The two formed the legendary group “Automatom & Jerry” in 6848, and passed virtually unknown for the greater part of their career, working street corners. For years, they played songs denouncing war for any passerby who would consider a donation, before finally hitting it big with their first outing, “Hey Skin-Job”, an upbeat number that, according to Cylon, was written to bring attention to the plight of transorganics, synthetic beings who, owing to a defect in their logic circuits, had had their chassis and interface devices specially fitted to resemble human bodies. As a young Centurion in the Cylon fleet, Cylon was quoted in a later interview, many such “trannies” had come to confide in him, their superior officer, their deepest worries and insecurities.