I first found the cult or Death Cult as they’d just changed in the 80’s in art school at Mansfield. Well I didn’t find them, my new girlfriend was a passionate fan, Jane. She introduced them and I was hooked. Saw them a few times live and they were amazing concerts. So forever underrated in the British rock culture. Jane tragically died in a car accident in the nineties which devastated me even though we were not together at the time. She was an amazing person and every time I hear these old songs I remember her and wish she could have had a life long enough to watch these old videos and tell her grandkids she was there. Good bless you Jane Owen. Xxx

@angiepanjie

Жыл бұрын

❤…rip Jane.

@PlanetWomble

7 ай бұрын

❤😢life can be very cruel at times

@LeanderNadeltanz

4 ай бұрын

my sincere sympathies. The good thing is that you have something to remember her. You have a place and a soundtrack.

@Hydrosized

2 ай бұрын

My condolences. It’s fascinating how we associate a time in our lives with the music of the day.

I love Ian Astbury! One of the best frontmen of all time, those pipes, that style, so underrated, pure, raw, unadulterated rock and roll. Aww, the music of my youth. I miss it!

@shannon6708

3 жыл бұрын

Ian Astbury is my favorite Englishman of all time.

@GH02-o_o

3 жыл бұрын

unpolished ...raw...amazing

@jibicusmaximus4827

Жыл бұрын

yeah, morrison vibes but his own thing too, powerful voice, so many bands have weak vocals..

@daveribbons3050

5 ай бұрын

You must be joking. He's fucking awful live. Overrated..

@paulcerminara3107

2 ай бұрын

And he's only gotten better. His voice deeper and more mature.

While The Cult is a fantastic band, there is a darkness here, the rage and insolence of youth. Still relevant and empowering

@redshaftedflicker

6 жыл бұрын

I can't agree more!!

@dyr234

5 жыл бұрын

reminds me of real early origins of noise rock and alternative rock before bands like hum,tree people,swervedriver etc..

@paulrose2385

4 жыл бұрын

Native American!!!

@JonathanRingo

4 жыл бұрын

Since this is not The Cult, SDC should just stand on its own.

@coldacre

4 жыл бұрын

@Me LikeYou little bit of B52's, little bit of "October" era U2.

Can’t wait to see death cult On stage again. I’m glad they revived the old band.

@nmacog

11 ай бұрын

going to be great - we have tickets for Brixton

@floodland3

8 ай бұрын

It’s no death cult. Just one member

Southern Death Cult, Sisters of Mercy, New Model Army. When West Yorkshire was the centre of the music universe 💜🖤💜🖤💜🖤

@The_Gil

4 ай бұрын

All Power Super Bands!!!!!!!!!!!

Bloody hell, I used to love Fatman, drove my mum and dad mad playing it over and over again.

@Strawman333

3 жыл бұрын

I did the same to my folks with "Gods zoo". Then my mom saw the firewoman video some time after, and wanted to know "who that sexy man was." 😂

Brilliant. Still remember the evening I watched this. Thanks for sharing such good quality footage

@indiglo1971

6 жыл бұрын

roy ferris Greetings, Roy. I'm a Ferris from the states!

@danya-louise

5 жыл бұрын

I remember too and my friend's rich parents got a betamax so we videoed it and watched it over and over until we knew every move, every note lol

I love the intensity of Ian's performance.

A fantastic band, the tube gave us the best bands of the time ❤

very powerful band been a fan for years and will keep playing them till im dead

@markeastridge9649

Жыл бұрын

Heard via a friends older brother around age 13 in 1985. Doubt I have gone a 3 months since then without reaching for Ian.

Loved them in these days, before they sold out and became a heavy metal band

@bepitan

9 ай бұрын

other way round for me ..this is tuneless rubbish..but the cult did some really great tracks.

@MySundin13

6 ай бұрын

Ian left these guys and got with Billy Duffy.... completely different band

I was a student in Bradford and saw a poster for a gig in a pub we used to drink in (The Metropole). It was SDC, New Model Army and Joolz. I have seen many gigs since including of those bands but that unexpected one remains the best.

someone finally uploaded a great quality version of this - thankyou :)

Começou como Southern Death Cult, aí mudou para Death Cult e se firmou como The Cult. Fizeram ótimas musicas, em qualquer época.

