About the site

Room 512 is an unofficial website providing news and information to fans and interested parties on The Wonder Stuff and related groups/projects such as Vent 414, We Know Where You Live and Miles Hunt's solo work.

Some of you may be familiar with the previous incarnation of the website The Wonder Stuff Online, known affectionately by some as simply 'TWSOnline'.

The purpose of the site is to compliment the existing official site and member forums by providing a comprehensive archive of articles, features, reports, news and media contact relating to the groups previously mentioned covering all periods from their creation to, in some cases, their end.

The original TWSOnline website was first launched in 1998, prior to which the bulk of the site content had previously been planned to be a paper-based biography of the group.  Getting little interest from book publishers who could not foresee a wide enough target audience for it, I was recommended by one of the group members (still current) to consider putting it up on the Internet for fans to access.  No money in it for me therefore but at least it had the ability for global viewing and, judging by the comments received over the years since, it's as well-loved now as it was when it first started.

After a period of inactivity by the group followed by a lack of time on my own part to keep the site updated, the TWSonline site was shut down.

In the latter part of 2004, I was finally able to find a bit of time to consider returning to the site and following encouraging responses from a huge number of fans, I gave in and created the basis of the site you see before you today.

Miles Hunt once said of the reformation of the group in 2000 that they had done it "for the fans."  Likewise, this website has also returned for the fans.  If they hadn't requested it, I wouldn't have started it back up again.  Miles also once said that he felt sorry for every other band in the world because they didn't have fans like The Wonder Stuff have.  That still remains.  We're a passionate bunch and we love our music.  The Wonder Stuff may not be the biggest group in the world but we love them, god bless us, and as long as there's still interest in the group, I'll hopefully keep this site going.

Rob Stokes, April 2007