The band became a prominent act in the US during the Second British Invasion, and in 1985 performed at Live Aid in Philadelphia, where they were joined onstage by Madonna. At various stages they had up to seven members, but their best-known incarnation was as a trio between 19.
The band's name was based on the two bumbling detectives Thomson and Thompson (who are not twins) in the English language version of Hergé's comic strip The Adventures of Tintin. They continued as Babble until 1996, at which point the group permanently dissolved. In 1993, they changed their name to Babble, to reflect their change in music from pop to dub-influenced chill-out. Initially a new wave group, they switched to a more mainstream pop sound and achieved considerable popularity during the mid-1980s, scoring a string of hits in the United Kingdom, the United States, and around the world. Thompson Twins were a British pop band that formed in April 1977.
