SOUTHERN DEATH CULT - MOYA

[dobbdidi]

This era great, Deth Cul great as well. Even enjoyed early cult. Saw them last year. This is the best

[ZuselADZ]

I love it so much! This song is in my head whereever i go. and when i look at this video i want to dance :-)

[Music65through85]

Unh ha ah! Unh Yeah!

[WizardFM]

FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKK AMERICA!!!!! GREATEST FUCKING SONG IN HISTORY

[lordbyronblack]

I wonder if that's a real Arapaho/Navajo dance he's doing.



[syderwarp]

MY fave SDC/Cult song!! O_O



[lynchcej69]

where does adam and his pants come into this equation lmto....this is raw and beautiful like the belief behind it and the voice xxxxxx heaven

[TheDaisyDuked]

At this moment they were the best thing that their was. Period.

[rodheltir]

wounded knee over again!!

[dogfart666ok]

BRILLIANT!!!! 

[UniqueMuzique]

rad !!!

[2020franko]

brilliant footage..... doomwatch says its time ...so give back what you took away

[PunkAsPhuck96]

sounds like maynard from tool dosent he?

[joey4245]

@markoskar75 Southern Death Cult didn't last long. By 82 they disband. So they couldn't have later stuff.

[Erinseeking]

I love Ian Astbury's intensity, great band SDC was too short lived, we need a comeback!

[markoskar75]

I'm (only now?) realizing that the SDC was fuckin' way better than their later stuff which I loved and was devoted to....This is so good!

[daveated]

Ians a dick, Imagine trading this in for some rock hard on shit

[googo151]

This is a Native American dedication song.

[markalotify]

they nwere a band of their time and they were pretty f...ing good at it

[mancsoulsister]

I love SDC - awesome band..

Whatever happened to Buzz? The rest of the band went onto other things when they split - he just seemed to disappear off the face of the earth! Does anyone know?

[scotsmaninusa]

@mancsoulsister David Burrows (Buzz) is an antiques dealer down south of France.

[MrKM666]

@mancsoulsister

Buzz was in Getting the Fear after SDC.

x

[guennean]

call it what you will - 'aint nothin change these words..

[catherinewillmore]

I saw them a couple of times live at the theatre in Covt Garden where the Lion King is on now ..... They were very good indeed. This was always one of their anthems. Got the crowd ripping.

[crashdaddy]

FUCKIN' BRILLIANT IN ANY ERA!!!!

[bluehairspaz]

wow i never realised that they were farscape fans.

[Zyvex10]

Ian u look sexy in with that Punk "hair-cut" I love it :)

[bluehairspaz]

@Zyvex10 im pretty sure its american indian and not punk hair cut.

[longfootbuddy]

as cool as this punk rock gay indian look is, i prefer when he had long black hair and black leather

[ThePENON]

@longfootbuddy don't write bullshit comments!! the most important is the music!!

[TubeFreakJonas]

Sounds like "Little Bones" on the intro LOL!

youtube.com/watch?v=-3bwDb2piZ­s

[exodus1334]

i mean this with all the possible love i could put into this...but does ian astbury remind anyone else of trickster from brainscan here??

[64Born]

Like the majority - i agree SDC were pure, honest rock and within a year of becoming The Cult, evaporated and replaced with 'someone elses' idea of what 'good, commercial rock' should sound like. ian - I wish you'd stayed true to yourself but then again, i don't suppose you'd have the cond in Beverly Hills if you had. Worth it?

[NARCOLEPTICpediphile]

I WISH I COULD JUST DANCE LIKE HIM WHERE EVER I VERY WELL PLEASE AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A BOTTLE TO BEING THROWN OUT AT ME

[tailofthecomet]

1st ever gig i went to was sdc & a touch of hysteria windermere in the lakes, still one of my favourites out of 100's's fucking brilliant

[WizardFM]

the most shortlive cult crew, but by far the best... altho. i think billy duffy played EXCELLENT music for cult...

it was this crew who wrote the best music, the timeless cult tracks...