Played at a Rock Against racism gig in a school in their hometown Bradford around this time before they went to USA, and carried on playing while neo-nazis outside were throwing bricks through the skylights. Brave boys. I was a steward and terrified. First time I heard She Sells Sanctuary, Cant forget it!

@Exercise-01

4 ай бұрын

It really worked now you got BLM fiery but mostly peaceful riots. ✊️

The Tube was the best music show this country has ever had and it’s never been bettered yet. Yes it attracted the big names but it also showcased up and coming bands like The Cult

bradford in the80s was where it was at southern death cult, new model army, anti system, morbid humour.great bands from a great town????????????????

This was why I used to love The Tube

I was djing at a teen club when the love album was released and all the punk kids loved it. I had been listening to S D C from the beginning and when I played faith no one could believe who they were.

I listened to the band that the 3 musicians formed after Ian became the Death Cult with Billy Duff. It was interesting.

They were always way ahead of their time. Fantastic.

@Danimal77

6 жыл бұрын

They were only around for 2 years. This band didn't become The Cult.

@JonathanRingo

4 жыл бұрын

@@Danimal77 Thank you!!

oh man, I am so happy this was recorded!!!!

Trying to use this to figure out fatman on guitar, love David buzz

I worked on one of their gigs during this period, like with this clip could hear the vocal stile Ian was aiming for, but couldn't quite pull off, but with a bit more practice he perfected it.

I have been a big call fan so I'm a few times never heard of this or saw this before thank you thank you thank you what a hidden gem for me it's like it's new all over again

Southern Death Cult song “faith” was obviously heavily influenced by U2’s “the electric co,” which was released in 1980. Both bands absolutely exploded on to the alternative rock scene!

I found early Cult and went back through Death Cult to SDC... Thank fook I went back the way cos it got better rather than turning into rock dirge.

Sick bass line

Reminds me of my childhood. Lying on the bed for hours listening to music from my stereo

@orla556

2 жыл бұрын

Haha, same here..with finger poised on the cassette record button

@markusantonio4866

2 жыл бұрын

Me too, False Faces, Apache, Vivasection, The Crypt, Moya, Fatman. Drinking black coffee with sugar at 15.

@kimsung2384

2 жыл бұрын

Markus Antonio I haven’t heard of those bands. I used to listen to “The Cramps”!

@orla556

2 жыл бұрын

@@kimsung2384 These are tracks from SDC 😂

@kimsung2384

2 жыл бұрын

Orla I’m not such a big fan then! Obviously don’t know WTF I’m talking about 😂

Saw them back in the day. Faith is a great track. The band went on to be getting the fear who I saw a few times. Strange that both only ever released one single

Me encanta esta etapa de Ian !

The guy on the right with dark hair ❤ Ian has always had the same dance moves with his feet!!

"Ian's the best!"

@dmc3489

4 жыл бұрын

Quite a few Ians rocking the era

to go from that to the Cult electric 4 years later!!

Never seen Ian Astbury with a guitar before.

@luisfelipecamargobackinful4642

5 жыл бұрын

Try the live version of Ressurection Joe too.

@JonathanRingo

4 жыл бұрын

He actually played some guitar on the album The Cult in 1994. Maybe others as well, not sure though.

@powrxplor69

4 жыл бұрын

He only played it on certain songs live, kinda like Siouxsie bringing out her teardrop for Sin in my Heart lol so awesome

great upload - remember this well

brilliant as southern death cult can be ;))

Greetings from Philippines, "Vive Le SDC"... :-)

Ugh, those early days were amazing. I wonder if Ian ever watches this footage, he's got plenty to be proud of from them til now.

Simple awesome rock& roll with a little desperation. Way cool.

Love Ian Astbury playing guitar it usually always goes wrong, he's so busy posing for the camera on fat man he misses the chord change and looks around stunned as the "real musicians" have moved on. Brilliant songs at the time, so different and fresh, blew my mind the first time i heard this.

i remember seen them in Bordeaux france in 1983..and the other day U2..al my youth...

