Formed out folk rock band Fish Co in 1978, Writz was Steve Fairnie (deceased 1993) and Bev Sage on vocals and stage romps, Steve Rowles vocals/on guitar, Nick Battle (ex After The Fire) on bass, Arry Axel on drums and Jules Hardwick on lead guitar. They had huge success on the pub and club scene with their highly visual act. They only had minor recording hits with single 'Night Nurse' in 1979'. Changed their name to Famous Names in 1980 and released singles 'Holiday Romance' and later 'Venetian Blind.
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Writz / New Celeste May 13, 1980 Paris, Île-de-France, France Uploaded by Sylvain
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20th National Rock Festival- Reading Rock 80' Aug 22 - 24, 1980 Reading, England, United Kingdom Uploaded by Jim Jones
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Writz has had 3 concerts.
Writz is most often considered to be New Wave, Modern Alternative Rock, Post-Screamo, Grime, and Gymcore.
The last Writz concert was on August 22, 1980 at Thamesside Arena in Reading, England, United Kingdom. The bands that performed were: Iron Maiden / Def Leppard / Whitesnake / Slade / U.F.O. / The Angels / Krokus / Magnum / Budgie / Fischer-Z / Pat Travers Band / Samson / Tygers of Pan Tang / Hellions / Gillan / nine below zero / Gary Moore / Girl / Red Alert / Praying Mantis / Rory Gallagher / SLEDGEHAMMER / Broken Home / Headboys / Q Tips / The Pencils / Writz / Trimmer and Jenkins.
