Biography
S.P.U.D. was a noise rock band from New Zealand. The group released one LP (Gnaw, 1991), one mini LP (Sour, 1990) and a couple of 7'' singles (Breakdown Town, 1989 and Recliner, 1992).
S.P.U.D sometimes stood for Society for the Protection of the Unborn Dog...depending on who was asking.
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S.P.U.D supported various international acts including Sonic Youth , Dinosaur Junior and Mudhoney.
Members from S.P.U.D Glen Campbell (!!) and Matthew Heine went on to form Solid Gold Hell a band not unlike Jesus Lizard. Lance Strickland former S.P.U.D drummer joined King Loser http://www.myspace.com/kinglosernz and became known as Tribal Thunder. Matthew now resides in a band called Ghosttown featuring ex Fetus productions singer Jed Town. Lance has gone on to become Dotdash http://www.myspace.com/dotdasha
SPUD on myspace : http://www.myspace.com/spudnz
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.