39-643: SPK may refer to: SPK (band) , Australia SPK , Soviet cosmonaut maneuvering unit Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant, a type of pancreas transplantation Socialist Patients' Collective (German: Sozialistisches Patientenkollektiv ) Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz , the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation Strategic Plan Campine (Dutch: Strategisch Plan Kempen ) Sutton Parkway railway station 's station code Topics referred to by
78-445: A Vauxhall squat with the help of Revell's brother Ashley Revell (a.k.a. "Mr.Clean") and Mike Wilkins (guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals). The album deals with psychotic states and mental retardation. The original 1981 release on Side Effects has a black cover with a small picture of head being operated on, the 1985 version on Normal is blue and pictures a man in a wheelchair and the 1992 CD reissue has System Planning Korporation with
117-550: A Lawyer " soundtracking an RTA ad targeting drink driving , and "Reckless Eyeballin ' " – an instrumental track from their debut album Down Below – becoming the theme of Australian TV police drama Blue Heelers . The band has won eight ARIA Music Awards , including five in 1994 for work associated with The Honeymoon Is Over . Danny Rumour (aka Daniel John Atkins) was a member of punk rock bands Blackrunner, Urban Guerrillas, Friction, Ugly Mirrors and Bedhogs in Sydney from
156-574: 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
195-493: A drunken guest attacked Higgins, a professional photographer, and a fracas ensued with Perkins defending his partner. Also that night, two of their ARIA trophies were stolen. Late in 1994, the group toured Europe, again supporting Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. They followed with a headlining tour across Europe and to Canada. The next album, Three Legged Dog , was produced by Cohen, the group and Paul McKercher ( Clouds ). It
234-436: 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 (née 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
273-531: A member in the country-blues trio, Tex, Don and Charlie and released Sad But True (1993). At the ARIA Music Awards of 1994 , The Cruel Sea won 'Single of the Year' and 'Song of the Year' for "The Honeymoon is Over", 'Album of the Year' and 'Best Group' for The Honeymoon is Over and received three further nominations including 'Best Cover Art' by Kristyna Higgins and Jay Manby. At an after-party,
312-487: A period of transition... [s]omewhere 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. McFarlane regarded SPK to be "at
351-760: A series of gigs without Perkins including the Big Day Out tour. In February 1998, with Perkins returned, the group released a single, "Hard Times" ahead of its album Over Easy in August. The album was produced by Daniel Denholm ( Frente! , Boom Crash Opera ), Phil McKellar ( Grinspoon , Frenzal Rhomb ), the band and McKercher. It peaked at No. 13 and was followed by their Takin All Day national tour through most of 1998. The band's first greatest hits album, The Most appeared in November 1999 and reached
390-479: A three-track extended play in April, "Factory" as a single in August and "Mekano" in November. Dominik Guerin (a.k.a. "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
429-403: 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
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#1732787223734468-584: Is Forgiven in March. Guitarist and main composer, Rumour began touring and recording with his own roots-style instrumental band, the Dan Rumour Band, and Elliot joined on drums by mid-2006. In August, Perkins declared on ABC2 's Dig radio program that The Cruel Sea were no more. Dan Rumour Band appeared on the Australian surf music project Delightful Rain released October, and a documentary film of
507-618: Is a clear dichotomy between early industrial SPK (1978–83) and the more commercial music later favoured by Revell. Later releases, such as Machine Age Voodoo (1984), were more synthpop -oriented than industrial. Still later, the group moved into electronic orchestral work, with the release of Zamia Lehmanni: Songs of Byzantine Flowers (1986). The Cruel Sea (band) The Cruel Sea are an Australian indie rock band from Sydney , New South Wales , formed in late 1987. Originally an instrumental band, they became more popular when fronted by vocalist Tex Perkins (also Beasts of Bourbon ). For
