The Work (band)

The Work
From left to right: Tim Hodgkinson, Rick Wilson, Mick Hobbs, Bill Gilonis
From left to right: Tim Hodgkinson, Rick Wilson, Mick Hobbs, Bill Gilonis
Background information
OriginEngland
GenresAvant-rock, post-punk, industrial music
Years active1980–1982, 1989–1994
LabelsWoof Records
Past membersTim Hodgkinson
Bill Gilonis
Mick Hobbs
Rick Wilson

The Work were an English post-punk rock group, founded in 1980 by multi-instrumentalist/composer Tim Hodgkinson and guitarist/composer Bill Gilonis, with bass guitarist Mick Hobbs and drummer Rick Wilson. The band toured Europe in 1981 and 1982, and recorded their first album, Slow Crimes in 1982. After a tour of Japan later that year and releasing Live in Japan, the band split up. In 1989, the Work reformed to record Rubber Cage and performed throughout Europe between 1989 and 1994, releasing another album, See in 1992. A live album, The 4th World, recorded in Germany in 1994, was released in 2010.