SPK are an industrial music group formed in Sydney, Australia in 1978. They are fronted by mainstay member, Graeme Revell, on keyboards and percussion. In 1980 the group traveled to the United Kingdom where they recorded their debut album, Information Overload Unit.

According to Australian rock music historian Ian McFarlane, SPK were "at the forefront of the local post-punk, electronic/experimental movement of the late 1970s ... [their] music progressed from discordant, industrial-strength metal noise to sophisticated and restrained dance-rock with strange attributes".

History

SPK was formed in 1978 in Sydney when New Zealand-born Graeme Revell (a.k.a. "EMS AKS", "Operator", "Oblivion") met Neil Hill (a.k.a. "Ne/H/il"). Revell was working as a nurse on a psychiatric ward at Callan Park Hospital where Hill was also working. Hill and Revell shared a house and an interest in the manifesto of the German radical Marxist group known as the Sozialistisches Patientenkollektiv (SPK). Two days later, his wife Margaret Hill (née Nikitenko) died as a result of complications from anorexia. In March SPK issued another single, "Metal Dance", which was co-written by Revell, Leong and Thompson. billed as "SchizoPhreniK / << SPK >>" , performing early SPK tracks and new material. The show was promoted as SPK's first live appearance in almost forty years. These two performances precede the debut of a "new entity" featuring Graeme and Robert Revell, named SPKtR, which is expected to begin touring in the fall of 2026.

  • Machine Age Voodoo – LP – 1984
  • Zamia Lehmanni: Songs of Byzantine Flowers – LP/CD – 1986
  • Digitalis Ambigua: Gold & Poison – LP/CD – 1987
  • Oceania Live – LP/CD – 1988

Compilations

  • Auto-Da-Fé – LP/CD – 1983 (No. 11 UK Indie )
  • Box 1 – 3CD – 1992
  • S.P.K. Dokument (Recordings 1979–1983) – 7LP/7CD – 2016

Singles, EPs, cassettes

  • "No More/Kontakt/Germanik" – Single – 1979
  • "Factory"/"Retard"/"Slogun" – Single – 1979
  • "Mekano/Kontakt/Slogun" – Single – 1979
  • "Meat Processing Section" EP (Slogun/Mekano) – Single – 1980 (No. 42 UK Indie) (No. 5 UK Indie)