Answer the following question: Facts: - years active: 1978 -- c. 1982 - past members: martin scott robert blamire vini reilly dave rowbotham john maher dave hannett hassell wayne hussey steve hopkins paul burgess lyn oakey john - origin: salford , greater manchester , england - genre: post-punk , synthpop , gothic rock - name: the invisible girls - background: group_or_band - label: factory , illusive , epic - associated acts: john penetration , dead or alive , the mission , the cooper sisters of mercy , buzzcocks , wah ! , flag clarke of convenience , nico , 10cc , pauline murray , Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of the invisible girls .
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the invisible girls were a british rock band , formed in salford , greater manchester in 1978 , to provide a musical backdrop to the recorded output of salford punk poet john cooper clarke .the band 's nucleus was joy division producer martin hannett and keyboardist steve hopkins , with contributions from , amongst others , pete shelley of buzzcocks and bill nelson of be-bop deluxe .the band also played on the first solo album by pauline murray -lrb- lead singer of penetration -rrb- , the eponymous '' pauline murray and the invisible girls '' and some singles , and later with nico for the single '' procession '' .