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Spizzenergi<\/strong> was a late 1970s English punk \/ new wave band led by vocalist \/ guitarist Spizz (real name Kenneth Spiers). The band changed its name several times during its existence, alternate names including Spizzoil and Athletico Spizz 80. They are notable as the first band to sign for Rough Trade Records and the first to top the newly created UK Indie Chart early in 1980. However, they were perhaps best known for their single “Where’s Captain Kirk?” More than two decades after its release, it was included in Mojo<\/em> magazine\u2019s list of the best punk rock singles of all time.<\/p>\nSpizz attended the Solihull School (also home of Swell Maps), an Independent School in the West Midlands, and was inspired by the burgeoning punk rock movement. He was already performing (solo) by 1977. Spizz soon got together with like-minded guitarist Pete Petrol The duo actually released a few lo-fi singles during the height of the punk’s popularity. In 1978 Palmolive, drummer with The Slits, joined what was called Spizzoil (North Sea oil then being a hot topic), for a few gigs.<\/p>\n
The band toured supporting acts such as Siouxsie & the Banshees and later as the main act all over Europe.<\/p>\n
Line-up: August – November 1979.<\/p>\n
\n- Spizz – Vocals and guitar<\/li>\n
- Mark Coalfield – Keyboard and vocals<\/li>\n
- Dave Scott – Guitar<\/li>\n
- Jim Solar – Bass guitar.<\/li>\n
- Hero Shima – Drums<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
For the first time, Spizz had a dedicated backing band, with a distinctively new wave sound. As Spizzenergi\u00a0 they became the first number one band in the newly formed UK Indie Chart in January 1980. The BBC Radio 1 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.<\/p>\n
This line-up continued as Athletico Spizz 80, gaining a considerable following. They became the only band to sell out the Marquee Club for five consecutive nights (with a sixth alcohol-free, matinee show). The tune was featured in the 1981s archival Urgh! A Music War<\/em> film. This material was shown occasionally on late-night American cable TV, and may have helped prolong Spizz’s notoriety slightly. They released an album entitled Do A Runner<\/em> on A&M Records, to mixed reviews.<\/p>\nWhen Lu Edmonds joined the line-up in 1981, they again changed their name — to the Spizzles. The group released a record called Spikey Dream Flowers<\/em>, which cemented the group’s sonic image as science-fiction weirdoes. Two final 1982 singles, “Megacity 3” and “Jungle Fever”, were the swan-song of Spizz in the 1980s. By 1982 new wave was over, and post-punk bands like The Smiths and Gang of Four were taking over the indie music scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Solder Soldier Virginia Plain Where’s Captain Kirk Amnesia Couple of old chesnuts uploaded here for the oldies out there\u00a0browsing the site to warm\u00a0your feet by the fire to. Text courtesy of wicked pee delia Spizzenergi was a late 1970s English punk \/ new wave band led by vocalist \/ guitarist Spizz (real name Kenneth Spiers). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links-downloads"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1046"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1049,"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046\/revisions\/1049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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