Henry Padovani auditioned for London in December 1976 and was offered a position in the band, but changed his mind when
Stewart Copeland invited him to join
The Police instead.
Jon Moss joined the band after being tried as a drummer with
The Clash. He later said, "The mix of personalities didn't work; their attitudes were too different to mine." They toured extensively throughout 1977, first supporting
The Stranglers and then as headliners in their own right. Their third release, the single "Animal Games", was featured on the notorious Sex Pistols edition of the British TV rock show
So It Goes. The final gig of the original line-up was at the
Marquee Club in Wardour Street on 8 December 1977. The band broke up shortly afterwards. On leaving, Moss joined
The Damned Riff Regan released solo records before reverting to his real name of
Miles Tredinnick and becoming a comedy writer. He wrote scripts for
Frankie Howerd and was a writer on the BBC TV series
Birds of a Feather. Steve Voice formed a new band, The Original Vampires, and Dave Wight, following spells in
Metro and
Holly and the Italians, reverted to his real name of Colin Wight and became an academic. MCA Records released the original band's one and only album,
Animal Games, in February 1978.
London The Punk Rock Collection, a CD containing all their recorded work, was released on the Captain Oi! label in 1997 and in 2010 the band released an official live bootleg CD
Get Out Of London.
Reboot, their first studio album in 34 years, was released on CD and digital formats in February 2012. An LP version on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl was released in March 2018.
The Hell for Leather Mob, a 15 song rocktale studio album was released on CD and digital formats by Beach Café Records in July 2020. == Discography ==