Spear of Destiny "Never take me alive"

[mrpeepants]

this should be known to everyone

[prisonplanet1982]

get well soon kirk

[thewinnster1]

a great song from a great group and the outlands album was a classic

[peterpiper41]

just heard this track on a compilation CD...brilliant; had to get on here and see what ive been missing for all these years. Converted.

[armandin2048]

GREAT voice!!!

[donnynelson]

Awesome just made me get my collection out Outlands ( limited edition) World service S.o.d the epic years One eyed jacks Grapes of wrath The best of spear of destiny Also 12inchs Was that you(limited edition) Strangers in our town So inlove with you Radio radio Never take me alive This is one awsome group saw them a few times in Doncaster . Can anyone remember which song had the lyrics "I'll be your enemy if you'll be my enemy" it's bugging me I cannt remember the name of the song

[thesunreport]

@donnynelson ....Waterboys - Be My Enemy??

[ellieesme]

are they touring again..?...

[MrsFish7]

....I see SOD are supporting Stiff Little Fingers.... what a classic track this is!...

Hope the leg's ok now Kirk..

[glassesmolasses]

These guys still tour. Fans of the band should go watch them at the Rigger, Newcastle under Lyme on Thursday, 09 December 2010 21:00. Awesome support band Nemo are worth the trip alone!

[aleks2505]

This song brings a lot of awesome memories. Love it..thank you for that!

[MABiO1001]

Love Kirk!

[elmsclose]

When they kick down your front door,

how you gonna come?

with your hands on your head

or on the trigger of your gun?

[ammmac]

@elmsclose the clash???????????

[GuitarmadJosh]

totally amazing song

[ABITTERSWEETGIRL]

oh thank you for this post..

[AdmiralBirdseye]

"They'll never take me alive".

A fucking kick ass philosophy. No cunt's gonna take me alive either. Believe that.

[mrpeepants]

mother im runnin outta change? did he used to blow all his money on bandits in 1980s aswell?

[inspiralroses]

Who'd run out of anything with that boost?

IN reno, they kill people just to watch them dye...

[kipper309]

oh mother ,its the law , to kick'in the door

i tell ya! guy

[katoness]

Will always remember hearing this for the first time on TOTP and wondering who they were.The song stayed with me for a long time. Thanks for posting,

[bodunchar]

captivating stuff

[billybadbrakes]

Only heard this for 1st time recently on a compilation CD. I absolutely love it and can't stop playing it in the car!!

..anyone know if Dead Men Walking are planning another tour???

[kerouhak]

best track was tune about the Tay Bridge disaster.... train crossing bridge, bridge collapse, all die!  True story, awesome that the picked this subject.. R.I.P

[MrTyburn]

that was flying scotsman not this track

[timcoe82]

Awesome track!!!

[umbrasilurum]

Does anyone know where Mick Holland [the guitarist] is now? I last saw him in 1994...

[wulleymunkee]

thought his name was mick proctor

[rainbowhaze1]

@wulleymunkee He's fine just left a message for him on Facebook, it is Procter lx

[rad6666]

@umbrasilurum What was his name

[umbrasilurum]

@rad6666 I thought his name was Holland, but Proctor rings a bell. I knew and worked with him from about 1989 to 1993, but I don't have anything in my old address books and I lost touch with him a long time ago, more's the pity. If anyone knows where he is or what he's doing, I'd like to get in touch again and he was a brilliant guitarist, that's for sure.

[TheSickboy8666]

@umbrasilurum Hey i love this band just wonderd if or when they called it a day? did they ever do anything after spear of destiny? i whould really appreciate if u cud give me some info man..

[TheKenney81]

@TheSickboy8666 spear of destiny are playing at the leamington assembly rooms soon supporting stiff little fingers

[halfmanhalfbob]

@umbrasilurum I read guitarist Mick Procter is currently doing an album with NATO 8 which should be out start of next year.

I think the 'holland' bit was some kind of pseudo name he sometimes worked under

[gjh3558]

mickey anyone?

[chunkylover1964]

can somebody out there post a video of come back all is forgivern. In my oppinion thier greatest track.

[mrpeepants]

still sends a shiver down my spine wen it goes into a crescendo

[scoots250]

LIBERATOR, ultimate song ever recorded.

YOUNG MEN, next best ever

ATTICA, next after that.

In fact ONE EYED JACKS will never be surpassed.

Sound of a generation.

RESPECT

[discoduck2008]

Surely, Come back all is forgivern is thier best tune. cant find it on youtube. Got the 12 " single. Fuck, that dates me

[TillyWolves]

Best track ever was Liberator...

