Posts tagged with: 1984

Gig 69. Echo & The Bunnymen, Spear Of Destiny, The Sisters Of Mercy, York Racecourse, 22nd September 1984

In his Aviator shades, leather trousers and crushed velvet jacket, with his mysterious tales of anacondas and reptile houses, he’s every inch the magnetic, local lizard king. A Morrison’s Jim Morrison if you will.…

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Cabaret Voltaire, Gestalt Corps, Bedford Boys' Club, 18th August 1984.

Their machines might be programmed, but it’s what they are programmed with - fear, anger, paranoia and bleak premonitions - that gives these dance rhythms their unsettling edge.…

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Gig 67. The Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Leadmill, Sheffield, 10th May 1984.

Their sound eddies and flows like the ocean tides and currents, from Lake Victoria in the heart of ancient Africa to their home on the shores of Lake Michigan.…

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