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 (Spizz¹s 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 and 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 and subsequently A&M signed the band, releasing their first LP Do A Runner. It was a top ten hit in the proper charts and ALL their releases re-entered the Indie chart.

The band always containing Spizz has gone through many a name change in the intervening years. Singles and albums have been released under the band names Spizzles, Spizzenergi 2, Spizz Orbit and Spizzmas. R.E.M. even recorded a cover version of Where¹s Captain Kirk? which was produced as a Christmas gift for their fan club membership.

Spizz has continued to perform live and has even recorded a tribute track in honour of his beloved Aston Villa FC which is included here along with an enhanced bonus track of video footage of the track Where's Captain Kirk? live from the Holidays In The Sun punk festival which is playable on PC and Mac computers.

Where's Captain Kirk? / No Room / Soldier Soldier / Spock's Missing / Amnesia / Mega City 3 / Jungle Fever / Central Park (BBC) / Red & Black (BBC) / The Model / The Sun Never Sets On Aston Villa / Hot Deserts (BBC) / Rhythm Inside (BBC) / Effortless (BBC) / Virginia Plain / 6000 Crazy Cold City / Work / On My Own 20/ Where's Captain Kirk? (Enhanced Live Footage

This collection comprises of a decade of releases, 1978 to 1988, from one of the most important independent bands of the early eighties, Spizz. The bands first album entered the UK top 20 in it's first week of release. Included on the album is the classic track, "Where's Captain Kirk" which topped the Indie charts in 1980 for 8 weeks, then continued to spend the rest of the year in the charts and sold in excess of 80,000 copies. Also featured are "Soldier Soldier" and "No Room", both selling in excess of 50,000 copies. In 1992 R.E.M. covered "Where's Captain Kirk" for a special fan club Xmas single.

No Room / Red & Black / Where's Captain Kirk? / Spock's Missing / Soldier Soldier / Mega City 3 / Jungle Fever / Central Park / Work / Amnesia / The Meaning / Virginia Plain / 6000 Crazy / Cold City / 1989 / Platform 3 / Solarisation (Shun) / Pure Noise/Alien Language/P/F/H/ / On My Own / Where's Capatin Kirk? / Living Is Better With Freedom / Three Lions In The Sky (TV Theme For Euro 96)

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