The Flying Lizards

Formed and led by record producer David Cunningham, the group were a loose collective of avant-garde and freely improvising musicians, including David Toop and Steve Beresford as instrumentalists, with Deborah Evans-Stickland, Patti Palladin and Vivien Goldman as main vocalists. In August 1979 the Flying Lizards appeared twice on the BBC's Top of the Pops performing their hit single "Money (That's What I Want)". They also appeared in February 1980, performing the follow-up single "TV". Virgin Records extended the band's recording contract after the success of "Money". Their single issues included their postmodern cover versions of songs such as Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues" and "Money". ==Band members==

• David Toop • Steve Beresford • Michael Upton • Julian Marshall • Michael Nyman • David Cunningham • Vivien Goldman • Robert Fripp • Bob Black • Deborah Evans-Stickland • Patti Palladin • Peter Laurence Gordon • Sally Peterson • Rory Allam ==Discography==