I still have this on cassette

Fab post, how good are Aki's drumming and Barry's bass playing / sound

Indeed very good. At that time, I was heavily into listening to Japan.

Barry was my first bass hero!

Just a month before the band split...

They go back stage where Paula Yates was waiting with legs akimbo 😅

Hadn't found their voice yet but clearly there was something here.

The guitar riff sounds like Sister's of Mercy

@theklubhaus

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely heard Alice in there.

compared to Ian nowadays... awesome stuff this is!

If only music was this Edgy now

sure wish they had stuck around a little longer and got some releases out.

@Danimal77

3 жыл бұрын

If they had, then The Cult wouldn't have been formed.

@newwavepop

3 жыл бұрын

@@Danimal77 i love the first few Cult albums, but The Southern Death Cult album is my favorite, and its not even a properly recorded actual album. i will always wonder how it would have sounded had they actually went into the studio with that lineup.

@Don1970

2 жыл бұрын

@@newwavepop I’ve always wished the same thing. Some proper album releases would’ve been great. I love The Cult but what they were doing during this era truly blows my mind. The Death Cult was really cool too.

So awesome, so Bauhaus

Maravilloso

I think I saw Southern Death Cult (or Death Cult) before they ever blossomed into the Cult, around 82/83 in a small bar in Santa Monica...

@RiotNrrrdUTube

5 ай бұрын

No you didn’t, they never came to L.A. until The Cult played at The Music Machine on Pico in West L.A. in 1984. (I was there.)

@stevendphoto

5 ай бұрын

@@RiotNrrrdUTube Maybe this was the show I was at, can you tell me about Ian's Hair for this show? I remember that distinctly..

@RiotNrrrdUTube

5 ай бұрын

@@stevendphoto I don't remember his hair, I remember it being so hot in there that the sweat was coming off the walls!

@stevendphoto

5 ай бұрын

@@RiotNrrrdUTube I seem to recall Pool tables in there???

Faith has to be one of the best songs I have ever heard sheer genius but a shame they disbanded and Duffy's ego took over imo

If you watch and listen to this music.... can you imaging songs like soul asylum...?

Genesis of Global Rockstars, tbh i like this and CULT "LOVE" Better!!!!

If anyone knows what's up with Dave, let me know. He helped me out in 2012 in Hollywood. I'm doing well these days and would like to do something for him. Or at least say hi!

@TravisBickle1963

6 жыл бұрын

He's on Facebook

@miguelrodriguez4498

6 жыл бұрын

Anyone know what Dave used gear wise

@thesleepstate

5 жыл бұрын

@@miguelrodriguez4498 Shit. I hear he used the shit. Full on. Hope this helps somebody!

@thesleepstate

5 жыл бұрын

@@miguelrodriguez4498 Oh you mean amplifiers?

Ian@5:50!

If you dig these lads have a lookout for... Getting the fear Into a circle The band minus ian of course...

@TravisBickle1963

7 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/eaZoxcWyZ8WymtY.htmlsi=9ZDKe8Ujd3-f9vQx

all glory !

Brutal!!!!!!!!! Power!!!!!!!!!!!

Ian was such an Adam clone at this time, intense and a message of his own, but a clone none the less. Like Kings of the Wild Frontier on heroin with a bottle of jack thrown in.

@jennieredd

4 жыл бұрын

JClaus1221 I couldn’t agree more!

@drewamasterpiece5268

Жыл бұрын

I don't recall Adam having a mohawk. Clone? Just because of face paint and Those clothes ?? Adam was ALL about the ladies and Ian is anti establishment.

@JClaus1221

Жыл бұрын

@@drewamasterpiece5268 Ian would tell you himself he was an Adam clone. Huge Ants fan in every way. Adam did become a bit of a parody of himself from Charming on. but from his early singles to KOTWF he was engaging and thought provoking with his lyrics, not his doing he was a looker. Ian did alright with the ladies himself, when he went more commercial with The Cult. Comparison to Adam is not an insult in any way.

Random at the end with the shave foam attack!

