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Restricted Code is a post-punk band from Glasgow, Scotland, originally active between 1978 and 1981, but reforming in 2018.

History
The band was formed in 1978 by Tom Cannavan (vocals) and Frank Quadrelli (guitar) in the Easterhouse area of Glasgow. Kenny Blythe was recruited on bass guitar and Robert McCormick on drums. In 1979 the band got together with fellow Glaswegian bands, Positive Noise and The Alleged to release an EP called Second City Statik. Bob Last, boss of Edinburgh record label Pop:aural, then signed the band. Their first single for Pop Aural, a double A side of First Night On and From the Top received extensive airplay from John Peel and Billy Sloan among others. The band recorded sessions for John Peel and for Richard Skinner at the BBC.

In the next two years the band toured extensively, touring the UK with label-mates The Fire Engines, and touring the UK and Europe supporting The Human League. Growing committments led to Robert McCormick, aged just 17 at the time, leaving the band. He was replaced by Steve Lironi on drums, the band's only line-up change. The second single on Pop:aural, again a double A side with Love to Meet You and Monkey Monkey Monkey was released in 1981. The band split up later in 1981.

In 2018 Restricted Code reformed with all four original members. Robert McCormick now played keyboards, so drummer Les Gaff was recruited, an old friend who had appeared on Second City Statik as a member of Positive Noise. In 2020 the band released I Got Lost, a four-track E.P. of new material, on their self-financed label. The band is also playing live again, blending songs from the original period and new material.

There has been a revival of interest in the band with the release of the Big Gold Dream movie in 2015, and the book Hungry Beat in 2022, which covers the career of Restricted Code in detail with extensive quotes from Tom Cannavan, Frank Quadrelli and Kenny Blythe.

Discography

 * Second City Statik EP, 1980 (Statik records)
 * First Night On/From the Top, 1980 (Pop:aural)
 * Love to Meet You/Monkey Monkey Monkey 1981 (Pop:aural)
 * Then There Was You, 2007 (Messthetics #105 compilation)
 * Love to Meet You, 2019 (Big Gold Dreams compilation)
 * I Got Lost, 2020 (recoded records)