Tony Clayton-Lea in the Financial Times: While U2 went in a polar opposite direction, the Virgin Prunes dissected the lives of the supposedly normal population, utilising tactics that shocked many. [ … ] The memory of the band lingers on, echoed in work by Damien Hirst, Tracy Emin and, er, Marilyn Manson, but most of all through their influence on U2’s Zooropa tour.

{ Virgin Prunes, 1981: left to right – Strongman, Dave-id, Dik, Bintii, Gavin, Guggi }
More about the Virgin Prunes on Stuart Hardy’s excellent tribute site: True Life Story.