Tom Robinson and his band were part of the same UK punk/new wave scene that launched the careers of The Pretenders, the Police, Elvis Costello, and Nick Lowe. With his gritty, streetwise swagger, Robinson was expected to have a big career both in his native UK and here in the US, where FM radio was beginning to embrace this brave new style of music. Although his infectious dance club rocker, "2-4-6-8 Motorway" was the song that broke Robinson in both the clubs and on the radio, it was his controversial anthem, "Glad To Be Gay" that gained him the most media exposure. The group's debut album, Power In The Darkness, which, three decades after its release, still holds up well. While David Bowie, The New York Dolls, T Rex, Lou Reed, and other rockers that emerged in the early 70s "glam-rock" movement also heralded the feminine side of men, they were clearly androgynous, or at least, bi-sexual in their approach. Robinson was the first international music artist willing to be rock's advocate for gay rights.