Blitz

Blitz - UK punk band

Group from United Kingdom

Genres: new wave, post-punk, punk, punk rock, Oi, street punk, 80s

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About Blitz

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Blitz, British punk band Blitz were a British punk band who had enjoyed success in the indie charts in the early 1980’s. They were often lumped in with Oi bands such as Cockney Rejects; however, with the release of the "New Age" single and their second album Second Empire Justice, Blitz shifted from their punk roots to a much more new wave and post punk-electro sound. They came from New Mills in Derbyshire and were enthusiastically championed by music journalist Garry Bushell. 2) Blitz, Brazilian 80s rock band. Blitz was the first Brazilian rock band to achieve mainstream success and to have hit singles (Você não soube me amar, A dois passos do paraíso, Ana Maria (biquíni de bolinha amarelinha tão pequenininho)) kick-starting the movement the 1980s boom that would later be called "BRock" . Its "classic" (first) formation included Evandro Mesquita (voice), Lobão (drums), later Roberto "Juba" Gurgel), Antônio Pedro Fortuna (bass, formerly with Os Mutantes and Lulu Santos), William Forghieri (keyboards), Ricardo Barreto (Guitars), Guto Barros (Guitar, later with Os Ronaldos) and Fernanda Abreu and Márcia Bulcão (backing vocals). In 1982, the first compact, "Você Não Soube Me Amar", achieved a huge success, followed by the album "As Aventuras da Blitz". Due to its success among children, they even publish a comic book. Still in 1982 they recorded their first album "Você não soube me amar", an immediate success with fourteen songs and a comics-like design. The logo resembles that of X-Men comics. They split in 1986 but some of the original members got back together in 1994, and to this day, they continue to release new music and make concerts, changing the formation a couple of times, but remaining Evandro, Juba and William from the original. They recorded 13 albums, four dvds, an documentary and their history is told in the book "As Aventuras da Blitz" by Rodrigo Rodrigues.

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