▁March ▁ 1 9 7 8 , ▁and ▁were ▁signed ▁to ▁Mercur y ▁Records ▁early ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁by ▁John ▁St ain ze . ▁The ▁original ▁found ing ▁members ▁were ▁Steve ▁Sal vari , ▁Cam elle ▁H inds , ▁Li pson ▁Francis ▁and ▁Henry ▁De fo e . ▁H inds , ▁Francis ▁and ▁De fo e ▁were ▁previously ▁in ▁a ▁band ▁called ▁T FB ▁( Typ ical ▁F unk ▁Band ), ▁which ▁had ▁contained ▁members ▁that ▁would ▁go ▁on ▁to ▁form ▁Light ▁of ▁the ▁World . ▁T FB ▁also ▁contained ▁the ▁drum mer ▁Er rol ▁Kennedy , ▁who ▁later ▁joined ▁Im ag ination . ▁Sal vari ▁joined ▁T FB ▁after ▁the ▁departure ▁of ▁Ken ny ▁Well ington ▁in ▁late ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁as ▁their ▁second ▁keyboard ▁player ▁and ▁the ▁band ▁members ▁then ▁stood ▁at ▁Sal vari , ▁H inds , ▁Francis , ▁De fo e ▁and ▁Kennedy . ▁The ▁band ▁gig ged ▁for ▁about ▁a ▁year ▁then ▁broke ▁up . ▁Francis ▁and ▁De fo e ▁went ▁to ▁work ▁with ▁a ▁bass ▁player ▁who ▁was ▁in ▁B oney ▁M ., ▁and ▁Sal vari ▁and ▁H inds ▁stay ing ▁together ▁to ▁work ▁on ▁various ▁projects . ▁▁ ▁In ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 8 , ▁four ▁of ▁the ▁T FB ▁members ▁got ▁back ▁together , ▁and ▁expanded ▁the ▁previous ▁format ▁by ▁rec ruit ing ▁L inton ▁Beck les ▁( born ▁L inton ▁Charles ▁Beck les , ▁ 1 7 ▁December ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁– ▁ 3 ▁April