SPIZZENERGI PLAY IN LONDON ON JOHN PEEL DAY - THURSDAY 13th OCTOBER

Veterans of FOUR John Peel Sessions, SPIZZENERGI, will be appearing at The Metro Club 19-23 Oxford Street W1 7:30-11pm KEEPING IT PEEL - KEEPING IT REAL ONLY £5

(PRWEB) October 8, 2005 -- SPIZZENERGI resolutely independent as ever are determined to play a lead role in the massive John Peel Day happening on Thursday 13th October. Despite being overlooked by Radio1 for the BBC gig at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London on 12th October with New Order and The Fall (£25 SOLD OUT).

Veterans of FOUR John Peel Sessions SPIZZENERGI will be appearing at The Metro Club19-23 Oxford Street W1 7:30-11pm KEEPING IT PEEL - KEEPING IT REAL ONLY £5.

The band will be performing SIX songs from the Sessions broadcast by the great John Peel who once said of "Where's Captain Kirk?" on a Star Trek TV Special:

"Spizzenergi went on to record the only Star Trek tribute worthy of the Enterprise's jukebox." Using the BBC website link "KEEPING IT PEEL" the band are "KEEPING IT PEEL KEEPING IT REAL - ONLY PAY A FIVER".

Just in case you don't know the guitar driven, fizzy, punk, Sci-Fi classic 'Where's Captain Kirk?' was given the status Single Of The Week by music weekly Melody Maker and became the 1st number one of the official Indie chart launched in January 1980, where it stayed for 8 weeks. It also remained in the Indie top 30 for the entire year and was considered by BBC DJ John Peel to be the best Star Trek associated song. Star Trek was created by Gene Roddenberry starred WILLIAM SHATNER & LEONARD NIMOY.

Stadium rockers R.E.M. liked 'Where's Captain Kirk?' so much they recorded a version of it to give away to their fan club members as a Xmas gift in 1992.

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