Pizzaman was a British electronic music duo consisting of John Reid (6 September 1963 — 16 June 2025) and

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(born 31 July 1963).

Biography

Their debut album, "Pizzamania", was released in 1995. The album spawned three singles (with videos directed by

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) all of which reached the top forty on the UK Singles Chart. The highest charting of these was "

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" (#19), until "

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" performed slightly better (#18) when it was re-released the following year. Despite this success, however, the only follow-up material was 1996 single "Hello Honky Tonks (Rock Your Body)". "

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" sampled a part of a 1974 sermon by American evangelist

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. After the group disbanded in 1997, Cook went on to greater success under the name

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. John Reid died of cancer on 16 June 2025. He was 61 years old.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

{{Authority control Musical groups established in 1993 Musical groups disestablished in 1997 English house music duos British male musical duos English electronic dance music duos