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Biography

Blitz was a street punk band from New Mills , Derbyshire , England . 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. 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 .

Partial discography

Chart placings shown from the UK Indie Chart .

Albums

Voice of a Generation (1982) #2

Second Empire Justice (1983) #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

All Out Attack (1981) #3

Singles

Never Surrender / Razors in the Night (1982) #2

Warriors (1982) #2

New Age / Fatigue (1983) #4

Solar / Husk (1983)

Telecommunications / Teletron (1983) #3

Appearances on compilations

Carry on Oi (1981)

''Punk And Disorderly-Someone's Gonna Die (1982)

Seeds IV Punk (1987)

The Crazy World of Punk (1996)

Oi& #33; Chartbusters Vol 1-2-3-4

Footnotes

External links

(interview)

(history of Oi& #33; that mentions Blitz)