The origins of Newcleus lay in a 1976 Brooklyn DJ collective known as Jam-On Productions, which included Ben Cozmo D Cenac, his best friend David Dr. Freeze St. Louis, and Ben's cousins Monique Nique D Angevin and her brother Pete Master Quadro Angevin (all teenagers and still in high school). Many members (MCs as well as DJs) came and went as Jam-On rocked parks and block parties all over the borough. In 1981 Cozmo decided to create a recording group as an extension of Jam-On. The group included Cozmo, his wife Yvette (Lady E), Nique, and her future husband Bob Chilly B Crafton. The foursome originally took on the name Positive Messenger, but would later name their group Newcleus as a result of the coming together of their families. By this time, Cozmo had begun to accumulate a collection of electronic recording equipment, and the quartet recorded a demo tape of material. With several minutes left at the end of the tape, Newcleus added a favorite from their block parties, with the vocals sped up to sound like munchkins. The track, Jam-On's Revenge, immediately impressed producer Joe Webb, and it became the group's first single, released as Jam-On Revenge by Newcleus featuring Cozmo & The Jam-On Production Crew in 1983 on Mayhew Records. A huge street success, the track became known unofficially as the Wikki-Wikki song (after the refrain). When it was re-released later that year on Sunnyview Records, it had become Jam On Revenge (The Wikki-Wikki Song). In 1984 Newcleus topped themselves by releasing an all-time Hip-Hop and Electro classic, Jam On It. They also established themselves as the first Hip-Hop band, playing all of the instruments themselves live. They toured nationally with Cameo through 1983 and 1984, and then were part of the 1st national Hip-Hop tour in history, The Fresh Festival, with Run DMC, Kurtis Blow, Whodini and The Fat Boys. Adding another all-time classic Electro song with Computer Age (Push The Button) and also a Breakbeat classic with Automan, Newcleus has solidified their place in Hip Hop and Electro history as true innovators and pioneers in the genres.