SPK was an Australian industrial music and noise music group formed in 1978… Read Full Bio ↴SPK was an Australian industrial music and noise music group formed in 1978. They were fronted by mainstay member, Graeme Revell on keyboards and percussion. In 1980 the group travelled to the United Kingdom where they issued their debut album, Information Overload Unit. In 1983 Sinan Leong joined on lead vocals. The group disbanded in 1988, two years later Revell and Leong relocated to the United States, where Revell has worked as a Hollywood film score composer. According to Australian rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, SPK were "at the forefront of the local post-punk, electronic/experimental movement of the late 1970s... their music progressed from discordant, industrial-strength metal noise to sophisticated and restrained dance-rock with strange attributes".
SPK was formed in 1978 in Sydney, Australia, when New Zealand-born Graeme Revell (aka "EMS AKS", "Operator", "Oblivion") met Neil Hill (aka "Ne/H/il"). Revell was working as a nurse on a psychiatric ward at Callan Park Hospital where Hill was also working. Hill and Revell shared a house and an interest in the manifesto of the German radical Marxist group known as the Sozialistisches Patientenkollektiv (SPK). The duo were influenced by Kraftwerk, Can, Neu!, Faust, and John Cage – they started playing their own variety of industrial music as SPK. According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane the acronym SPK is variously given as "SoliPsiK, SepPuKu, Surgical Penis Klinik, System Planning Korporation and Sozialistisches Patienten Kollektiv". The band recruited two teenagers, Danny Rumour on lead guitar and David Virgin on bass guitar (both ex-Ugly Mirrors, and went on to form Sekret Sekret), on early recordings by SPK in 1979. In that year they independently released three 7" pressings: SoliPsiK as a three-track extended play in April, "Factory" as a single in August and "Mekano" in November.
Dominik Guerin (aka "Tone Generator") joined on synthesisers in 1980, and later concentrated on the band's visual content. In May they issued an EP, Meat Processing Section, as Surgical Penis Klinik. Without Hill, SPK relocated to London where Guerin and Revell recorded their debut album, Information Overload Unit, in a Vauxhall squat with the help of Revell's brother Ashley Revell (aka "Mr.Clean") and Mike Wilkins (guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals). The album's cover has System Planning Korporation with the initials SPK highlighted in red. In June 1980 they issued the single, "Slogun", with lyrics inspired by the Marxist manifesto: "Kill, Kill, Kill for inner peace / Bomb, Bomb, Bomb for mental health / Therapy through violence!" McFarlane suggested "the album's harsh, thumping sound appealed to fans of Throbbing Gristle and early Cabaret Voltaire". Allmusic's John Bush felt it was "(a) noisy record basically comprised of guitar feedback, synthesizer distortion and rigid drum programming". Other musicians working with SPK included James Pinker (drums, percussion) and Karel van Bergan (violin, vocals), who toured with them to the United States. In July 1981 in Australia, the M Squared label released another single, "See Saw". The cover depicts SoliPsiK with members given as Kitka (aka Kit Katalog), Sushi (aka Margaret Hill), Charlyiev (aka Paul Charlier) and Skorne (Neil Hill). Both tracks are co-written by Charlier and Hill.
In 1982 SPK's Guerin and Revell were joined by Brian Williams (aka Lustmord), John Murphy of Forresta di Ferro (aka "Kraang") and Derek Thompson (who later had a brief stint in The Cure and went on to record as Hoodlum Priest). SPK's second album, Leichenschrei (English: The Scream of the Corpse) (1982), shows Sozialistisches Patienten Kollektiv (English: Socialist Patients' Collective). After its recording they were joined by Sinan Leong on vocals, who had initially auditioned for a planned SPK side-project, Dance Macabre. Leong and Revell later married. In 1983 Thompson left SPK because Revell "wanted to make a very commercial sounding album which I did not". McFarlane found that "SPK had softened the approach somewhat with discernible synth melodies and dance beats coming to the fore amongst the noise". In August 1983, the group issued a compilation album, Auto Da Fé, showing SepPuKu written with SPK in red capital letters. It included three studio tracks recorded in 1981. Bush suggested the album was the "beginning of a more organized approach for SPK material, Auto Da-Fé presents an intriguing industrial-disco fusion, reminiscent of prime contemporary material by Cabaret Voltaire and DAF ... Although fans probably thought of it as an unconscionable crossover attempt, it's still quite experimental in retrospect". The three-track EP, Dekompositiones (also by SepPuKu) followed soon after. Its tracks were added to a later version of Auto Da Fé.
