The Bardots formed in the in 1989, presenting a nicely glam and paisley type of Indie to the waiting world. They begun playing together in university, featuring Simon Dunford on guitar/vocals, Andy Murphy on guitar, Steve Cox on bass, and his twin bother Neil Cox on drums. In 1990 they released their debut single, "Sofaelaine", a flexi-disc on Baz McHat Records. This was followed by, "Sad Anne", the band added Krzysztof Fijalkowski on guitar, and where signed to Ché Records. Their debut full-length, "Eye Baby", received lots of attention from the Indie segments of the press some elements of which dubbed them the "next big thing." In 1994, with Murphy left the band and was replaced by Yves Altana. There follow up album V-Neck appeared in the same year, but their time was up and the band split. The band reformed and played at the 20th Anniversary of the Wilde Club on Saturday the 18th January 2009, 20 years to the day since they first graced it's stage on the opening night.