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What happened in the early years for Meat Beat Manifesto?
Dangers and Stephens had formed the English pop group Perennial Divide in 1986 with Paul Freeguard and released the first few Meat Beat Manifesto singles as a side project.
Did Perennial Divide release any albums prior to forming Meat Beat Manifesto?
Perennial Divide released Purge in 1986.
Was the band Meat Beat Manifesto successful?
Meat Beat Manifesto has proven versatile over the years. The band's earlier work has been credited with the rise of the trip hop, big beat, and drum and bass genres.
How did Meat Beat Manifesto recover their music from the fire which burned down their early studio?
For Meat Beat Manifesto's third album, they released Armed Audio Warfare, which was an effort to re-create the lost tracks of the would-be début album.

Question: What else did the band do in the early years?
Self-contained rewrite: What else did Meat Beat Manifesto do in the early years of their career besides losing their music in the fire and forming Perennial Divide?