In early February 1984, just before his 28th birthday, Neil Hill committed suicide. Two days later his wife Margaret Hill (nee Nikitenko) died as a result of complications from anorexia. In March SPK issued another single, "Metal Dance", which was co-written by Revell, Leong and Thompson. SPK returned to Australia for a tour and recorded their third album, Machine Age Voodoo, in Sydney which was issued in 1984 on WEA Records. For the album, SPK's Revell and Leong were joined by Jeff Bartolomei on keyboards, Mary Bradfield-Taylor on vocals, Graham Jesse on saxophone, James Kelly on guitar, Sam McNally on keyboards and Phil Scorgie on bass guitar. McFarlane saw the album as "mixed mainstream disco-pop and sweet vocals with electronic experimentation (sort of like Blondie meets Kraftwerk)". While Bush felt it was "another leap towards dance-rock and away from the group's industrial past". The album spawned a single, "Junk Funk" in 1985.
Leong and Revell returned to Australia and added Karina Hayes as vocalist. They issued Zamia Lehmanni: Songs of Byzantine Flowers in 1986 which provided a single, "In Flagrante Delicto". It was followed by Digitalis Ambigua: Gold & Poison in 1987. Allmusic's Sean Carruthers observed that Revell "was in a period of transition... somewhere between the industrial noise of the early years and his later soundtrack work". In 1988, the band issued a live album, Oceania... In Performance 1987 but disbanded during the year. In 1989, Revell moved into work on scores and soundtracks. SPK's track "In Flagrante Delicto" was used by Revell for his work on the soundtrack for the 1989 film, Dead Calm. By 1991 Leong and Revell had moved to Los Angeles.
2) SPK is an electronic / funk act from UK, consisting of Macdonlad and Myatt. Released the single "Easy" in 2004.
Note: if you are here for the Croatian band, please use the tag S.P.K. instead.
SPK was formed in 1978 in Sydney, Australia, when New Zealand-born Graeme Revell (aka "EMS AKS", "Operator", "Oblivion") met Neil Hill (aka "Ne/H/il"). Revell was working as a nurse on a psychiatric ward at Callan Park Hospital where Hill was also working. Hill and Revell shared a house and an interest in the manifesto of the German radical Marxist group known as the Sozialistisches Patientenkollektiv (SPK). The duo were influenced by Kraftwerk, Can, Neu!, Faust, and John Cage – they started playing their own variety of industrial music as SPK. According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane the acronym SPK is variously given as "SoliPsiK, SepPuKu, Surgical Penis Klinik, System Planning Korporation and Sozialistisches Patienten Kollektiv". The band recruited two teenagers, Danny Rumour on lead guitar and David Virgin on bass guitar (both ex-Ugly Mirrors, and went on to form Sekret Sekret), on early recordings by SPK in 1979. In that year they independently released three 7" pressings: SoliPsiK as a three-track extended play in April, "Factory" as a single in August and "Mekano" in November.
