- Fatal Microbes
thumb|right|Image of Fatal Microbes on back of their Violence Grows ">7"The Fatal Microbes was a UK punk group that existed in the late 1970s.
Honey Bane (Donna Tracey Boylan) was the lead singer. Other band members were Gem Stone (Gemma Sansom) on drums, Pete Fender (Dan Sansom) on guitar, and Scotty Boy Barker (Scott Barker) who was briefly replaced as bassist by It (Quentin North).In 1979, Small Wonder and XNTRIX Records co-released a split
12" EP entitled "Violence Grows", which also featured the (at that time)Epping basedPoison Girls (whose singer,Vi Subversa , was also mother to Gem Stone and Pete Fender). Due to the popularity of Fatal Microbes,Small Wonder records released a 7" single featuring "Violence Grows", which was hailed as a classic by the lateJohn Peel Fact|date=February 2007.Honey Bane later had a career as a solo artist, a film and stage actress, and a model ("see
Honey Bane ").Pete Fender subsequently went on to form
Rubella Ballet with Gem Stone (bass) and Sid Ation (drums) who was later also inFlux of Pink Indians . It also made a brief appearance, as did Annie Anxiety. Pete Fender later released a 7" EP, "Four Formulas", under his own name on XNTRIX records. Pete Fender and It had originally met when they formed the band Punktuation in 1977. With an average age of just 13 years, it would make them probably the youngest punk band in the country at the time. Later, Pete was also a pivotal member ofOmega Tribe .External links
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