Brainiac 5, also known as The Brainiac 5 (but Brainiac 5 is the preferred spelling here on Last.fm), was a British (post) punk band from Penzance in Cornwall, United Kingdown. They were active from 1977 to 1980, but reformed around 2014. 'The Brainiacs' came to prominence in 1978 with the wonderful Mushy Doubt EP, a favourite of the late John Peel. Early in 2014 Reckless Records released When Silence Was Sound, a CD compilation of most of their 1970s recordings. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Brainiac+5">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.