The real commercial boom of Brazilian rock was in the 1980s, with many bands and artists like Blitz, Gang 90, Barão Vermelho, Legião Urbana, Engenheiros do Hawaii, Titãs, Kid Abelha, Paralamas do Sucesso, and many others, and festivals like Rock in Rio and Hollywood Rock.

* Blitz, a band formed in 1993 by former Ultravox members John Foxx and Robin Simon

* Blitz ( band ), a British punk rock band

The song gave international exposure to the underground New Romantic movement when Bowie visited the London club " Blitz "— the main New Romantic hangout — to recruit several of the regulars ( including Steve Strange of the band Visage ) to act in the accompanying video, renowned as one of the most innovative of all time.

Verni and Gustafson had long locked horns over the direction of the band, and in the end Blitz sided with Verni, asking Gustafson to leave Overkill.

* Bobby Ellsworth ( Bobby " Blitz " Ellsworth ), vocalist for the thrash metal band Overkill

Her first notable public appearance was the backing vocal of the band Blitz until 1986.

Urban Blitz of protopunk rock band Doctors of Madness used the instrument to original effect in the mid 1970 ’ s ; also using baritone Violectra.

The band signed with Punk Core Records and recorded their debut album titled Launch Off to War, released in July 2003, Jordan only recorded half album before leaving to join Madcap, being replaced by Chris Blitz.

The record featured 5 songs, one of which was a cover of " Warriors " by the British oi !/ punk band Blitz.

Over the next 5 years, Fairbairn's work on Blue Öyster Cult's hard rock 1983 album The Revölution by Night, Krokus ' hard rock 1984 album The Blitz and Canadian band Honeymoon Suite's arena rock 1985 album The Big Prize continued Fairbairn's string of international hits.

The band were also joined onstage by Gavin da Blitz at the same gig.

Twentieth-century residents included the 1930s ' big band ' singer Al Bowlly ( killed in his flat on the street by a parachute mine during the Blitz of 1941 ).

* Wessex Studios ( 1 November 1979 ): the band return to the studio for one day to complete the May 1979 version of " Ballroom Blitz ", edit and re-record a radio DJ version of " I Just Can't Be Happy Today ", and mix " Turkey Song ".

the band appear to perform it live in College Kids, an early season 4 episode of The West Wing, the video game Alvin and the Chipmunks, and in the video game Rock Band Blitz, and in an ad for Mitsubishi Lancer, which featured teens trying to sing the song but being unable to keep up with the fast rapping at some points.

The name of the band was inspired by the song " Smoking the day away " by May Blitz, though some purists hated the fact that this formation had little or non resemblance to the May Blitz sound.

In 1988, Connolly reunited in Los Angeles, California, with former band members Mick Tucker, Steve Priest and Andy Scott, to rework studio versions of " Action " and " The Ballroom Blitz ".

Bourgeois is also well known for his compositions for brass band and wind band, many of which serve as test pieces in the highest level of band competition and include two Concerti for Brass Band, the Concerto Grosso, Blitz, Diversions, Serenade, The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea and Apocalypse.

At its core is the life and career of colourful popstar Boy George, who rose to global prominence in the early 1980s with his band Culture Club and his contemporaries, including the performance artist and club promoter Leigh Bowery, the pop singer Marilyn, ' Blitz ' nightclub host Steve Strange ( later of the electro-pop group Visage ), and Philip Sallon, Punk groupie and Mud Club promoter.

The package also featured two other discs: a reissue of the rare EP by CKY, Disengage the Simulator, and a reissue of the album Reverb on the Click by Rudy + Blitz, a band that included member Chad I Ginsburg, who would later join the band CKY.

* Andy Blitz ( born 1971 ), writer, actor and comedian

* Maurice Blitz ( 1891 – 1975 ), Belgian Olympic water polo player

* Gérard Blitz ( entrepreneur ) ( 1912 – 1990 ), founder of Club Med

* Gérard Blitz ( swimmer ) ( 1901 – 1979 ), swimming and waterpolo Olympic medalist

* Julien Paul Blitz ( 1885 – 1951 ), Belgian-American conductor

* Phil Blitz ( born 1984 ), professional wrestler

* Rayner Blitz ( born 1968 ), cricketer

* Urban Blitz ( born 1951 ), British rock musician

* Blitz ( video game ), a bombing game for the Commodore Vic-20

* Blitz ( American football ), a type of defensive maneuver

* London Blitz ( American football ), a London-based team

* The Blitz ( ESPNEWS ), a TV show on ESPNEWS

* Blitz ( mascot ), the mascot of the Seattle Seahawks

* Blitz ( album ), 2009 KMFDM studio album

( musical ), by Lionel Bart based on The Blitz

* The Blitz ( Krokus album ), 1984

* The Blitz ( Thebandwithnoname album ), 2002

* Blitz ( game ), a card game

* Blitz ( character ), a fictional anthropomorphic doberman from the action / comedy cartoon Road Rovers

* Blitz ( comics ), a Flash-based Big Bang Comics hero

* Blitz ( film ), a 2011 film

* Blitz ( movement ), a radical youth movement in Norway

* Blitz ( newspaper ), a Portuguese music newspaper