'£100 In 15 Minutes' was widely misunderstood that they were singing about their manufacturing costs. In fact the song is about a party that the band attended, held by Rough Trade Records when a £100's worth of drink was consumed in fifteen minutes.

Singer/guitarist John Williams started out writing a fanzine called After Hours, and after the Puritans broke up he joined the ex-The Janet And Johns to do two mid-80s singles as [a=Thomas the Voice]. He’s now an increasingly celebrated author, and two of his novels deal with the DIY scenes in London (Faithless), and Cardiff (Cardiff Dead).