(c’77-’79) Tim Freeman (vocals), Melvyn Crawford (guitar), Mark Whitehead (Bass), and Kerry Kirk (drums).

The Grunties, who also went by The Sods, were a Farnborough punk band. When Freeman left, to focus on his Rockin Timbo punk-poet performance in late ’78, he was replaced by Tim Naylor.

Eventually, in ’79, Crawford, Kirk, and Naylor formed the core of Controls. Melvyn still had ‘The Grunties – Music You Can Smell’ sprayed on his amp when playing with Controls. After Rockin Timbo, Freeman moved to Brighton and went on to be a founding member of Frazier Chorus

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Crawford’s amp still had ‘The Grunties – Music You Can Smell’ sprayed on while playing with Controls. Picture courtesy of Tim Naylor