Matt Johnson's new wave / post-punk outfit The The spent 30 weeks on the UK chart with their 1986 album, Infected, following it up with the top-ten studio albums Mind Bomb (1989) and Dusk (1993).
Lauded with critical acclaim, their ever-changing line-up has included Johnny Marr and (unofficially) Marc Almond, Sinéad O'Connor, Jools Holland, Neneh Cherry, and Lloyd Cole, scoring the UK Top 40 hits "Dis-Infected", "The Beat(en) Generation", "Dogs of Lust", "Heartland", "I Saw the Light", "Slow Emotion Replay" and "Love Is Stronger Than Death".