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Blitz


Blitz (British band)

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Blitz
OriginNew MillsDerbyshire,England
GenresPunk rock
Oi!
Street punk
Post-punk (later)
Years active1980–2007
LabelsNo Future Records
Blitz Records
SOS Records
Past members
Carl Fisher
Nidge Miller
Neil Hufferdine
Neil McLennan
Shawn Attack
Jeff the Fallman
Paul Lilley
Charlie Howe
Steve Cast
Wayne Thomas
Bryan Scorch
Matt Renicks
Blitz was a street punk/Oi! band from New MillsDerbyshireEngland.[1][2][3] They had success in the United Kingdom indie charts in the early 1980s. With both punk and skinhead members, they were enthusiastically championed by Sounds magazine writer Garry Bushell, though guitarist Nidge would later go on to denounce Bushell.[4] Although considered an influential Oi! band, the band members simply described themselves as a punk band. They signed to the record label No Future in 1981, and their first release was the 7" EP All Out Attack.
Several years after the original Blitz lineup split, guitarist Alan "Nidge" Miller recruited new members and performed concerts under the Blitz moniker. On February 10, 2007, Miller was struck by a car and died on impact after walking onto a freeway after a show inAustin, Texas.[5] In 2011, bassist Neil "Mackie" Mclennan moved instruments to guitar and formed the band Epic Problem, based in New Mills . They have released a couple of EP's and an album to date.

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Partial discography[edit]

Chart placings shown from the UK Indie Chart.[6]

Albums[edit]

  • Voice of a Generation (1982), No. 2
  • Second Empire Justice (1983), No. 5
  • Blitzed - An All Out Attack (1988)
  • The Killing Dream (1989)
  • Best of Blitz (1993)
  • Blitz Hits (1994)
  • The Complete Blitz Singles Collection (1999)
  • Warriors (1999)
  • Voice of a Generation: The No Future Years (2000)
  • Punk Singles & Rarities 1980-83 (2001)
  • Never Surrender (Best Of) (2005)

EPs[edit]

  • All Out Attack (1981), No. 3

Singles[edit]

  • Never Surrender / Razors in the Night (1982), No. 2
  • Warriors (1982), No. 2
  • New Age / Fatigue (1983), No. 4
  • Solar / Husk (1983)
  • Telecommunications / Teletron (1983), No. 3

Music Videos[edit]

  • New Age (1983)

Appearances on compilations[edit]

  • Carry on Oi (1981)
  • Punk And Disorderly: Someone's Gonna Die (1982)
  • Seeds IV Punk (1987)
  • The Crazy World of Punk (1996)
  • Oi! Chartbusters vols. 1-2-3-4
  • Oi! The Picture Disc vols. 1 & 2 (Link Records, 1987 and 1988)

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