Gerry And The Holograms

Situationist-indebted masked art-rock studio duo from England - the brainchild of Manchester's Lee (of Albertos Y Lost Trios Paranoias) and producer annex electronica excursionist John Scott. They were really a front for all sorts of musical shenanigans. For a long time their first single was their only recorded output, until more material was unearthed in 2017. Their second single was a conceptual and unplayable anti-record in the situationist art tradition. Each record came glued into its picture sleeve, rendering the disc completely unplayable even if you managed to tear it free as the glue had destroyed the grooves in the process (rivalling that of 48 Chairs.