{{Single source|date=May 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = The Photons | image = | caption = | image_size = | alias = | origin = London, England | genre = Punk rock, new wave | years_active = 1977–1978 | label = | website = | current_members = | past_members = Steve Strange<br/>The Kid<br />Vince Ely<br />David Littler }}
'''The Photons''' was a punk/new wave band active between 1977 and 1978. They are most notable for their vocalist Steve Strange, who went on to form Visage. Two of Visage's early singles, "Tar" and "Mind of a Toy", were originally Photons' songs.<ref name=punk77> {{cite web |title=The Photons|url=https://www.punk77.co.uk/groups/photons.htm|website=Punk77.co.uk|date=April 2010|accessdate=27 March 2015}} </ref>
Other notable members include Mark Ryan, Vince Ely who later joined the Psychedelic Furs and David Littler, formerly of the Spitfire Boys.<ref name=punk77/>
Between December 1977 and January 1978, the Photons and the Moors Murderers, another one of Steve Strange's projects, had an overlapping membership, with frequent personnel swaps between the two.<ref name=punk77/>
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