Dif Juz

Formed: 1980 in West London, UK.
Ceased activity: circa 1986.

A British instrumental quartet, Dif Juz consisted of brothers Dave & Alan Curtis (both guitarists), bassist Gary Bromley and drummer/occasional sax player Richard Thomas. In a recorded interview for Radiobombast (WRFI Community Radio, Ithaca, NY) Richard Thomas explained their name was a random result from use as a place-holder name for booking studio time, but they liked how people interpreted it in various ways. They released two seminal EPs; Lee Perry and served as his backing band for a series of shows before eventually attempting to make a record together. The five tracks that were recorded - including a nine-minute version of "The Mighty Quinn" - never quite gelled, despite Robin Guthrie's attempts to mix them and the collaboration remains unreleased.

With the exception of a reissued and re-recorded Huremics and Vibrating Air (respectively) in the form of Funky Little Demons, respectively.
It is rumoured that the band's 'final' dissolution came when Richard Thomas became a touring drummer for The Jesus And Mary Chain, though the band never officially split up.

After many years of silence, the posthumous release by 4AD of Huremics and Vibrating Air appeared in the form of Soundpool in 1999. Coinciding with the album was the creation of a website which appeared to be created by the band. This page ran the banner "By us ", as well as "More soon" though this never materialized.