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City and the City Solution are an Australian rock group which formed in late 1977 in Sydney with a line-up of Simon Bonney on lead vocals, Phil Kitchener on bass guitar, Dave MacKinnon on saxophone, Don McLennan on drums ( ex-Particles ) and Harry Zanteni on guitar.

The group had four distinct line-ups with Bonney as the only mainstay: Sydney in 1977 – 78, Melbourne in 1979, and two groupings in Berlin from 1985 to 1990.

In the late 1970s Bonney had met McLennan and sometimes provided guest vocals for McLennan's group, Particles.

According to Australian rock music historia, Ian McFarlane, Particles had " a cult following around the inner-city Sydney scene courtesy of its delightful, melodious pop sound ".

Whereas according to Peter Nelson of Pulp fanzine, Crime and the City Solution, used " An exciting blend of fuzzed monotone guitar runs and squawking saxophone riffs.

the drone songs on Wire's ' Pink Flag '".