[b56123]

This has to be one of the best songs ever, there is so much feeling and humanity to it, kirk you are the best!!!!!!!!! keep up the good work!!!! going to one of his concerts soon, gonna be amazing!!!!!! cant wait!!!!!

[discoduck2008]

is there anybody out there who can post "Come back all is forgiven ". Got to be the best track they ever did

[clivegrah]

please keep this on........what a total CLASS TUNE thanks for posting it...

[Richie1245]

Just found this song on an old tape and knew it would be on here somwhere... nice track still sounds good.

[TOFFEEBLUE344]

Fantastic Song,but did'nt get Maximum

because Like All song's on the Teenybop

show (Yes,you've Guessed it!) TotP get

ruined at the end,it would of got full marks

elsewhere but a Great Song like this is

out of place on TotP

[thom2805]

Ist mir damals aufgefallen, gefällt mir immernoch.

(I still like it!)

[StuEDangerously]

Methinks Depeche Mode could do a decent cover of this.

[clivegrah]

bollocks.........its a  song all of its own..... dpm would ruin it.....clive

[mrpeepants]

i sang this to the railway police wen i got caught streakin on the train back to Sheffield from stag neet in Scarborough!

[draytonian]

I noticed you were out of tune tho.

[mrpeepants]

dam was you the cops? or the granny in the buffet car?

[clivegrah]

fuck em mate it has to be done......

[sabbra1]

A forgotten classic just waiting to be covered. Brilliant, brings me back.

[niffybs]

fantastic sound and a great band..

[joostisabelle]

fantastic song

[lesleyr25]

oh my gosh ... going back 20 yrs or so ... seen SPD in Liverpool Royal Court ... fab then & seeing this brings that whole time wonderful era back for me. One Eyed Jacks great album I have it on vinal in my old record box. My be 40 in 3 weeks but still feel the girl I was then when I hear this ... Kirk still think your the man !!! (despite those nasty rumours by BG !) xx

[betudont]

Outlands...They did.

[nield8]

this was the song i was singing too the first time I got drunk XD

16 now and saw them in Manchester in September. one of my favourite live bands of 2008

[jimbobcharliebrown]

My uncle is good friends with the lead singer

[HullBloke1313]

That's great.

[roonsa]

@jimbobcharliebrown Is your uncle Boy George?

[mrpeepants]

weers the duck gone?

[Chobley]

Got a 3" mini cd of this song, it was great then in 1987 - and still is today.

[WrestleManiac69]

so underrated :(

such a good band + song

[MeinErsterFilm]

couldn't have done better. outro blasts me away everytime i hear it.

[Trashcan1776]

will be at the sheffield gig will be good to see them again, last time i caught kirk wa at the dead men walking dates ...

[kmjwakey]

i only got the link between theatre of hate and spear of destiny through youtube.always liked their music so thanks YT for educating me.Long Live Youtube.

[rad6666]

Pure class been trying to recall this track for years, are we so few to recognise the pure excellence of this song 6,000 hits come on ppl

[ImAsMadAsHell]

timeless classic that gains more appeal with the years.

[jespau18]

Loved Theatre of Hate and Spear of Destiny. I saw them once in Amsterdam and they where great!!!

[pip3005]

Got all the albums but never had the luck to see them, thanks .....

[Fiona1973W]

God I loved this band and its lead singer. I got a B for copying a picture of Kirk Brandon in my Art GCSE. Still listen to them and am now playing them to my 3 year old!!

[poyks]

Always loved this song, the fretless bass is also brilliantly played. A true goosebump song!!

[BryanUK666]

Every time they played the Square in Harlow they were awesome and Kirk is a top bloke, very chatty with the fans and down to earth.

Great song , but i preferred the Album Religion.

[stellaviolens]

Quite folky listening to it 20 years on.

The endings brilliant .

[tshieth]

Wow Youtube is great for looking up all this rare footage. I saw Spear in Bristol UK in the mid 80'S around the same time as New Model Army. What was strange is that I live in Australia where at the time I hadn't heard of them until I visited Bristol (my birth place) and got right into them. Great song! Ado

[callemhome]

saw these at the manchester academy feb 2008 great band

[thewiccanman]

love this song, remember seeing this on top of the pops, '87 i think. I guess for the time they were quite a weird band, now i've heard it again i'm gonna make it my mission to learn the guitar to it!

[jinxyfred]

Thanks for posting this! I haven´t heard this song in ......... wow 20 years!

[CapnKirkus]

Amazing to see all these Spear videos up... last time I looked I could find nothing but that sodding PC game. These are fantastic, thanks for posting them up

[WillCrazie]

Put Kirk in the line after Spear of destiny and you'll find them :)

[savy1234]

Really good to see this, wonderful stuff.