Paul McCartney and Wings not get along well, adding to his upset with Wings. In April 1981, Laine announced he was leaving Wings, citing the lack of tour plans as the reason. While Laine's departure effectively ended the band, a spokesman for McCartney said that Wings still continued as an active concept. McCartney finally acknowledged the band no longer existed while promoting the release of "Tug of War" in 1982. Suzy and the Red Stripes was a pseudonym used by the group for the release of the Linda McCartney and Wings single "Seaside Woman" in 1977. It was the only release by Wings under
Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge is considered symbolic of the Russian Civil War in Western publications. A simplified version lacking the smaller details is used by the Peacekeepers in the television series "Farscape". The "Slabinja Monument" to the fallen fighters and victims of WWII fascism from Slabinja, Croatia, seems to be directly inspired by this poster. English doom metal band Witchfinder General employ the red wedge motif in the artwork accompanying their 1982 EP "Soviet Invasion", and The Wake used the artwork for their twelve-inch single "Something Outside" in 1983. A similar simplified version (rotated 1/4 turn clockwise) was appropriated by the German post-punk band