Dominik Guerin (aka "Tone Generator") joined on synthesisers in 1980, and later concentrated on the band's visual content. In May they issued an EP, Meat Processing Section, as Surgical Penis Klinik. Without Hill, SPK relocated to London where Guerin and Revell recorded their debut album, Information Overload Unit, in a Vauxhall squat with the help of Revell's brother Ashley Revell (aka "Mr.Clean") and Mike Wilkins (guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals). The album's cover has System Planning Korporation with the initials SPK highlighted in red. In June 1980 they issued the single, "Slogun", with lyrics inspired by the Marxist manifesto: "Kill, Kill, Kill for inner peace / Bomb, Bomb, Bomb for mental health / Therapy through violence!" McFarlane suggested "the album's harsh, thumping sound appealed to fans of Throbbing Gristle and early Cabaret Voltaire". Allmusic's John Bush felt it was "(a) noisy record basically comprised of guitar feedback, synthesizer distortion and rigid drum programming". Other musicians working with SPK included James Pinker (drums, percussion) and Karel van Bergan (violin, vocals), who toured with them to the United States. In July 1981 in Australia, the M Squared label released another single, "See Saw". The cover depicts SoliPsiK with members given as Kitka (aka Kit Katalog), Sushi (aka Margaret Hill), Charlyiev (aka Paul Charlier) and Skorne (Neil Hill). Both tracks are co-written by Charlier and Hill.
In 1982 SPK's Guerin and Revell were joined by Brian Williams (aka Lustmord), John Murphy of Forresta di Ferro (aka "Kraang") and Derek Thompson (who later had a brief stint in The Cure and went on to record as Hoodlum Priest). SPK's second album, Leichenschrei (English: The Scream of the Corpse) (1982), shows Sozialistisches Patienten Kollektiv (English: Socialist Patients' Collective). After its recording they were joined by Sinan Leong on vocals, who had initially auditioned for a planned SPK side-project, Dance Macabre. Leong and Revell later married. In 1983 Thompson left SPK because Revell "wanted to make a very commercial sounding album which I did not". McFarlane found that "SPK had softened the approach somewhat with discernible synth melodies and dance beats coming to the fore amongst the noise". In August 1983, the group issued a compilation album, Auto Da Fé, showing SepPuKu written with SPK in red capital letters. It included three studio tracks recorded in 1981. Bush suggested the album was the "beginning of a more organized approach for SPK material, Auto Da-Fé presents an intriguing industrial-disco fusion, reminiscent of prime contemporary material by Cabaret Voltaire and DAF ... Although fans probably thought of it as an unconscionable crossover attempt, it's still quite experimental in retrospect". The three-track EP, Dekompositiones (also by SepPuKu) followed soon after. Its tracks were added to a later version of Auto Da Fé.
In early February 1984, just before his 28th birthday, Neil Hill committed suicide. Two days later his wife Margaret Hill (nee Nikitenko) died as a result of complications from anorexia. In March SPK issued another single, "Metal Dance", which was co-written by Revell, Leong and Thompson. SPK returned to Australia for a tour and recorded their third album, Machine Age Voodoo, in Sydney which was issued in 1984 on WEA Records. For the album, SPK's Revell and Leong were joined by Jeff Bartolomei on keyboards, Mary Bradfield-Taylor on vocals, Graham Jesse on saxophone, James Kelly on guitar, Sam McNally on keyboards and Phil Scorgie on bass guitar. McFarlane saw the album as "mixed mainstream disco-pop and sweet vocals with electronic experimentation (sort of like Blondie meets Kraftwerk)". While Bush felt it was "another leap towards dance-rock and away from the group's industrial past". The album spawned a single, "Junk Funk" in 1985.
Leong and Revell returned to Australia and added Karina Hayes as vocalist. They issued Zamia Lehmanni: Songs of Byzantine Flowers in 1986 which provided a single, "In Flagrante Delicto". It was followed by Digitalis Ambigua: Gold & Poison in 1987. Allmusic's Sean Carruthers observed that Revell "was in a period of transition... somewhere between the industrial noise of the early years and his later soundtrack work". In 1988, the band issued a live album, Oceania... In Performance 1987 but disbanded during the year. In 1989, Revell moved into work on scores and soundtracks. SPK's track "In Flagrante Delicto" was used by Revell for his work on the soundtrack for the 1989 film, Dead Calm. By 1991 Leong and Revell had moved to Los Angeles.
2) SPK is an electronic / funk act from UK, consisting of Macdonlad and Myatt. Released the single "Easy" in 2004.
Note: if you are here for the Croatian band, please use the tag S.P.K. instead.
