Blitz

Blitz were an English punk rock band from New Mills, Derbyshire, formed in 1980 which recorded several singles, EPs and albums. Core history The original Blitz line-up consisted of Carl Fisher (vocals), Charlie Howe (percussion), Nidge Miller (guitar), and Neil "Mackie" McLennan (bass). The band 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. They had sent him their demo tape early in 1981. Bushell who labeled them Oi!, was impressed enough to put two of their tracks on that year's Carry On Oi compilation: "Nation On Fire" and "Youth". He helped them secure a deal with the record label No Future. When the band slept at his family home on the Ferrier Estate in Kidbrooke, a rough south east London council estate, he recalls them being "freaked out by being in a real concrete jungle" (Bushell On The Rampage). Guitarist Alan "Nidge" Miller would later go on to denounce Bushell, but they reconciled before his death. The band signed to the No Future label in 1981, and their first release was the 7-inch EP All Out Attack. Their debut album Voice of a Generation received a five star review from Bushell in Sounds. After Fisher and McLennan had a disagreement, Fisher and Howe formed their own band. Fisher moved to Australia, according to Miller, working with computers. Miller and McLennan briefly went under the banner of Rose of Victory for one last single on No Future, before returning to the Blitz band name.