# The Photons

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Photons
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Photons.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Photons
> Source revision: 1356561843
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{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](/source/Punk_rock), [new wave](/source/New_wave_music)
| years_active    = 1977–1978
| label           =
| website         =
| current_members =
| past_members    = [Steve Strange](/source/Steve_Strange)<br/>[The Kid](/source/Mark_Ryan_(The_Kid))<br />Vince Ely<br />David Littler
}}

'''The Photons''' was a [punk](/source/punk_rock)/[new wave](/source/New_wave_music) band active between 1977 and 1978. They are most notable for their vocalist [Steve Strange](/source/Steve_Strange), who went on to form [Visage](/source/Visage_(band)). Two of Visage's early singles, "[Tar](/source/Tar_(song))" and "[Mind of a Toy](/source/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](/source/Mark_Ryan_(guitarist)), Vince Ely who later joined [the Psychedelic Furs](/source/the_Psychedelic_Furs) and David Littler, formerly of [the Spitfire Boys](/source/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/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Photons, The}}
Category:English new wave musical groups
Category:English punk rock groups
Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1978
Category:Musical groups established in 1977
Category:Musical groups from London

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [The Photons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Photons) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Photons?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.