I guess technically Mr L has given a correct answer, except that he didn't give the name of the earlier band - I'd forgotten that the Delgados were actually named after Pedro. In any case, Carter/Abdoujaparov is the one I was thinking of so Bobb takes it.
According to allmusic.com, Alun Woodward, Stewart Henderson and Paul Savage's band before the Delgados was called Bubblegum. Never heard of them.
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