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Mercurial punk survivor Spizz made his debut at the Birmingham night spot Barbarella’s during an all-day music festival held Bank Holiday 27 August 1977, performing an improvised set on a borrowed guitar, returning two months later with guitarist Pete Plectrum, he now billed the act as Spizz 77, the first of numerous name changes to follow in the years to come.Re-christened SPIZZOIL December1978 and guitarist name morphed to become Pete Petrol the duo earned their first significant notice in 1978 opening for Siouxsie and the Banshees, resulting in a John Peel session which itself led to an offer from Rough Trade to record an EP, 6000 Crazy. The record topped the UK indie charts, as did its follow-up, Cold City 4; however after a fall out, Spizz and Petrol parted ways.
1979 SPIZZENERGI was formed when live in girlfriend introduced Spizz to new musicians. Bassist Jim Solar and keyboardist Mark Coalfield, started rehearsing in January Pete Petrol differences patched up then returned on guitar for the group’s inclusion on the Rough Trade package tour, after “Soldier, Soldier” was named Single of the Week in the NME, the follow-up, “Where’s Captain Kirk?,” earned the same honour in Melody Maker, topping the then newly created UK independent label charts on 19th January 1980. It remained at the top for 7 consecutive weeks not including the 3 previous weeks at No.1 of the unofficial chart.
ZIP STYLE Pure Raucous Nonsense by Wannabee Has-beens 🤓
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552 Hartshill Rd , ST4 6AF Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom, 550 Hartshill Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 6, United Kingdom,Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-lyme
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