The Symptoms played their final gig on the final day of 1973, at the London British Council. The Symptoms were Robyn Hitchcock, Martin Stanway-Mayers (as he came to be known), Patrick "Patch" Fisher, and Simon Kunath. Robyn was on guitar and vocals, Martin on bass, Patch and Simon on drums. Robyn moved to Cambridge the next year.

From a bio reprinted in A Pox Upon the Media:

"When Syd Barrett gave up music for art, another Cambridge musician emerged to take on his mantle. Robyn Hitchcock started out as a solo performer and busker before becoming a member of B.B. Blackberry and the Swelterettes, then The Chosen Few, the Worst Fears, and Maureen and the Meatpackers. It was with the last named that Hitchcock first recorded (in 1976), although the results were not released until much later. His next group, Dennis and the Experts became The Soft Boys in 1976..."

From The Punk Diary (pg 9):

The Symptoms are playing their last-ever gig. Tonight's farewell show is opening up for Chilli Will & The Red Hot Peppers (Phil "Snakefinger" Lithman's band) at the London, British Council. They've been playing together for about two years under various names. For a while they were The Plums, their drummer Patrick "Patch" Fisher had them appear as "Patchwork Quilt" once, their drummer Simon suggested "Four Ascetic Young Gentlemen," and their bassist Martin Stanway-Mayers came up with the Symptoms. The only problem is that at their farewell appearance their name is spelled incorrectly as the "Symptons." The guitarist/vocalist Robyn Hitchcock will later front the influential band the Soft Boys and later have a solo career of some repute in the '80s and '90s.