Honey attracts the attention of Crass who release her EP on their label. For this release Crass take on the alias, Donna and the Kebabs and the legendary “You Can Be You” 3 track EP is released giving Honey a firm following of fans.
The “You Can Be You” EP, is the first record not to be credited to Crass for their label. Listen to the EP
Honey is featured in NME magazine.
Honey releases her new single, Guilty, on her own label, Honey Bane Records.
A cover of The Supremes’ ‘Baby Love’ is released and peaks at #58 on the UK Singles chart.
She also provides backing vocals, along with Peter Garbiel the Jimmy Pursey track, ‘Animals Have More Fun’
Honey is on the covers of Sounds and Record Mirror magazines.
Honey appears on Top Of The Tops to perform ‘Turn Me On Turn Me Off’.
Honey releases “Wish I Could Be Me”, produced by
Steve Levine renowned for his work with Culture Club. The single is a shift towards a more dance sound and sees the first 12” mix of one of Honey’s songs.
Honey becomes frustrated with the direction EMI is forcing her to follow musically.
Honey appears in Jangles as “Jane” and the TV advert for Treobor Mints and is cast in the film Scrubbers.
Honey appears in the play, Demonstration of Affection by Chris Ward opposite Richard Jobson of The Skids at London's Arts Theatre
Honey releases another single, “Jimmy… (Listen to Me)”.
She turns to acting and plays “Joanna Downey” in the Granada daytime show Crown Court.
Honey appears on Tizwas.
Honey releases her last single with EMI, “Dizzy Dreamers”, which sees her departing from the music scene and turning to acting.
The Mai Zetterling film, Scrubbers is released starring Honey as “Molly”. The film also features a young Kathy Burke, Robbie Coltrane, Miriam Hargoyles, Pam St. Clement, Chrissie Cotterill and Debby Bishop.
The film is a female slant on Alan Clarke’s Scum (1979)
FOR THE REST OF THE 80’S, HONEY TAKES A HIATUS FROM STARDOM.
Honey releases her first single since “Dizzy Dreamers”, entitled “Downthing”.
Honey appears in Chris Ward’s film, What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor, a film about the life and times of Nina Hamnett, self-styled "Queen of Bohemia", starring Siobhan Fahey.
Honey takes the role of “Cat Lady”, one of the Nina Hamnett’s lovers.
Honey releases her new album, Acceptance of Existence and a promotional single, Violence Grew
She prepares to embark on a tour in the summer with her band, Honey Bane and The Undone.
Honey starts recording the Acceptance Of Existence album with Micky Howard.
Honey releases her long awaited anthology, IT’S A BANEFUL LIFE, which compiles all of the artist’s singles on CD for the first time. The recordings were digitally remastered and the album was pressed on CD and available digitally.
The YOU CAN BE YOU EP is reissued on CD and digitally, with remastered audio and housed in a limited edition digipak.
Crass Records repress in association with One Little Independent Records, a part of their reissue series "2 by 2 and back again". The new series has been remastered for 12 inch.
Violence Grows is repressed on “bruised” black and blue 12” vinyl, exclusively for Record Store Day (22 April).
This is the first coloured vinyl released in Honey’s discography and limited to 1000 copies.