Elti Fits were a
punk rock band in
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
,
England
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in the late seventies and early eighties.
Description
The members were:
*Bass - Nigel Ross
*Drums -
Karl Burns
Karl Burns (born Carl Birtles,1958 in Manchester, England) is a British musician best known as the drummer for the Fall, featuring in many incarnations of the band between 1977 and 1998.
Although several musicians have rejoined the Fall havi ...
*Guitar - Graham Ellis
*Vocals - Sarah Keynes
Their manager was Paula Greatbatch aka Ruth Putrid.
Activities
The band did a session for
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey (DJ) and radio presenter. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly fr ...
on 4 September 1979 followed by a roadshow in 1980.
On 10 October 1980 they topped a bill of five bands at the
Manchester Polytechnic Student Union bar that included
U2. They played Leigh Festival in 1979 and one of their songs is included on the 2-CD set Live at Leigh Rock Festival. They also performed 8 tracks at
Deeply Vale Festivals
The Deeply Vale Festivals were unique free festivals held near Bury in northwest England in 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979 and at a different site in 1980 and 1981 They are regarded as significant events that united punk music into the festival sce ...
and a good recording of that set may exist.
They worked with
Joy Division
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in Salford in 1976. The group consisted of vocalist Ian Curtis, guitarist/keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris.
Sumner and Hook formed the band after attend ...
.
One of their songs is available on YouTube
Their only record was a three track EP.
References
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English punk rock groups