“Formed a band, we formed a band” – Art Brut
“Reformed a band, accidentally reformed a band (that I was never in)” – Me
The short version of the story: I used to go and see The Trudy play fairly often in the late 80s. Time passed, and in 2004, I ran into the singer at a party. Went home, had a nostalgic re-listen, and then searched the net for them. Found nothing. So I made a fan site. After a bit, the band decided to reform, and so I got to hear some great new music by them. Coo. And cool.
So, here then is the solution image to my October crossword. Full clue explanations are in the following video:

Bandcamp is a great platform to support your favourite band. Here’s a video by The Trudy(, of a song that’s not in the crossword):

DIRT CHEAP MELODY
DESTINATION LOVE
COUNTDOWN TO LOVE
LUNAR LOVE AFFAIR
CAPTAIN SCARLET
SPACE City / Lost in SPACE
There’s A STAR Shining In My Heart For You
…are all the ones that I could fit into the grid.
Action Stations(EDIT:aaargh, realised whilst watching the CS solve that I could have included ACTION as 14a. Damn! 🙂 ), Oh! and Things To Do all made it into the tweets:
https://twitter.com/TheVoidTLMB/status/1311639207501344768
https://twitter.com/TheVoidTLMB/status/1312052364967370754

Or, if you must, here’s a Spotify link: