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#16 Post by Old Soak »

Originally called "We've got a fuzzbox and we're going to use it", emerged in the post-punk era and favourites of John Peel.
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#17 Post by daveid »

Mummy's got a fuzz box, Daddy never sleeps at night.

with apologies to Messrs Daltrey, Moon, Townshend and Entwistle.

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#18 Post by Markpro »

Weren't they on "The Word" many years ago (UK Channel 4 music show) and the bass player actually got her "fuzzbox" out for the viewing audience to see...Terry Christian nearly had a heart attack.

I'm sure their full name was "We've Got A Fuzzbox and We're Going To Use It"
Here's one of their tracks...they had a little success in the UK in the 80's/90's

Pink Sunshine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLdGBDg-WAE

....Edit, i have just realised it was the Band L7 that flashed...apologies to any Fuzzboxees on here :D :oops:
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#19 Post by tottenhammattspurs »

Their second album, Big Bang was a great piece of 1989 pop and contained a version of Walking On Thin Ice
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#20 Post by Blaahh »

Any PSB fan who hasnt heard Big Bang, needs to. Start of the art 1989 pristine pop.

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#21 Post by y3potential »

Well, this is random but also, most welcome..! Hey, why not..
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#22 Post by Markpro »

tottenhammattspurs wrote: Mon 30 Sep 2019, 10:39 pm Their second album, Big Bang was a great piece of 1989 pop and contained a version of Walking On Thin Ice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llH5zVQCsOU
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#23 Post by tottenhammattspurs »

There’s just Vicky and Maggie now. Tina never rejoined when they got back together four / five years ago and Jo (Maggies sister) sadly died a few years back.
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#24 Post by leesmapman »

Looks like there's a boxset coming out this month
https://louderthanwar.com/fuzzbox-back- ... interview/

No mention of new material though.

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#25 Post by tottenhammattspurs »

Bet there’s a PSB remix of Thin Ice on the mid cd then.
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#26 Post by Pod »

My friend’s mrs had a fuzzbox and she wasn’t afraid to use it.
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#27 Post by raggatwin »

Anyone know what happened to this collaboration?
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#28 Post by Sandy Shaw »

I'm wondering whether the Boys are contributing to the book, rather than the album.
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#29 Post by Spittingcat »

It was Mark Refoy contributing (played on the Release tour) not PSB. I think.

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#30 Post by OakeyDokey »

Patrick Bateman wrote: Sun 29 Sep 2019, 8:23 pm How bizarre.
They've covered OMC's 90's hit, too?!

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