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Athletico Spizz 80
12+ albums
post-punknew wavebritishpunkpunk rock
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As Spizz Energi (http://www.spizzenergi.com) they became the first number one band in the newly formed Indie Chart in January 1980. The BBC DJ John Peel described "Where's Captain Kirk?" as... "the best Star Trek associated song". This was probably the peak of Spizz's music career. This lineup continued as Athletico Spizz 80, gaining a considerable following. They became the only band to sell out the Marquee Club for five consecutive nights (and a sixth afternoon alcohol-free matinee show). The tune was featured in the 1981's archival Urgh! A Music War film. This film was shown occasionally on late-night American cable TV, and may have helped prolong Spizz's notoriety slightly. They released a LP record titled Do A Runner on A&M records, to mixed reviews. When Lü Edmonds joined the lineup in 1982, they again changed their name -- to the SPIZZLES. The group released an LP called Spikey Dream Flowers, which cemented the group's somic image as science-fiction weirdoes. A final 1982 single, Megacity 3, was the swan-song of Spizz in the 1980s. By 1982 the New Wave was over, and post-punk bands like the Smiths and Gang of Four were taking over the indie music scene. Spizz was noted for an annual name change policy which ceased when the Guinness Book of Records failed to recognise Spizz's claim that he has recorded and released the greatest number of recordings under different names."Too Specialised" was the response of the then deputy editor Shelagh Thomas who confessed to ownin
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Do A Runner
URGH! A Music War
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Urgh! A Music War - The Album
Where's Captain Kirk? The Very Best Of Spizz
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Urgh! A Music War (soundtrack)
No Room
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Central Park 7" A&M
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Urgh! A Music War soundtrack
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no room 7"
Spizz Not Dead Shock! (1978-1988 a Decade of Spizz History)
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Spizz Not Dead Shock!: 1978-88, A Decade of Spizz History
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Urgh! A music War [Video]