The song "Mission Drive" was inspired by Wonder Stuff singer Miles Hunt's fall out with best friend and former flatmate Clint Mansell of Pop Will Eat Itself.
After a year and a half with Tracy, Phil stepped away to participate in the fertile Seattle music scene, where he recorded with groups like the Tycoons, Hulabees, Shuggie and Alex Woodard, and toured with Miles Hunt (of The Wonder Stuff), Lisa Loeb and Fountains of Wayne among others.
Miles Davis | William Holman Hunt | Leigh Hunt | John Hunt Morgan | Nelson A. Miles | Miles Copeland III | The Hunt for Red October | Hunt Valley, Maryland | Richard Morris Hunt | Nick Miles | Hunt | Helen Hunt | Nelson Bunker Hunt | Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup | E. Howard Hunt | Wild Hunt | Miles Kane | Joe Hunt | Jim Hunt | Jefferson Hunt | James Hunt | Vera Miles | Thomas Hunt Morgan | National Hunt racing | Barry Miles | Witch-hunt | The Hunt of the Unicorn | Sea Hunt | Roger Hunt | Rex Hunt |
Gilks who was born in Stourbridge, was originally the drummer with Midlands-based The Mighty Lemon Drops before leaving in 1985 (allegedly sacked for not wanting to cut his hair), and later joined Miles Hunt, Malcolm Treece, and Rob "The Bass Thing" Jones to form The Wonder Stuff in March 1986.