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Anne Clark Pauses Are broken by statements not tenderness I always want…
Ares Nothing that I take has the least effect Or at…
As Cities Burn Hearts aren't really our guides We are truly alone 'Cause Go…
B-Sider Hey Atlas, make it a little louder Right my wrongs, keep…
Bardot Brigitte Une météorite m'a transpercé le cœur Vous, sur la terre, vou…
Beatnuts (Intro) Beatnuts Word Up Get hi hi high We puff la la la…
Belinda Carlisle Y en a marabout Y en a marabout Y en a marabout Marabout …
bentham 夢じゃない 昼下がり呆れて 呼吸が時々 乱れてる Tシャツの汚れを気にして 時計の針が貴方を指した これ以上の言葉は二…
Beverly You′re on some kind of specialty You wanna use my energy Hal…
Big Audio Feelings fly around Around up in the air Bouncing off the wa…
Big Audio Dynamite II Feelings fly around Around up in the air Bouncing off the …
Big Thief Jodi Please turn the pages for me You seem so free You know…
Bolt Thrower I left a note on his dresser And my old wedding…
Booka Shade Une météorite m'a transpercé le cœur Vous, sur la terre, vou…
Brooklyn Bounce The bounce is back we have contact Contact turn it…
C-Jay vs. D-Fact 채널 돌려 왜 자꾸 ah 이미 봤던 장면뿐 ah 따분한 하품만 아무…
C.H.A.O.S Sometimes, I wonder where we go And I would really want…
Caleborate (Verse 1 - Caleborate) I can feel the sin in my…
Caleborate Kota the Friend Yeah, uh I could feel the sin in my lungs The magic…
Care of Night Same story as before Girl cries and closes the door As in…
Caskey And this cash money records all Came a long way I got…
CC4.project Though we made contact in the shadow of the devil's…
Chuck L.I. I wanna make, I wanna make eye contact with you…
Citizen Cope You're walking down the street You've got this white Chevy L…
Contact Was ist los? Wir sind still Draußen wirds Viel zu laut Es is…
D-Fect 채널 돌려 왜 자꾸 ah 이미 봤던 장면뿐 ah 따분한 하품만 아무…
Daft Punk Hey Bob I'm looking at what Jack was talking about And…
Dan-Tek You hit the dog with the paper then I swore…
Daphne Rubin-Vega/Idina Menzel/Jesse L. Martin/Wilson Jermaine Heredia Hot, hot, hot, sweat, sweet Wet, wet, wet, red heat Hot, hot…
David Carretta & D.I.P. 채널 돌려 왜 자꾸 ah 이미 봤던 장면뿐 ah 따분한 하품만 아무…
Deine Lakaien Open your eyes now Can you hear Try to follow us Have no…
Die/Jumpin' Jack Frost/Towa Tei I have bottomed out and my future doesn't fit into…
Dragonland A cryptic equation Of a pulsating light An unearthly riddl…
Dylan Longworth Can anyone hear me? I’m trying to reach a better place I’m…
E-Tribe 채널 돌려 왜 자꾸 ah 이미 봤던 장면뿐 ah 따분한 하품만 아무…
Edwin Starr Contact! Across the crowded disco-room You're amazed of dan…
Elzo JamDong Ganiou khôl (Ganiou khôl, Ganiou khôl, Ganiou khôl) Soma gue…
Emerald edge Hours had been passing by I didn´t realise That the dawn has…
Eso.XO.Supreme Girl I wanna push Push up your body Back that thing on…
Ex-3 Conscious Contact From Agencies Centralized Intelligence Cre…
Falling Up Runaway, runaway. Breathe this in. The waters wait, waters w…
Foreign Beggars Yeah x8 Chrous. Yeah we run that, drug war on…
Foreign Beggars & Noisia Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah we run t…
Foreign Beggars feat. Noisia Yeah x8 Chrous. Yeah we run that, drug war on…
Frausdots Contact lost transmission Satellite not made by hands Forres…
Froth Listening watching the voice of no reason Sit with the tube…
Fun Da Mentalists feat. One I wanna make, I wanna make eye contact with you…
G.G. All Stars Zi-le ba Ioane They call me The Goat Ca Marius…
Gaeya Contact calling higher state of inner vision Closely made fo…
