Random Hold was a band that was formed by two friends, David Ferguson and David Rhodes in 1976 following a concert by Phil Manzanera's band 801. The band went through a number of line up changes but eventually won a record deal with Polydor records and released their debut album produced by Van Der Graaf Generator's Peter Hammill. The band also managed to secure the support slot on Peter Gabriel's 1980 tour when the singer toured the UK and America. Random Hold: View With Suspicion is a compilation of some of the bands previously released songs alongside some previously unreleased material and more importantly a preview from the forthcoming album A View From The Summit...Before The Fall which will be the first new Random Hold album for almost thirty years.