Planquez man, Jon Griffin, started teenage goth band "Pushkins" way back in 1989. The original line up was Jon Griffin - guitar, vocals, Paul Ralph - bass, Richard Hobbs - drums, and Barnaby Robson - keyboards.

They produced a mass of inventive and memorable songs that are now forgotten. Actually, they're all recorded on tapes that Jon keeps well hidden at the bottom of his drawer, probably out of shame.

The Pushkins went through a number of line-up changes, settling briefly with Percy (aka: Paul Greenfield) on drums, and Jon Free (aka: Ian Tree) on guitar. Jon Free later formed Penthouse (aka: Fifty Tons Of Black Terror).

Percy and Jon Free then left to form spastic noise band Moist, with crap Bassist Ned Langman. While Pushkins took on "punkmonkey" and former member of Screeming Custard, Flo (aka: Paul Flynn) on drums.

With this line-up, under the management of Nick Brown, they started getting some breaks. In 1992, Wilde Club Records released one of their songs "Sea Egg" on their compilation album "I Might Walk Home Alone" This was followed by their first album, Pumpkinhead, 1993, on Jawbone. John Peel played the record alot, and soon after, Pushkins recorded their first and last session for Radio 1.

The last Pushkins release was the 7" "Lotus Eater" on the Flowershop label, 1994. They recorded a second album entitled "The More You Look Forward To Something, The More Dissapointed You Will Be". Engineered by Ex-Loop man John Wills, it was to be released on the Jackass label, but it never happened. Shame, because Jon had done some really great cover artwork for it, which we never saw again because Jackass kept it.

After this, Pushkins lost bassist Paul Ralph, who'd been in the band from the start. Ned Langman took over on bass in '96, leaving the final line-up: Jon Griffin - vocals, guitar, Flo - drums, Ned - bass. They changed their name to the meaningless "Planquez" and moved to Brighton, where they've been hiding ever since.