Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - MacSweeney naRandell vakaparadzana muna 1979. Akafuridzirwa nepunk, MacSweeney akatanga kushanda pamutsara we "State of the Nation" Bulletins, kusanganisira "Colonel B", "Jury Vet", "Liz Hard", uye "Wild Knitting". Aya mabasa anowanzova echisimba neane unzenza anoramba achiparadzanisa. Nokuda kwaPeter Riley, ivo "injodzi huru mubasa raBarry". Vamwe vatsoropodzi, kusanganisira John Wilkinson, Marianne Morris, William Rowe, naLuke Roberts, vakataura nezvekukosha kwezvematongerwo enyika kwekunyora uku, sekurwiswa kwehurumende yeConservative yaMargaret Thatcher uye mhinduro kuABC Trial uye mafomu ehurumende mhirizhonga yakadai seHondo yeFalklands uye Matambudziko. MacSweeney akaroora kechipiri muna 1983, asi akarambana nokukurumidza pashure pacho. Akatamira kuBradford muna 1983, uye akanga aripo semutori wenhau paBradford City stadium moto
muna 1985.