@TravisBickle1963

5 жыл бұрын

I believe it was somebodies birthday!

Ian is great

I watched this and was blown away

I have goosebumps

great vid bad sound

This was the time when you wanted your hair to stay up as high as possible but felt that with every nod of your head your magnificent crown was getting limper and limper. Usually two or three songs into the gig you'd be down the front sweating your tits off having a riot. Then you'd look over your shoulder and see a line of posers sucking in their cheeks, still as pristine as when they walked out of their bedsits, only one thing for it, go over towards them swinging your arms about and drag them into the melee....brilliant times

He gave me a bollockin' in an American accent many years later, and I was falsely accused.

@TravisBickle1963

5 жыл бұрын

Falsely accused of......Something interesting I hope?

@scarykrishna3191

5 жыл бұрын

@@TravisBickle1963 Didn't know. Is that why they disappeared? The Cult turned pretty horrible IMO anyway.

@AndersMcTee

4 жыл бұрын

I saw the Cult in Bristol a few weeks back and Ian Astbury had a full on American accent then. Billy Duffy was AWESOME!!

the cult doing their best banshees

Reminds me of the fire woman video and song. Almost identical.

@Pwwh0711

3 жыл бұрын

😁

Knew Buzz lives in France and rents a house out to holiday makers.

Legend 🖤

super banda

Hard to believe that was Ian he truly looked outta his mind.

@TravisBickle1963

4 жыл бұрын

Angry young men make the best music?

Anyone know what brand of guitar he's playing?

@spiritualcramp8000

4 жыл бұрын

it looks a paul reed smith

@carmengiaa65

4 жыл бұрын

aria pro

@dickdastardly2560

4 жыл бұрын

@@carmengiaa65 that's what it is , THANKS!

Mammamia che mera igliA😳

Billy was not here at this time...!!

deep cut!

Foda demais 🤘🤘🤘🤘

Adam Ant's let himself go

Anyone know what Dave used gear wise?

@chriswareham1547

6 жыл бұрын

Aria Pro II PE series guitar into a Fender amp.

Dark!!!

Billy Duffy wasn’t in the band yet here?

@TravisBickle1963

2 жыл бұрын

No.... He joined a couple months later and they became 'Death Cult'

@theprogrammerrolandmc3039

Жыл бұрын

@@TravisBickle1963 Hr was in theater of hate at this time

Muito bom 👍

THIS was the birth of a Nation!!!!

Got to go through hell to get to heaven

was this pre - Billy Duffy ?

@TravisBickle1963

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

ahhh he has such a good voice, and feck hot as fuck! haha :) x

Bass line on Fatman..... f**kinh hell

Ian Astbury (vocals) and the 3 others are?

@rictube4716

7 жыл бұрын

Barry Jepson on bass, Buzz (David Burrows) on guitar and Aky (Haq Nawaz Qureshi) on drums.

@LombardMod

6 жыл бұрын

Gettin' The Fear!

@1vootman

4 жыл бұрын

Nigel Preston was their best drummer by far...that dude rocked

VIDEO MIKE HAS THE GOOD FOOTAGE

@TravisBickle1963

6 жыл бұрын

???

@thesleepstate

5 жыл бұрын

@@TravisBickle1963 WTF was that...

@TravisBickle1963

5 жыл бұрын

@@thesleepstate???

@thesleepstate

5 жыл бұрын

@@TravisBickle1963 Huh?

@TravisBickle1963

5 жыл бұрын

@@thesleepstate???

Look's like Ian had to turn it down a notch or 2 1st had to drop the world Death and the music mellowed out probably due to all the music so called Laws etc etc etc if he didn't do all of these things he probably wouldn't of made it any farther some 1 with talent cannot just give up because of silly some times stupid laws

@bighill8272

7 жыл бұрын

they mellowed it out in the search for more dosh. of course. now hes a fat wap cant dance and spouting bollox and doing turgid renditions of what were once rockin tunes.

@robsimmons8390

6 жыл бұрын

The English language is lost without punctuation ....classic

legends

awesumz

Is that Tim Greem on Bass?

Couldn't beat a good stomp