The Aborted were one of Mansfield’s first punk bands. They featured Paul Statham on guitar, Graham Boffey on drums, Martin Boffey on bass and Pete Boffey vocals.

Steve Hovington (future member of B-Movie) “I remember seeing them play. Paul collapsed on stage. I stood at the back wearing a shirt daubed with ‘I want to be a machine’ after the Ultravox song and a ripped school blazer. The atmosphere was electric!”

“early summer 1979 Paul Statham came up to me at a party in Mansfield and asked if I’d like to join his band as the bass player had left. I didn’t really get on with ‘Stat’ not to mention I couldn’t play bass but I went along anyway as I harboured dreams to be in a real band. I left the rehearsal as bass player and singer. I was flicking through an art book in art class and came across a painting by Andy Warhol called B-Movie. I thought it sounded arty and cool.”

The above quotes are from an interview you can read in full here.

Paul Statham has a website here