The first show
The first live performance of Southern Death Cult in front of an audience was filmed at Bradford Royal Standard around July 1981 by Yorkshire Television for a documentary on the punk scene in the area.
Whilst rehearsing with the band Aky was still doubling as the band’s manager, continuing to chase up leads and through a contact that he knew at the local TV station his persistence had been rewarded. Some months earlier he had passed the suggestion on that it would be a good idea to do a programme on up and coming bands in the area and it seemed that the powers that be approved of the idea and a film crew was despatched to catch up on the local groups.
The Bradford music scene at the time consisted New Model Army, Joolz, Wild Willi Beckett, Seething Wells, Southern Death Cult and several bands like The Shakes and The Elements from the nearby satellite towns, but the first that NMA and Joolz found out about anything to do with the filming was when Ian was caught leaving the house in secret.
Joolz, “We found out when he came downstairs with all of his war paint on!” she asked him why did he have all of his stuff on at 3 o’clock in the afternoon and the story came out, as a result the programme was filmed and included the debut performance by SDC, an interview with NMA and a section with Joolz reading her poetry at The Old Crown in front of a stripper. Leeds band Abrasive Wheels were “got” drunk and were filmed throwing nazi salutes.
The two days of filming was finished off with all of those included being interviewed at Roots records in Bradford which ended with the musicians slagging of the film makers and telling them that they “knew fuck all”
None of the film was ever shown.
Whilst rehearsing with the band Aky was still doubling as the band’s manager, continuing to chase up leads and through a contact that he knew at the local TV station his persistence had been rewarded. Some months earlier he had passed the suggestion on that it would be a good idea to do a programme on up and coming bands in the area and it seemed that the powers that be approved of the idea and a film crew was despatched to catch up on the local groups.
The Bradford music scene at the time consisted New Model Army, Joolz, Wild Willi Beckett, Seething Wells, Southern Death Cult and several bands like The Shakes and The Elements from the nearby satellite towns, but the first that NMA and Joolz found out about anything to do with the filming was when Ian was caught leaving the house in secret.
Joolz, “We found out when he came downstairs with all of his war paint on!” she asked him why did he have all of his stuff on at 3 o’clock in the afternoon and the story came out, as a result the programme was filmed and included the debut performance by SDC, an interview with NMA and a section with Joolz reading her poetry at The Old Crown in front of a stripper. Leeds band Abrasive Wheels were “got” drunk and were filmed throwing nazi salutes.
The two days of filming was finished off with all of those included being interviewed at Roots records in Bradford which ended with the musicians slagging of the film makers and telling them that they “knew fuck all”
None of the film was ever shown.
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