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Spitfire Boys

From
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Active
1977–1980
Releases
2
  • punk

About

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 and the Creatures (as well as marrying Siouxsie) as Budgie, and Paul Rutherford, later better known for being a member of 1980s pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Jones (a.k.a. guitarist David Littler) went on to join the Photons, which also included Steve Strange (Visage) and Vince Ely (the Psychedelic Furs).

From The Spitfire Boys on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Members

  • Pete Wylie 1977–1977 · former guitar
  • Budgie 1977–1977 · original member · former drums (drum set)
  • Pete Griffiths 1977–1977 · original member · former electric bass guitar
  • Paul Rutherford 1977–1977 · former lead vocals
  • Michael Rigby 1977–1977 · original member · former lead vocals
  • David Littler 1977–1977, 1979–1980 · original member · former guitar, lead vocals
  • Chris Brazier 1979–1980 · former drums (drum set)
  • Peter Miliman 1979–1980 · former guitar
  • Kurt Prasser 1979–1980 · former electric bass guitar

Discography

Singles 2

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Reference

Identifiers

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 15 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.