Sigue Sigue Sputnik

Sigue Sigue Sputnik were a British new wave band formed in 1982 by former Generation X bassist Tony James. The band have had three UK top-40 hit singles, including "Love Missile F1-11" and "21st Century Boy".
The band's music, image and inspiration drew from a range of electronic and glam bands such as Suicide and the New York Dolls.
Fachtna O'Kelly, manager of the Boomtown Rats who had provided much of the band's equipment, provided the band with the name Sigue Sigue Sputnik, a reference to a Filipino street gang and meaning, in rough translation "go, go satellite" ("sigue" coming from Tagalog, and from original Spanish meaning "go on", and Sputnik referencing the first man-made satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957).
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==Links to Peel==
Peel reviewed the band's live performance at the Camden Palace in London for the Observer newspaper published on 3rd August 1986 and thought the group's performance was dull. Nonetheless he did play a track from their 'Flaunt It' album on his 04 August 1986 programme. No further material from the group was played by the DJ after 1986.
==Shows Played==
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*04 August 1986: Atari Baby (LP - Flaunt It) Parlophone
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
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