Editing Heaven 17 (section)

====Origin and formation====
[[Ian Craig Marsh]] and [[Martyn Ware]] were the founding members of pioneering Sheffield synthpop group [[the Human League]]; Glenn Gregory (who had previously been in a punk band called Musical Vomit with Marsh) had been their original choice when seeking a lead singer for the band but as he had moved to London to work as a photographer at the time, they chose Ware's school friend [[Philip Oakey]] instead.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.classicpopmag.com/2022/03/glenn-gregory-heaven-17/ |title=Heaven 17: Glenn Gregory interview |publisher=Classic Pop Magazine |date=15 March 2022 |access-date=20 May 2022 }}</ref> When personal and creative tensions within the group reached a breaking point in late 1980, Marsh and Ware left the band, ceding the Human League name to Oakey. They formed the production company [[British Electric Foundation]] (B.E.F.).<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher=Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| pages= 248–249}}</ref>