jones. Picture courtesy of Kaz Jones
Matrix photoshoot at St Martha’s Church, Portsmouth Road, Guildford. (LtoR) Tull, Clark, Jones, and Dunt. Picture courtesy of Kaz Jones
1980 Matrix photoshoot at the now demolished and rebuilt Sainsbury’s car park, Guildford. Picture courtesy of Kaz Jones
Matrix’s Christmas 1980 gig at Cranleigh Youth Centre. Picture courtesy of Kaz Jones
Matrix’s Cristmas 1980 gig at Cranleigh Youth Centre. Picture courtesy of Kaz Jones
Matrix’s Cristmas 1980 gig at Cranleigh Youth Centre. Picture courtesy of Kaz Jones
Matrix’s Cristmas 1980 gig at Cranleigh Youth Centre. Picture courtesy of Kaz Jones
Matrix’s Cristmas 1980 gig at Cranleigh Youth Centre. Picture courtesy of Kaz Jones