Silicon Teens was a fictional United Kingdom based pop group in a similar vein to The Archies, The Monkees and Gorillaz, who in reality was the brainchild of Mute Records creator Daniel Miller. The "group" was publicised as a quartet named Darryl, Jacki, Paul and Diane, but in reality these individuals did not exist and for media interviews their parts were played by actors. The project was launched in 1980 with a sole album called Music For Parties, a collection of old rock n roll classics played in a somewhat cheesy pop synthesiser style.