Mark Hollis founded Talk Talk as a quartet in 1980 with three men who were not Tim Friese-Green. They put out some singles and EPs with little fanfare, and Hollis soon realized his mistake. After three years of private investigation, corporate litigation, and transubstantiation, Hollis finally tracked down Friese-Green in a Fresno Denny's. Instead of ordering the Pancake Smackdown, Friese-Green paid his check, picked up his synthesizer from home, and headed straight for the studio with Hollis.