SPA (band)

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SPA
OriginUnited Kingdom
Genres Pop
Years active1997
LabelsNorthern Sky Music
Members Simon Toulson-Clarke
Phill Brown
Alastair Gavin

SPA are a British band comprising Simon Toulson-Clarke, Phill Brown and Alastair Gavin. Toulson-Clarke and Gavin had previously worked together on the Red Box album Motive . [1] [2]

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SPA is an acronym of the names of its members - Simon, Phill and Alastair.

They released their self-titled debut album, SPA, in 1997.

Discography

Studio albums

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References

  1. "SPA". Cdvine.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. "SPA (3) - SPA". Discogs.com. Retrieved 1 July 2020.