FILTHY MACNASTY'S XMAS PARTY
Saturday, 15th December 2007
By Micky Pêche
Hey Spizz is playing in someone's back parlour. The rear bar at Filthy McNasty's in EC1 is a cosy fit when this many people turn up. Great that the place is packed from wall to wall with SpizzFans of all ages, the boy can still pull them in. A contemporary, if not a forerunner of the likes of the Pistols, the incarnations of the lad Spizz have been many. Spizz'77, SpizzOil, SpizzEngergi, Althetico Spizz80, effectively SpizzEtAl. Looking a pound or two heavier that during his full-on punk days, Spizz still has more energy than party full of hyperactive kids who've been on Ribena all day. Spizz went through the anthology of songs that the crowd know and love him for, Red and Black, Spock's Missing, Soldier Soldier along with the newer greener songs. Then a little SpizzInterlude for some SpizzBeer and into Central Park, Where's Captain and a finale of an explosive Soldier Soldier rendition again. The consummate showman, Spizz never really got the chance to take his talents to TV where he would have excelled over the lacklustre presenters that we often have to put up with now.