Plone are Mike 'Billy' Bainbridge, Mark Cancellara and Michael Johnston, all playing keyboards, vocoders and fx. Formed in Birmingham, UK in late 1994 when Mark & Mike started to buy old analogue keyboards and fx and began to rehearse making huge soundscapes. Mike was living with Billy (who was in another band at the time) who bought himself a keyboard and joined the band. The band started gigging as support to local bands such as Pram & Broadcast.