Album 25 band biography

Section 25 were formed in Blackpool, Lancashire, in April 1978 by brothers Lawrence and Vincent Cassidy, taking their name from a clause in the Mental Health Act allowing for compulsory detention.

Unlike many of their post-punk peers the group survived and even prospered beyond 1982, and in 1984 scored an influential dance hit as well as synthesizing acid house avant la lettre. After a hiatus lasting almost two decades, the band returned to the fray in 2006 and, despite the tragic loss of Larry Cassidy four years later, continue to record and tour.

Between 1973 and 1977 Larry Cassidy studied first law and then art in London, eventually obtaining a first class degree in sculpture from Maidstone College of Art.

Returning home after visits to several London punk haunts - and now equipped with a bass guitar - Larry persuaded younger brother Vin, a budding drummer, into teaming up with a guitar-playing civil servant named Phil Denton.

At this early stage,