JET - RADIO STARS SPARKS DEBUT VINYL LP CBS 80699 (1975)

The band formed in 1974 with a line-up of  (vocals, ex-, solo artist),  (bass, ex-),  (drums, formerly in ),  (lead guitar, ex-member of  and an early member of ) and  (keyboards for a short-lived live version of ). They released one  album from CBS in May 1975, produced by . Preceding the release of the album was a brief  tour supporting  & . The band's debut single, "My River". was released to coincide with the tour, and was followed by a second single, "Nothing To Do With Us", which received enthusiastic review but failed to make an impact upon the charts. Dropped by CBS in 1975 due to poor sales, they split up in 1976 during sessions for a second album.

O'List and Oxendale were replaced by guitarist Ian MacLeod. Subsequent sessions at Island Studios resulted in four recordings which were rejected by  but welcomed by . The band changed their name to , and found themselves redefined by the press as a punk/new wave band.

The band briefly reformed in 2000 for a European tour, playing dates in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands, which resulted in the live album, Music for the Herd of Herring. Ellison, Gordon, Townson and Macleod were augmented for the tour by  (a former member of ) and  ('s musical director).

Posthumous Jet releases include More Light than Shade, a collection of live cuts and demos for the band's unrecorded second album, and Some Flotsam, two live sets from their debut UK tour with Hunter-Ronson in 1975. The first officially sanctioned release of the eponymous Jet album was released in October 2010, on the UK , , as part of a  release (Jet/Even More Light than Shade), including previously unreleased material.  finally released the Jet album to digital service providers in 2020.

After a long period as a sideman/producer,  embarked on a solo career in 2001, releasing six albums in the so-called 'Mammal Trilogy', with  playing drums, on . Gordon's most recent solo release came in 2020 with 'OMG'.

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