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The Leeds Blitz comprised nine air raids on the city of Leeds by the Nazi German Luftwaffe. The heaviest raid took place on the night of 14/15 March 1941, affecting the city centre , Beeston , [ 1 ] Bramley [ 2 ] and Armley .
After a hiatus for the band, Miller recruited a floating roster of new members in the early 2000s, including vocalist Bryan 'Scorch' Hiazlip, Doug Williams on guitar, Brian Lawton on bass, and James Greene on drums, and performed concerts under the Blitz name, Lawton replacing Williams on guitar, and a new Bassist Marc stepping in for later live gigs.
The Blitz club provided roots for several new pop groups, notably Visage with Steve Strange on vocals and Blitz DJ Rusty Egan on drums, then Spandau Ballet who played live gigs there in 1979 and 1980. [13] Later, Blitz cloakroom attendant George O'Dowd became internationally famous in his own right as Boy George fronting Culture Club. Marilyn ...
The Parachute Men formed in 1985, with a line-up of Fiona Gregg (vocals), Stephen H. Gregg (guitar), Andrew Howes (bass and keyboards), and Mark Boyce (drums and keyboards). [1] After two years of gigging, the band were signed by large London indie label Fire Records in 1987. [ 2 ]
On April 25, 2017, Chrome and Blitz played six shows in Canada as a tribute to the 40th anniversary of Young, Loud and Snotty. [23] The band played the record in its entirety. Chrome and Blitz then announced in 2017 that the band would go on a full reunion tour. [24] On September 8, 2017, Still Snotty: Young, Loud and Snotty at 40 was released.
On 23 November 2023, Catfish and the Bottlemen signalled that the band’s hiatus had ended, announcing they would be headlining the Reading and Leeds Festivals in August 2024. [ 54 ] On 16 February 2024, the band teased new music for the first time in five years, sharing a brief six-second clip on their Instagram account. [ 55 ]
Ian Fraser Kilmister (24 December 1945 – 28 December 2015), better known as Lemmy Kilmister or simply Lemmy, was a British musician.He was the founder, lead singer, bassist and primary songwriter of the rock band Motörhead, of which he was the only continuous member, and a member of Hawkwind from 1971 to 1975.
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