Although the Honeyroot project did not get underway until the 21st century, Gregory and Lowndes were part of the British music scene long before that. Gregory's involvement with synthesizer-friendly music goes back to 1980, when techno-popsters Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh recruited him for the British Electric Foundation (an offshoot of the Human League, who are best remembered for their 1982 smash Don't You Want Me). In 1981, Ware and Marsh hired Gregory (a former photographer they met in Sheffield, England) as the lead vocalist for Heaven 17; when the British Electric Foundation ran out of steam around 1983, Heaven 17 became Ware and Marsh's main focus -- which meant a lot of singing for Gregory. Heaven 17 had several well-known hits in the U.K., including Crushed by the Wheels of Industry, Come Live With Me, Temptation and Let Me Go. But by the late '80s, their popularity had decreased -- and in 1988, the group officially broke up. But after a six-year absence, Heaven 17 got back together in 1996 -- at least on a part-time basis. Ware and Marsh were happy to rehire Gregory, who was still Heaven 17's lead singer in 2004. Lowndes, meanwhile, has a long history as a club DJ and is also known for playing guitar in a '90s lineup of the new wave/dance-pop outfit ABC (who were quite popular in the early- to mid- '80s and enjoyed their share of major hits in their heyday). Sound Echo Location, Lowndes and Gregory's first full-length album as Honeyroot, was released in the U.K. and Australia in 2003; after initially being sold in North America only as an import, Sound Echo Location was released in the United States by New World Music in 2004. Instead of featuring Gregory on all of Honeyroot's vocal material, Lowndes and Gregory have opted to employ different vocalists on different songs; those vocalists have included Billie Hogdrey, Angie Brown, Kerry Shaw and Lindsay Crisp. ~ Alex Henderson, Rovi