Members
- Current members
- Mark King: Bass, Vocals (1980–1994, 2001–present; founding member)
- Mike Lindup: Keyboards,Vocals (1980–1994; 2006–present; founding member)
- Nathan King: Guitars,Vocals (2001–present; touring member: 1999-2001)
- Pete Ray Biggin: Drums (2010–present)
- Sean Freeman: Saxophone (2001–present)
- Former members
- Phil Gould: Drums (1980–1987; 1994; founding member) — left due to ill health and being unhappy with the musical direction, but returned in the studio for one final album, 1994's Forever Now
- Boon Gould: Guitars (1980–1987; founding member)1 — left due to ill health, and being unhappy with the musical direction but continues to write with Mark King
- Alan Murphy: Guitars (1988–1989) — replaced Boon Gould, but became ill and died of AIDS-related pneumonia a year after joining.
- Gary Husband: Drums (1987–1993; 2001–2010) - replaced Phil Gould but left in 2010 due to other touring and solo commitments.
- Former studio members
- Wally Badarou: Keyboards/Vocals/Co-writer/Producer (1980–1994)
- Former touring members
- Krys Mach: Saxophone (1984–1988) – toured and recorded with the band until 1988.
- Gary Barnacle: Saxophone (1981 and 1990–1994) — toured and recorded with the band until 1994.
- Johnny Thirkell: Trumpet (1990–1994) — toured and recorded with the band until 1994.
- Lyndon Connah: Keyboards (1990, 1999–2006) - toured and record 2006's retroglide with the band.
- Allan Holdsworth: Guitars (1990) — filled in for the deceased Alan Murphy at The 1990 Hammersmith Odeon Shows (Holdsworth was Murphy's hero)
- Jakko Jakszyk: Guitars (1991–1993; 1994) — toured with the band until they originally stopped working together in 1994
- Gavin Harrison: Drums (1994) — toured with the band until they originally stopped working together in 1994
1 Boon subsequently wrote lyrics for the albums: Staring at the Sun (1988) and 2006's Retroglide. He also played a guitar solo on the track "Ship", which was originally his composition, which was added to by King.
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