The founder and leader of the team is Ian Parton, who provides guitar and sculpts their sound. The rest of the group is Sam Dook on guitar, banjo, and drums, Chi "Ky" Fukami Taylor on drums, Jaime Bell on bass, Ninja on vocals and Kaori Tsuchida on drums, guitar, keyboard and melodica.

Their first release, 2000's Get It Together, was primarily a solo effort by Parton that gained support from John Peel and others, but legal problems prevented a timely follow-up. By 2003, the group had been assembled (and included Silke Steidinger, who has left in fall of 2005) and signed to Memphis Industries.

Thunder, Lightning, Strike was released in 2004 and quickly became a sensation in the UK, where it was nominated for the Mercury Prize. In the US, the band became an MP3 blog darling. A bidding war ensued in the US with Columbia as the victor. But before the album could gain release, many of the samples had to be replaced. The group followed up the album with two UK singles, 2005's Bottle Rocket and 2006's Lady Flash and extensive world touring.

The Go! Team will perform at Star Live on June 29, 9pm. 6425-5677.

(China Daily 06/27/2007 page13)