1.A.W.O.L. (Absent without leave.) were a 4 member band from Johannesburg, ZA They played hard hitting Chaos/80s Hardcore Punk and built up quite a following. They recorded one album named 'another pawn please' and were beginning work on a second album in 2009 when the band came to an end due to Jonathan Way's suicide. Jonathan Way (D-Beat johnny) was an amazing artist and musician and above all a kid with a really big heart.
2.1.Absent Without Leave (A.W.o.L.) was founded in 1996 as a short-lived video project which concentrated on producing tiny videoclips set to music by the likes of early 80's synthpop pioneers like John Foxx, Gary Numan, Fad Gadget or The Twins.