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| | The The: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com |
 | | After the demise of the duo the Marble Index in 1979, Johnson formed the first incarnation of The The [+] with synth player Keith Laws [+]; after playing their debut gig opening for Scritti Politti [+], the group issued its first single, "Controversial Subject," on the 4AD label in 1980. |
 | | A year later, contractual obligations forced Johnson to issue the LP Burning Blue Soul [+] under his own name; that year, he also recorded as a guitarist with the band the Gadgets, and the The contributed a track to the Some Bizzare Album compilation. |
 | | Illness sidelined Johnson for much of the following year, and The The [+] did not return until 1986's Infected [+], an eclectic commentary on the state of Britain in the modern world. |
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