The The was founded in 1978 as a New wave music and Punk rock group. The band centers around the songwriting of Matt Johnson[?].

Line-Up

• Matt Johnson[?]
• Keith Laws[?]
• Johnny Marr

Discography

• Burning Blue Soul[?] (1981)
• Soul Mining[?] (1983)
• Infected[?] (1986)
• Mind Bomb (1989)
• Dusk[?] (1992)
• Solitude[?] (1993)
• Hanky Panky (1995)
• NakedSelf (1999)

With NakedSelf the band moved from its previous label, Sony, to Interscope[?].