Essential Logic was a UK post-punk band formed by saxophonist Lora Logic after leaving X-Ray Spex. Post punk generally refers to the particularly fertile and creative period following the initial punk rock explosion. During the first wave of punk, roughly spanning 1976-1983, bands such as The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones and The Damned began to challenge the current styles and conventions of rock... A saxophonist is a musician who plays the saxophone. ... This article is about the punk band. ...

The band initially consisted of Lora Logic on saxophone and vocals, Philip Legg on guitar and vocals, William Bennett (later of Whitehouse) on guitar, Mark Turner on bass, Rich Tea on drums, and Dave Wright on saxophone. Mark was later replaced by Jon Oliver on bass. They formed in 1978 with Logic fresh out of art school. Their first 7" was released on their own label; Cells. They released a self-titled EP on Virgin Records in 1979, before signing to Rough Trade. Their debut LP, Beat Rhythm News - Waddle Ya Pay? was released in 1979, followed by several 7"s before the band split in 1980. In 1980-81 Logic also performed as a member of Red Crayola, as well as playing on recordings by The Raincoats, and The Swell Maps. William Bennett William Bennett (born 1 March 1960 in England) is a pioneer British noise musician, founder of controversial noise project Whitehouse in 1980, being its only constant member. ... Whitehouse is an English industrial noise band formed in 1980. ... See also: 1970s in music. ... Virgin Records was a British recording label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972. ... Rough Trade Records, now a member of the RIAA[1], began as an independent record label, based in London, England. ... The Red Krayola (NOT Red Crayola, as it is sometimes misspelled) was a psychedelic, avant-garde rock band from Houston, Texas, formed by art students at the University of St. ... The Raincoats were formed in 1977 by Ana da Silva (vocals, guitar) and Gina Birch (vocals, bass) while they were students at Hornsey College of Art, London, England. ... Swell Maps were an experimental English rock group of the 1970s from Birmingham, that foreshadowed the birth of post-punk. ...

Lora Logic released a solo LP, Pedigree Charm, in 1982 on the Rough Trade label. Soon afterwards she gave up recording and performing when she turned to the Hare Krishna religion, though she did record and perform under the X-Ray Spex name again when they reformed in 1995. She resumed Essential Logic in 2001 and released a 4 track EP of new material. The new line up included ex-members of Ska group Bad Manners and guitarist Gary Valentine of Blondie. A year later, a further four tracks from a recording session in 1998 were made available from website Vitaminic Hare Krishna Mantra in Devanagari The Hare Krishna mantra, also referred to reverentially as the Maha Mantra (Great Mantra), is a sixteen-word Vaishnava mantra made well known outside of India by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (commonly known as the Hare Krishnas)[1]. It is believed by practitioners... Band members = Buster Bloodvessel : Vocals, Winston Bazoomies : Harmonica, Louis Alphonso : Guitar, David Farren : Bass, Martin Stewart : Keyboards, Chris Kane : Sax, Gus Herman : Trumpet, Andrew Marson : Sax, Brian Tuitt : Drums Bad Manners are a long-lived English 2 Tone ska band. ... Blondie or Blondi may mean Blondie (band), an American rock band Debbie Harry, lead singer of Blondie who is often incorrectly referred to by that name Blondie (album), the self-titled debut album from Blondie Blondie (comic strip), a long-running newspaper comic strip Blondie (film) (1938), a movie based...

In 2003, an anthology of Essential Logic recordings was issued, entitled Fanfare in the Garden, on the Kill Rock Stars record label. Kill Rock Stars is an independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and based in Olympia, Washington, United States, though it will be moving some of its operations to New York City and Portland, Oregon in 2007. ...