546-627: Is best described as disturbing and psychologically disorienting, in line with their nihilistic , subversive philosophy. Live performances included video backing (some of which was issued in two Twin Vison videos, Despair and Two Autopsy Films ), transgressive performances with animal carcasses and other attempts to make the audience uncomfortable. The group issued manifestos, such as DoKuments 1 and 2, "The Post-Industrial Strategy", which appeared in RE/Search 's Industrial Culture Handbook . There
585-586: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages SPK (band) SPK were an Australian industrial rock and noise rock 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
624-576: The Top ;50. After the success of his first album, Perkins released his second solo album Dark Horses (2000). In August 2001, ABC TV broadcast the series, Long Way to the Top . Perkins featured on "Episode 6: Gathering of the Tribes 1984–2000" where he discussed his non-mainstream work with both Beasts of Bourbon and The Cruel Sea, which were "Providing the poor forgotten 5% with something – who like
663-467: The United States, where Revell works 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
702-577: 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 (a.k.a. Kit Katalog), Sushi (a.k.a. Margaret Hill), Charlyiev (a.k.a. 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 (a.k.a. Lustmord ), John Murphy (a.k.a. "Kraang", later of Foresta Di Ferro and Death In June ) and Derek Thompson (who later had
741-580: The Way Home issued in October. It was produced by Tony Cohen ( The Birthday Party , Beasts of Bourbon) and The Cruel Sea. The album provided a range of music "from funky Louisiana swamp blues to sweet soul". Vocals by Perkins were compared with Captain Beefheart , John Lee Hooker and Tony Joe White . "4" followed in March 1992 with "This Is Not the Way Home" released as a single in August. After
780-425: The Year', and 'Best Cover Art' for Higgins and Jim Paton. The Cruel Sea's next album, Rock'n Roll Duds , was a compilation of b-sides and studio outtakes, released in November 1995. The group had a two-year hiatus in releases, Perkins issued his first solo album, Far Be it from Me (1996) and contributed to Beasts of Bourbon's Gone (1997). The Cruel Sea returned to their instrumental roots and embarked on
819-445: 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 (later of The Cruel Sea ) 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
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#1732787223734858-621: The album's release, the band toured Europe in support of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds . In March 1993 they released, " Black Stick " as a single, which peaked at No. 25 on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Singles Chart . This Is Not the Way Home received a nomination for 'Best Group' at the ARIA Music Awards of 1993 . In early 1993, The Cruel Sea had Perkins on-board full-time with his commitment to Beasts of Bourbon on hold. The Cruel Sea's third album, The Honeymoon Is Over
897-744: 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". The meaning of SPK is deliberately unclear; and some of the album covers suggest several different variations. The most well known is Sozialistisches Patienten Kollektiv , but there are also others, such as Surgical Penis Klinik , System Planning Korporation , SepPuKu , Selective Pornography Kontrol , Special Programming Korps , Sushi Patata Kalabacita and SoliPsiK The most notable recordings of SPK are early: Information Overload Unit , Leichenschrei and Auto-da-fé . SPK's music
936-551: The initials SPK highlighted in red. McFarlane suggested "the album's harsh, thumping sound appealed to fans of Throbbing Gristle and early Cabaret Voltaire ". 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!" Other musicians working with SPK included James Pinker (drums, percussion) and Karel van Bergan (violin, vocals), who toured with them to
975-549: The line-up was Rumour (guitar), Virgin (vocals), Devlin (guitar), James Elliot (drums) and Ken Gormly (bass guitar). After Sekret Sekret disbanded, The Cruel Sea was formed in late 1987 by Elliot on drums and Rumour on guitar. They enlisted Dee Corben on bass guitar and his brother, Gerard "Ged" Corben (also in Lime Spiders ), on guitar. The name was from a 1964 surf instrumental, " Cruel Sea ", by United States group The Ventures (a cover of The Dakotas' 1963 single, which
1014-482: The majority of the band's tenure, the band has featured Jim Elliott on drums, Ken Gormly on bass guitar, Dan Rumour on guitar and James Cruickshank on guitar and keyboards. Between 1990 and 2001, the band released six studio albums – three of which (1991's This Is Not the Way Home , 1993's The Honeymoon Is Over and 1995's Three Legged Dog ) were certified platinum by ARIA . The band are also known for their music having featured on television, such as " Better Get
