hiya Oric-you've been busy today. Bored or something? Anyway, Firstly I'd like to say that this is Man and they ,as has been pointed out, are merely carrying on the great Man tradition. As has been said by others, The 70's Man bands never seemed to carry the same line up from one album to the next let alone the great period of stability from 83 to 2000's. I am , however, upset by the wrangling between the band members and for either side to tell us more will merely add to the denials, counter denials and other needless controversy. Let's wait for Deke's definitive version in his next book.(if you ever read this, get a move on Deke!) To be controversial and at the risk of upsetting everyone much as I love Deke to me Man is/was Mr Micheal Jones esq. He it was who was in every incarnation of Man. Other people came and went(and came back again and went again and then, just to pass the time, came back....AGAIN) As Oric says what we don't want is a Wishbone Ash Fleetwood Mac etc etc etc scenario where the row over who gets the name or who is entitled ruins the legacy of whilst not the greatest , one of the most loved and adored bands in the world. Let's get the rows sorted, get the new album out and for both new bands get the music going (especially up here to the Land that Man forgot)