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At this point, guitarist Gerry Cott left the group.

According to Bob Geldof's autobiography, Is That It ?, Cott had grown disillusioned with what he saw as the band's growing laziness in the studio and their apparent relinquishing of their early R ' n ' B influences for " cod-reggae ".

Throughout his time with the band, Cott had maintained a distance between himself and the other members and he resigned the day before the end of their 1981 world tour, only hours after the rest of the band had decided to confront him for refusing to join them and the road crew for a drink to celebrate Simon Crowe's birthday.