1053-509: The mid-1970s to 1980. In 1980 he formed Sekret Sekret which played a "sprightly brand of punky power pop with psychedelic overtones". Sekret Sekret would often play at Sydney pub, The Grand Hotel , with Rumour assembling an ad hoc line-up of musicians using instruments housed at the venue. With lead vocalist David Virgin (ex-Ugly Mirrors), Des Devlin (ex-Ugly Mirrors) and Peter Mullany (ex- Johnny Dole & The Scabs ) they released four independent singles by 1984. When they broke up in 1984,
1092-463: The really fucked up weird shit". In September their next album, Where There's Smoke , produced by Magoo ( Regurgitator , Midnight Oil ) and the band, appeared and reached the Top 30. It was followed by another compilation, We Don't Work, We Play Music in October 2002 with "Groovy Situation" issued as a single. Individual members concentrated on side or solo projects. In early 2005, Perkins returned to Tex Don and Charlie and released All
1131-585: The same name on Australian television in December. Rumour's first solo album was released in October 2007 as by Dan Rumour and The Drift . In spite of his earlier statement, The Cruel Sea with Perkins toured Melbourne and Sydney in 2008 before their Blues & Roots Festival performances. They also toured Australia in 2010. The full band joined Bernard Fanning as support for his Day On The Green tour of Australia in October to November 2013. Guitarist and keyboardist James Cruickshank died on 8 October 2015 after
1170-403: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title SPK . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SPK&oldid=1101452125 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1209-496: The theme song of Australian TV police drama, Blue Heelers (1994–2006). Although Perkins was also performing with Beasts of Bourbon, The Cruel Sea built a following on the inner-city pub rock circuit with "atmospheric music [that] evoked the feel of wide open spaces". During 1990, Ged Corben left to focus on his work with Lime Spiders. A single, "I Feel" was released in September 1991 ahead of their second album, This Is Not
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1248-449: 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
1287-758: Was formed in 1978 in Sydney when New Zealand-born Graeme Revell (a.k.a. "EMS AKS", "Operator", "Oblivion") met Neil Hill (a.k.a. "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
1326-854: Was in turn inspired by the novel and film of the same name). Early gigs in 1988 were played at the Harold Park Hotel, behind a pool table where space was so tight that the guitarists had to move out of the way when pool players took a shot. The original line-up played about 20 shows and parties, then Dee Corben left, he was replaced by former Sekret Sekret bandmate, Gormly. Barry Turnbull (ex- John Kennedy's Love Gone Wrong , The Widdershins ) briefly substituted for Gormly on bass guitar. James Cruickshank (The Widdershins) joined on keyboards and guitars. In 1989, The Cruel Sea invited vocalist Tex Perkins , their lighting technician and member of Beasts of Bourbon , to join them on-stage. Perkins had written lyrics for some of their instrumentals. The band
1365-430: 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
1404-525: Was produced by the band, Cohen and Mick Harvey ( Robert Forster , Anita Lane ) of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Released in May, it peaked at No. 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart, and sold over 140,000 copies. The title song, "The Honeymoon Is Over" reached the Top 50 in August. It was followed by a cover of White's 1969 song, "Woman with Soul", which peaked at No. 64. Perkins also performed as
1443-446: Was released in April 1995 and peaked at No. 1. The Cruel Sea toured Canada, United States and Europe, followed by a support slot for The Rolling Stones on the Australian leg of their Voodoo Lounge Tour . Top 50 singles from Three Legged Dog were " Better Get a Lawyer " (November 1994), " Just a Man " (March 1995) and "Anybody But You" (July). The album won an ARIA in 1995 for 'Best Group' and two nominations, 'Album of
1482-410: Was signed by Red Eye Records and released a 12" extended play (EP), Down Below , in September. It contained nine tracks and was produced by Phil Punch ( The Mexican Spitfires ) and The Cruel Sea. It was followed by an eleven-track album of the same name, Down Below in December 1990; both releases featured Perkins on vocals. "Reckless Eyeballin ' " – an instrumental track on the album – later became
1521-429: 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
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