Reeking of Doc Martin boots and dressed in oversized baggy jumpers, The Wonder Stuff ruled the roost at student union discos in the early Nineties.

Infectious anthems like Cartoon Boyfriend, Radio Ass Kiss and The Size Of A Cow got a generation leaping around uncontrollably to the swish of shaggy long hair, and turned the band into legends of the indie-pop scene.

Now they have released their first studio album in eleven years, Escape From Rubbish Island, and are on tour to promote it. Or have they?

The original line-up of the band did get together for a reunion performance in 2000 but certain band members that were then present, such as Martin Bell and Stuart Quinnell, are now notably absent.

These missing personnel claim on their website www.wonderstuff.com (not to be confused with singer Miles Hunt's www.wonderstuff.co.uk) that the new release is essentially a solo album by Miles - with a little help from original guitarist Malcolm Treece. Miles, they say, is rather sneakily using The Wonder Stuff moniker to promote it.

Whilst not exactly denying this accusation, Hunt says the original idea for Escape From Rubbish Island was for it to be a reunion album featuring all surviving Stuffies - but this did not work out when money squabbles became personal.

"We couldn't f***ing agree on anything, and that just opened up all the old wounds," Hunt says.

"By December 2003, Gilks and Bell had told my manager that they couldn't work with me anymore. They wouldn't speak to me.

"Malc and I have always been the songwriters. I don't want to continue sharing royalties willy-nilly like when we were kids, because I've learned better.

"When Malc and I finished the album and gave it to our UK label they said: 'Look, we think it's great, but the only way we can sell this record in any significant numbers is if we call it The Wonder Stuff.

"Malcolm and I were comfortable with it because, as far as we were concerned, the other guys had left."

Escape From Rubbish Island is largely an upbeat rant about the frustrations of London life, a city which Hunt has happily now left in favour of the greener delights of Shropshire.

"My desire to get away from here grew ever stronger," says Miles, "and that is all over the record."

Starts 7.30pm, Tickets £15, Tel 01273 673311