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Where's Captain Kirk: Very Best of Spizz
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Where's Captain Kirk: Very Best of Spizz
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
 
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Spizz came to prominence in 1978 supporting Siouxsie & the Banshees as half of the punk skiffle duo Spizzoil. Following an invitation to session on the John Peel show (the first of four), Rough Trade Records release...  more »

     
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All Artists: Spizzenergi
Title: Where's Captain Kirk: Very Best of Spizz
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Cherry Red
Release Date: 4/5/2004
Album Type: Enhanced, Import
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Styles: Hardcore & Punk, New Wave & Post-Punk
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 5013929121225, 5012939121225, 766488869828

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Spizz came to prominence in 1978 supporting Siouxsie & the Banshees as half of the punk skiffle duo Spizzoil. Following an invitation to session on the John Peel show (the first of four), Rough Trade Records released two EPs. 6000 Crazy & Cold City. Their first single Soldier Soldier (Spizz's third) was awarded N.M.E. Single of the Week. Later that year came another Single of the Week awarded by Melody Maker's Chris Bohn for Where's Captain Kirk? Released at the same time as the first Star Trek movie, it topped the newly formed Indie Chart & stayed there for eight consecutive weeks, it also remained in that chart for the whole of 1980. Fifth single No Room was an instant Indie chart topper & subsequently A&M signed the band, releasing their first LP Do A Runner. It was a top ten hit in the proper charts & all their releases re-entered the Indie chart. The band always containing Spizz has gone