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on bass guitar/lead vocals, Cliff Grigg on drums/percussion and Mike Weiley on lead guitar/vocals. They became known for tackling political issues including racism, homelessness and contemporary drug culture. By 1984 they were using the name v. Spy v. Spy to avoid legal problems with
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in 1986 and released the single "Don't Tear it Down" in
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779:, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book.
304:band. Their line-up was the trio
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812:Holmgren, Magnus; Cuffe, Mark.
772:Australian Chart Book 1970–1992
504:Studio – Alberts Studio, Sydney
482:Cliff Grigg – drums, percussion
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324:Spy vs Spy switched labels to
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474:v. Spy v. Spy members
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359:"Don't Tear it Down"
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187:"Don't Tear It Down"
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571:Warner Music Group
392:"Pockets of Pride"
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208:Released: May 1987
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708:"Les Karski"
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952:Cliff Grigg
936:Spy vs. Spy
893:10 February
883:"Spy v Spy"
856:14 November
840:"Spy v Spy"
814:"Spy v Spy"
767:Kent, David
744:14 November
688:10 November
526:Australia (
425:"Snowblind"
278:consumerism
1034:Categories
619:References
600:Australia
564:Australia
559:Catalogue
292:Background
229:Spy vs Spy
154:Xenophobia
125:chronology
612:254458-2
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469:Personnel
250:and went
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824:10 March
769:(1993).
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656:(1999).
595:P-13583
547:Country
302:pub rock
286:platinum
113:Producer
68:, Sydney
59:Recorded
51:Released
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556:Format
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509:Charts
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252:gold
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