Holehearted Soon the tides recede back to the sea Close my…
Human Impact SLEEP AT TEN THOUSAND FEET TRY NOT TO TOUCH ANYTHING NOT SUR…
Infest Stripped down naked for a fuck Slip inside the fluid…
Ismail Izzani Hari gelap tanpamu Jujur aku tak tipu Tahu kau perlukan ku J…
J. Scott G. Baby, can you give me Contact Contact Hey babe, can you giv…
Jarvis Cocker Une météorite m'a percé le cœur Vous, sur la terre, vous…
Jay & The Techniques We move in silence You niggas childish whoo My niggas wildin…
Jesse L. Martin Mmh hmm, well, well, well (oh yeah, baby) It's time to…
Joan Jett The Blackhearts This is the moment I been waitin' on And thinkin' on…
John Duncan & A.M. McKenzie Sometimes, I wonder where we go And I would really want…
Jonathan Larson Group A -Hot-hot-hot-sweat-sweet -Wet-wet-wet-red-heat -H…
Jordan Fisher I was all "ain't lookin' for love" Swimm…
Jurassic 5 We haven't lyrics of this song. Please, add these lyrics…
Kaaris Tous les jours j'te tiens sur Snap Un d'ces quatre faudra…
Kalle-M Sometimes, I wonder where we go And I would really want…
Kelela We're takin' a ride, 405 through the West Side We're party…
KITCHEN - Big Thief Jodi Please turn the pages for me You seem so free You know…
Kyo Aveuglés par nos larmes on devient des pions Le sort s'achar…
L4-E 채널 돌려 왜 자꾸 ah 이미 봤던 장면뿐 ah 따분한 하품만 아무…
L5 Ensemble L'amour est un sport de contact Qui nous demande …
Lab-4 They predicted me the fifth sign Gemini, this fits I Now, le…
LE$ Tu me disais Je t’aime bien Pourquoi ne pas faire…
Leonard Nimoy Leonard Nimoy The Touch of Leonard Nimoy (1969) Contact …
liam ello We could live up here if you wanted All the cities…
LIVING ROOM 1 - The Police I've got a lump in my throat about the note…
LIVING ROOM - Big Thief Jodi Please turn the pages for me You seem so free You know…
Lulleaux Baby your touch is more than enough To make me lose…
M.A.T. Sometimes, I wonder where we go And I would really want…
MC Mario Contact! Across the crowded disco-room You're amazed of dan…
Mega Ran & K-Murdock Keep on, you gotta keep on You gotta keep on! Bust it…
minori chihara 茅原実里 Wow wow wow wow, Contact Re:Contact Wow wow wow wow, Contact…
Mo-dem Contact contact I need a contact It's been a moment and I…
moistbreezy Contact Oh Let's get chemical When we touch it's A love so p…
MoThoro Yeah, aye, yeah Get the money then I’m getting on Me and…
Mr. Bloe Bounce back, gang, if I ain't die, it ain't count',…
Noisettes I don't wanna lose a friend I don't wanna miss an…
Olive Inc I talk a lot shh when I'm drinking, baby, I'm known…
Olive Inc. I talk a lot shh when I′m drinking, baby, I'm known…
Original Broadway Cast (RENT) Mmh hmm, well, well, well (oh yeah, baby) It's time to…
Original Cast Mmh hmm, well, well, well (oh yeah, baby) It's time to…
Parallels With corners left unturned There's more to be observed In al…
Paul John Kilduff-Taylor Feeling strange,turn around do it again Feeling alright,feel…
Peter Hope-Evans Though we made contact in the shadow of the devil's…
Phish The tires are the things on your car That make contact…
PIP MILLETT Eye contact, River flows both ways, Loves me good, But the t…
Pizzicato Five A shooting star Pierced my heart You on earth You have Docto…
Platinum Blonde Some girls with long dark dresses Come close, but you impres…
Pop A Paris - 2 I got killas with me and they ready to kill Break…
Pop Unknown You sit around a lonely picture in a world that…
Pyramid I wanna stay with you With you, with you So we can…
