Final Sound

Nationalist Synthpop and Post-Punk band formed by Steve X in Southampton in December of 1981 as Luftwaffe X before changing their name to The Grey Wolves the following year. After several line-up changes, the band finally became The Final Sound in January of 1983.

The band released a demo tape released by Defendant Tapes called "Play to Win" in the mid 80s and would then appear on the Rock-O-Rama Records compilation "No Surrender".

Luftwaffe X line-up:
Jason "Fox" Howells - vocals
Steve X - guitar
James Cross - bass
Tim Brown - drums

The Grey Wolves line-up:
Jason Howells - vocals
Steve X - guitar
James Cross - bass
Steve Pearson - drums

The Final Sound line-up:
Joanne Keal - vocals (1983)
Steve X - vocals (1984), guitar, backing tapes, keyboard, drum programming
James Cross - bass (1983 - 1984)
Steve Pearson - drums (1983)
Tony Mitchell - keyboards, drum programming (1984)
Amanda Burnay - vocals (1984)
Elizabeth Baker - vocals (1985)