SPK (band)

SPK
Also known asSoliPsiK, SepPuKu, Surgical Penis Klinik, System Planning Korporation, Sozialistisches Patienten Kollektiv
OriginSydney, Australia
Genres
Years active1978–1988
LabelsSide Effects, M Squared, Nettwerk, WEA, Industrial, Mute, Fresh Sounds, Regular, Thermidor
Past membersGraeme Revell
Neil Hill
Danny Rumour
David Virgin
Dominik Guerin
James Pinker
Karel van Bergen
John Murphy
Derek Thompson
Brian Williams
Sinan Leong
Jeff Bartolomei
Mary Bradfield-Taylor
Sam McNally
Jan Thornton
Karina Hayes
Paul Charlier
Kit Quarry

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 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".