Raeliss Girl I give you contact Make you wanna come back Girl I…
Rent Group A -Hot-hot-hot-sweat-sweet -Wet-wet-wet-red-heat -H…
Rockets Feeling strange, turn around do it again Feeling alright, f…
Roger Taylor Feeling strange,turn around do it again Feeling alright,feel…
Scientist & Prince Jammy Nothing that I take has the least effect Or at…
Seabound Time to close our eyes As we pretend to care And I…
Shift I see you from the top of every mountain The crowds…
SIX Call me a lover or call me a lion Call me…
Soundtology My feelings were true and strong Thought in your arms is…
Stakka & K.Tee Keep on, you gotta keep on You gotta keep on! Bust it…
Super Junior-D&E 채널 돌려 왜 자꾸 ah 이미 봤던 장면뿐 ah 따분한 하품만 아무…
suzuki mamiko いつからだろう、この心 ぐるぐる廻る様になったのって フレーズがぐるぐる巡ってる ズルズルと引きずってる 何がきっかけか…
Take/Five CONTACT L'a-mour est un sport de con-tact Qui nous de-mande…
The Beatnuts (Intro) Beatnuts Word Up Get hi hi high We puff la la la…
The Contortionist ---'FIRST CONTACT'--- OBSERVER: "For solutions, look to the…
The Cross Feeling strange,turn around do it again Feeling alright,feel…
The Police I've got a lump in my throat about the note…
The Prids Of love and of all things cold And do you come…
The Pyramids I wanna stay with you With you, with you So we can…
Thirteen Senses If only there was time to say it all I'd say…
ThirteenSenses If only there was time to say it all I'd say…
Trocadero We've been here so long Still I remember The rainy September…
TruRebel Migs Pop that Molly with the cognac Shawty call me contact Plugge…
U-Tek hangin out at your studio, watch you draw it all…
Ultravox What's wrong, who's right? Sad machines won't talk to me to…
Valley Palace Said you never wanna come back down Pressure building and yo…
Wax Dee & D.L. Blando 채널 돌려 왜 자꾸 ah 이미 봤던 장면뿐 ah 따분한 하품만 아무…
Wicca Phase Springs Eternal I don't get enough sleep Paranoid being I heard the rain but…
Wiz Khalifa (Feat. Tyga) (Oh my God, Ronny) I'm a big dog, baby, I'ma bark…
X-Engine-X Mental, physical, not robotical Anthropological mumbo jumbo …
Young Feast Yeah, uh-huh, it's fees, uh, avoiding the contact, yeah, con…
茅原実里 S.I.G.N.A.L S.I.G.N.A.L S.E.R.I.A.L S.I.G.N.A.L da-da-da-d…
鈴木真海子 いつからだろう、この心 ぐるぐる廻る様になったのって フレーズがぐるぐる巡ってる ズルズルと引きずってる 何がきっかけ…
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writermachine80
Quite possibly my most favorite industrial band.
Dan Rossi
I love these guys, I wished I was 18 years older to see them at a sydney park gig or something. Aussie pioneers !
jayops
Pure Industrial awesomeness.
EYE music band
thanks for posting these gems - I am plugging them on my facebook group for an "industrial" related nightclub in Canberra.
Mark Finch
I found the original 7" for this for $2 at a garage sale. It is F*&$ing Awesome!!!
imagodtoya
Yes sir, in my opinion the Masters of industrial. Back when I was a wee punk shopping for vinyl, I saw this LP with a transparent babies head on the cover(rare). intrigued, I brought the LP. 'Leichenschrei', darn, every time I listen to 'despair', my mum would come running into my room to see what the screaming was about. I fell in love. Lucky for me I brought I.O.U and Auto-da-fe on vinyl before CDs were invented now they are worth heaps, could sell 'Leichenschrei' for £200 but I won't ever
Yerzinia Pestis
La mejor cancion de SPK!!!
Amarillo O
amor al ruido
Dan Rossi
@kittykittykali That is just the best. What a time to live in, wished I was there !
Yerzinia Pestis
55 years? jajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaja