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Disco Pistol were an English pop punk band. The band was formed in 1994 and consisted of lead vocalist, Mira Manga, lead guitarist Kevin Baxter, keyboard player Hyper Helen, bass player Craig Page and Marky Sparky on drums. The band were gathered together by Glitter Scene svengalis Kevin Wilde and Hifi, who ran the influential Club Skinny at the Camden Lock HQ. It was at this club that Manga was spotted and others replied to ads in the NME.

The band were invited to add their track Supersexy Revolutionary to the And The Rest Is History compilation. The track was also released on Xerox Records as a single. The follow up, double A single Saturday Everyday / Solid Gold Radio was released by ORG Records

The band became notorious as the leaders of the Glitter Scene - arriving onstage adorned in tiaras, fairy wings and swathes of glitter. The band made appearances at Reading Festival twice in 1996 and 1997.

The band would go on to sign to Mercury Records where they were renamed and rebanded as pop group Sweet 3. . Their debut (and only) single Love Thang, written by Con Fitzpatrick sank without a trace. The group then split up.

Mira Manga went on to perform in bands Rolemodels, The Duloks and was very briefly a backing singer for the reformed Menswear in 2013.