Storm Bugs are a post punk DIY industrial music band formed in 1978 in Deptford, London, by Philip Sanderson and Steven Ball who had met at school in the Medway Towns, England.
Many of Storm Bugs initial releases were on Snatch Tapes a cassette label run by Philip Sanderson from a basement in Paddington, London. Snatch Tapes was part of the then burgeoning cassette culture and as well as Storm Bugs the label also released tracks by David Jackman (later of Organum), The Lemon Kittens, the Beach Surgeons (led by a young Graham Massey, later of 808 State), Alien Brains and Claire Thomas & Susan Vezey.
Aside from tape only releases on Snatch Tapes, Storm Bugs also released two 7-inch singles; the Table Matters EP (Loop Records, UK) and one year later a spoof industrial rockabilly track called "Tin", on the French L'invitation au Suicide label. Following this release Storm Bugs went into a 20 year hibernation though Philip Sanderson & Steven Ball continued to collaborate on projects including the 1988 film Green on the Horizon.
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