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We<#8217;ve Got A Fuzzbox And We<#8217;re Gonna Use It (shortened to Fuzzbox for the U.S. release of their first album) were an all-girl Birmingham, England based, punk-pop quartet that was loud, gaudy, and mildly controversial.Founded in 1985, they initially fostered a raw amateurness to their playing style but later developed into a smoother, <#8220;sexier<#8221; look that still caused some controversy.
Their first release came in the spring of 1986, a double A sided single (with a blank B side) of <#8220;XX Sex<#8221; and <#8220;Rules And Regulations<#8221;. This led to the album release Bostin<#8217; Steve Austin (some sources label it self-titled).
In the summer of 1986 the band teamed up with The Nightingales and Ted Chippington to record a single <#8220;Rocking With Rita (Head To Toe)<#8221;. The single featured Fuzzbox tackling such classics as <#8220;Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini<#8221; on the b-side.
For their next album,Big Bang! (1989), they made an abrupt change and reinvented themselves as a slick dance-pop vocal group, with Vickie Perks being cast centre stage as a budding sex symbol. The album had no musician credits, but the girls apparently did little or no playing, and this seemed a repudiation of their punk DIY ethos. The singles <#8220;Pink Sunshine<#8221;, <#8220;Fast Forward Futurama<#8221; and <#8220;International Rescue<#8221; were all co-written by Liam Sternberg.
In 1990, they began work on the new album, but the project was halted after the release of the first single <#8220;Your Loss, My Gain<#8221; due to Perks<#8217; decision to begin a solo career under the name of Vix. Her self-titled album flopped, but Fuzzbox had already broken up.
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