The Spitfire Boys
| The Spitfire Boys | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | The Blackmailers (early for Liverpool incarnation) The White Boys (early for Wales incarnation) |
| Origin |
Merseyside, England Cardiff, Wales |
| Genres | Punk rock, new wave |
| Years active | 1977 c. 1979 - c. 1980 |
| Associated acts | Albert Dock, Crucial Three, The Mystery Girls, The Nova Mob, The Opium Eaters, Big in Japan, The Photons, The Slits, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Nylonz, The White Boys, The White Brothers, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, The Creatures |
| Past members |
David Littler (in 1979, David Francis) Pete Griffiths Mike Rigby Paul Rutherford Peter Clarke Pete Wylie Peter Millman Kurt Prasser Chris Brazier |
The Spitfire Boys were the first Liverpool punk band to release a single ("British Refugee" c/w "Mein Kampf"). The Spitfire Boys were mainly notable for including in their line-up Peter Clarke, who went on to drum for The Slits and later Siouxsie and the Banshees (as well as marrying Siouxsie of the Banshees) as Budgie, and Paul Rutherford, later better known for being a member of 1980s pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Jones (aka guitarist David Littler) went on to join The Photons, which also included Steve Strange (Visage) and Vince Ely (The Psychedelic Furs).
In early 1977, David Littler saw The Heartbreakers live at Eric's Club, in Liverpool, and asked them about a band he had, but really didn't exist, and the group gave him a place to support them alongside Slaughter and the Dogs and Buzzcocks at Warrington Parr Hall, Warrington, Cheshire, in May. The band was formed shortly afterwards by Littler as guitarist, alongside his friends, bassist Peter Griffiths and lead vocalist Michael Rigby, and Steve Platt a drummer, A short time later, while preparing for the gig, the band changed their name to The Spitfire Boys as a suggestion of Wayne County. For their first gig at Warrington Parr Hall, they played covers of Ramones.
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