Thomas Leer and Robert Rental were a late-1970s industrial music duo from the UK. Leer (real name: Thomas Wishart, born in 1953) and Rental (real name: Robert Donnachie, 1952 - 2000) were born and raised in Port Glasgow, Scotland. The formed a short-lived punk band in 1976, before deciding that electronic music was the future. The both released DIY solo singles in 1978. They released one album on Throbbing Gristle's Industrial Records in 1979, titled "The Bridge". Read more on Last.fm