1. Graham Anthony "Gizz" Butt was born on 3 August 1966 and is a British musician, lead vocalist and lead guitarist for Janus Stark best known for being the live guitarist for The Prodigy in the late 1990s.
13 Facts About Gizz Butt
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Graham Anthony Butt acquired the nickname "Gizz" from the character of 'Gizzard Puke' who appeared on The Kenny Everett Show.
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In 1978, his family relocated to Peterborough, where Gizz Butt formed his first school band, The Northern Lights.
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Gizz Butt turned the band into a three piece called The System and began booking his own shows locally.
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Gizz Butt toured with The Prodigy for three years when they were at their most successful.
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Gizz Butt formed Janus Stark in 1996, who had US chart success with "Every Little Thing Counts".
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Gizz Butt continued to perform with the band for the remainder of their 2007 festival appearances and all European and American dates in 2008.
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In 2006, Gizz Butt began working with Steve Ignorant, founder of anarcho-punk band Crass on a set based around that band's Feeding of the 5000 album, which was performed in November 2007 in London at Shepherd's Bush Empire.
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Gizz Butt filled in on guitar for Love Amongst Ruin for two dates on the Recycling Party Tour in France in May 2011.
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In 2012, Gizz Butt reformed the English Dogs to tour the US, with the band's earlier material.
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In 2015 Gizz Butt joined the German alternative metal band Pyogenesis.
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Gizz Butt appeared on their most recent albums "A Century in the Curse of Time" and "A Kingdom To Disappear".
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Outside of performance work, Gizz Butt teaches, formerly at Stamford School, now at Hampton College Peterborough and currently at the Ormiston Academy in Peterborough.