Pizzaman were a British electronic music duo consisting of John Reid (born 17 December 1963) and

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(born 16 July 1963).

Biography

Their debut album, "Pizzamania", was released in 1995. The album spawned three singles (with videos directed by

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) all of which reached the top forty on the UK Singles Chart. The highest charting of these was "

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" (#19), until " Trippin' on Sunshine" performed slightly better (#18) when it was re-released the following year. Despite this success, however, the only follow-up material was the 1996 single "Hello Honky Tonks (Rock Your Body)". " Sex on the Streets" sampled a part of a 1974 sermon by American evangelist

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. After the group disbanded in 1997, Cook went on to greater success under the name

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Discography

Albums

Singles

References

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