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Urban Blitz - Steve Reid, Ross Drake (Loo
Brush), Terry Parkins and Steve Marshall
THE HOTTEST sell out band in
Salford” is the way the group Urban Blitz describe themselves.
Whether or not a four week residency at the
Champion Hotel, Pendleton puts them in this category, it is hard to
believe.
And with the chance of a first single on the way
they have great hopes for the future.
With friends in high places, the Salford Jets, who
will take their demo tape to EMI. Urban Blitz are hopeful of a contract
in the near future.
They are a three piece group with of all people,
Loo Brush on Bass, Terry Parkins on guitar and Steve Marshall on drums.
Former member Steve Reid is now the manager.
Urban Blitz in their present line up have been
together six months but all had played in other bands before this.
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The lads all come from Pendleton Precinct area
with Loo, he declined to give his real name, writing all the songs.
“The Skids and the Jam are our influences and we
want to lose the image of a punk band.”
They are on at the Champion for another week and
the move to the Bull’s Head in Walkden for a Thursday spot.
The Blitz say they are getting together a local
following around the pubs but this is where they find themselves in a
dilemma.
“We are stuck in the pubs and getting no further
which isn’t helping our future.”
This is why the demo tape is so important to them;
copies can be made and sent to record companies and radio stations.
TITLES
Some of the titles on the demo sound very
interesting: “From the forthcoming Human Race,” “When the lights go
out,” Why don’t you shut up for a minute” and “Made in Japan.”
This last title they assure me is nothing to do
with the Deep Purple track of the same name.
When Urban Blitz are not entertaining their
followers the rest of the time is spent rehearsing to produce a
professional sounding live set, and they practice three times a week.
Anyone with good eyesight will have seen the
publicity trail left by the group.
Posters suddenly sprung up round the precinct, on
telephone boxes, notice boards and generally anywhere with a good
vantage point.
POSTERS
This is all part of their campaign to get
themselves noticed. Loo designed the posters and Terry had them copied.
One of their concerts which should be quickly
forgotten was at the Russell Club recently.
Loo “I’m not an extrovert really” Brush explained.
“We played the Russell with the Salford Jets and there were about 25
people present.”
The band can usually earn between £25 – 30 in a
pub, for playing the Russell they earned absolutely nothing.
Urban
Blitz have plenty of confidence in their own ability. If the tape
reflects this confidence it will be worth waiting for.
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1979
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