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Department S

From: London, London
Active: 1980
Releases: 5

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Department S are a British post-punk/new wave band formed in 1980, who took their name from the 1960s TV series Department S.

They are best known for their debut single, "Is Vic There?", which was originally released in December 1980 and reached No. 22 on the UK Singles Chart the following year.

From Department S (band) on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Members

Mike Herbage now
Jimmy Hughes now
Pete Jones now
Phil Thompson now
Vaughn Toulouse 1991 · former

Discography

Singles 2

Going Left Right 1981
Is Vic There? 1980 Apple Music

Live 1

1981-12-19: Hippodrome, Golders Green, London, UK Year unknown

Compilations 2

Sub-Stance 2005
Is Vic There? 1993 Apple Music

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: c8620bb9-b3e7-48fc-98f2-5d26ea0a478c
ISNI: 000000010124948X

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 8 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.

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