Splodgenessabounds

Splodgenessabounds
Origin	Queens Road, Peckham, South London, England
Genres	Punk rock, Oi!, punk pathetique
Years active	1978–present
Labels	Deram, Razor
Associated acts	One the Juggler, Angelic Upstarts, Sham 69
Members	Max Splodge Mat Sargent Johnny Chunders Harry Monk
Past members	Ronny Rocka Min Plimpton Noel Hendrick Mick English Tentpeg Taff Lefty Little Willy Chrissie (Baby Greensleeves) Desert Island Joe Slythe Miles Flat Pat Thetic Noble Roger Rodent Wiffy Archer Winston Forbes Squint Keith Boyce Benjie Bollox

Splodgenessabounds are an English punk rock band formed in Peckham, South London. The band is associated with the Oi! and punk pathetique genres. Their frontman is Max Splodge. They have scored three UK Singles Chart entries including one Top 10 hit and a second Top 30 hit.

The band was formed over a cab office called Baron Cars in Queens Road, Peckham.

The band were originally fronted by Max Splodge and his girlfriend of the time, who was known as Baby Greensleeves. The band won a recording contract with Deram Records after finishing runner-up in the 1979 Battle Of The Bands contest, even though Deram was planning to cease all activities in the music markets outside of classical music. The band's first release for Deram in 1980 was "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Please". The song was released as a triple A side vinyl single, along with "Simon Templer" (a pastiche of the theme tune of the TV series, Return of the Saint featuring the character Simon Templar) and "Michael Booth's Talking Bum".

"Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Please" was the only song from that release that picked up any airplay, first from John Peel on his BBC Radio 1 show, and later on daytime radio as a novelty song. The song peaked at No. 7 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1980, however the band members were unable to capitalise on their success by appearing on Top of the Pops, because the show was off the air due to strike action at the BBC Television.

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