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for|the Brazilian band|Blitz (Brazilian band)Infobox musical artist| name = Blitz| image =| background = group_or_band| origin = New Mills , Derbyshire , England | genre = Punk rock Oi! Street punk Post-punk (later)| years_active = 1980–2007| label = No Future Records Blitz Records SOS Records| website =| current_members =| past_members = Carl Fisher Nidge Miller Shawn Attack Jeff the Fallman Paul Lilley Neil McLennan Charlie Howe Steve Cast Blitz was a street punk band from New Mills , Derbyshire , England . http://www.garry-bushell.co.uk/oi/index.asp www.garry-bushell.co.uk - Oi& #33; – The Truth by Garry Bushell http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,229544,00.html Blitz : Voice of a Generation - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect http://members.tripod.com/~voiceofageneration/ Blitz: Voice Of A Generation (unofficial Blitz site) They had success in the United Kingdom Independent music|indie charts in the early 1980s. With both Punk subculture|punk and skinhead members, they were enthusiastically championed by Sounds (magazine)| Sounds magazine writer Garry Bushell , though guitarist Nidge would later go on to denounce Bushell. http://www.artofthestate.co.uk/Zines/Blitz_punk_interview.htm Art of the State interviews Nidge 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, guitar ist 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 on to a freeway after a show in Austin, Texas . http://www.myfoxaustin.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail? contentId=2342901& version=1& locale=EN-US& layoutCode=TSTY& pageId=3.2.1 MyFox Austin | Man Killed Crossing IH-35 in Buda
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Chart placings shown from the UK Indie Chart .cite book |last=Lazell |first=Barry |title=Indie Hits 1980-1999 |year= 1997 |publisher=Cherry Red Books |isbn=0-9517206-9-4