Almost immediately following the tearful, embittered dissolution of the Chameleons, bassist/vocalist Mark Burgess and drummer John Lever returned as the Sun and the Moon, with Andy Whitaker and Andy Clegg essentially replacing the roles that Reg Smithies and Dave Fielding held in the former band. You can easily forgive Whitaker and former Chameleons' touring hand Clegg for not possessing the skill and chemistry that the remarkable Smithies and Fielding shared, but there's no denying that the Sun and the Moon's self-titled 1988 debut on Geffen sounded like cut-rate Chameleons. It probably didn't help that it was recorded so quickly after the formation of the band. The Alive; Not Dead EP followed later in the year on Midnight, sounding more like a band whose rhythm section and guitarists had grown properly accustomed to each other and less like the Chameleons. The Sun and the Moon broke up in 1989, with Burgess embarking on a solo career and the remaining members continuing as the short-lived and unfortunately named Weaveworld. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi