Ruby’s first release was the acclaimed electronic-downtempo-trip hop album Salt Peter, recorded entirely digitally, which was still quite ground-breaking at that time. The remix album, Revenge, The Sweetest Fruit followed and then Short-staffed at the GenePool (2001), followed by Altered and Proud, the Short Staffed Remixes (2001).
Lesley’s other notable projects include a duet with Tom Jones on a cover of the “Kung Fu Fighting” for the Jackie Chan movie, Supercop, and a Mountain Dew commercial appearance singing "Thank Heaven for Little Girls", directed by Samuel Bayer.
In 2013 Ruby returned to music-making, taking touches from the past to emerge anew in the present. Always progressive with the use of technology in music, her process has revealed regular audio and visual releases & collaborations.
Ruby live is Lesley and banks of electronica, combined with guitars, various live FX, looping and synth toys & gadgetry.
Now working with her brother, Scott Firth, (the bass player in PIL) on a full remake of Salt Peter, with a new album to follow.