[Eidelmania]

I have this vinyl.. somewhere

[misternylon]

@Eidelmania me too

:) awesome.

[candyscar]

the worst thing is. Ian and Billy look back on this era (and 1st 2 cult albums) as a joke and laugh at it. when in fact 1987 onwards they became a joke.

[fax2222]

yeah,, candyscar... i agree!

[SteveGad]

@candyscar Well said!!!

[BatCaveRocka]

@candyscar Couldn't agree more. their sound here is original, where as they became comercial crap as the cult loosing all identity, the cult sounded like a typical american rock group and changed the look to suit. but here the southern death cult sound and look amazing. shame money and fame destroys most people in life.

[SpencerRoxx]

@BatCaveRocka Yes, shame on them for wanting to earn a living and bring their music to more people.

[BatCaveRocka]

@SpencerRoxx there was many fantastic bands at this time that went there entire career without selling out and committing commercial suicide. look at bands like siouxsie and the banshees, the cure, bauhaus, alien sex fiend to name a few. and i bet they all made a living.

[ZuselADZ]

@candyscar  you`re so right!!

[SiBarber]

Kids of the Coca-Cola nation too doped up to realise.......I remember seeing this going out on BBC2 -cracking stuff. Thanks for uploading!

[myzombiefied]

i love you, i love you, great song and performance. In the paha sapa.

[999Cinderwolf]

All you guys do not know what the fucking hell are saying...all that these great artist have did in their career was GROWING UP.. The southern death Cult was so great... Death Cult is Greater than this... and The Cult is the GREATEST BAND EVER on the face of this fuckin´world!!!

[xreddragonx]

@999Cinderwolf The Cult was good up until the Electric album. Plenty of bands can stick around for a while and not sell out THAT bad.

[klonacarla]

lo odio fuck you gays

[bansheehowl]

one of the best bands to grace this planet , ............... then came the cult [crap]

[moon8woman]

it'smemoya... Bad ass!!! I wish I was named Moya!

[chestnui]

THE BEST version of this band, fresh in the UK before they sold out to sell in America

[sallylykkeliv]

And got hooked on drugs....

[itsmemoya]

im named after this song :)

[kimmradd]

@itsmemoya

that 's so rad!!!

[Systemstoerung1]

was für ein geiles lied, das war noch musik ^^

[norbersmanc]

This is a tune and a half

[Silatman2]

The Cult rocks........

[N1i9c8k31]

i wanna be this badass...only in my dreams

[xTechnoxGirlx]

i love this fucking song♥♥

[heavydutydudes]

the most!!!

[heavydutydudes]

the  most!!!

[stodd32]

this awsome what a great band Ian is an awsome singer thanks for posting.

[auschwitzu]

@prwhitefish go to jerk off

[avatar2288]

@Pisonja01 im not sure but im sure it was for e tabs and a change to the next but what do i know im not a guitarist.

[firecallb18]

boy george  fuck no .

[InitiumThoth]

start with and E min(only these two notes and open) and release the E then play the same two strings open, then fret the B, then back to E min again.

[prwhitefish]

Looks like BoyGeorge but doesn't sound like herim...

[WizardFM]

aki nawaz used to cover his face with his hair, i'm not sure its because he feared racism... i noticed that in all videos where he drummed for them.

[Janwolf]

I think that was just "the look" of the time tbh.

I used to socialise with Aky and daft as it sounds he was actually quite shy (don't think it had anything to do with fear of racism though)

[softladmachine]

the crowd are going billy bonkers crazy apeshit mental.

[offshorebairn]

Fantastic video & Track.

Just a pity Ian has dissappeared up Jim Morrisons arse.

[Killzswich]

@offshorebairn what's wrong with the doors or the fact that the two surviving members think he's so great they want him to sing when they perform.

[stretchmillz101]

the cult sucks

this is sick though

[midnightaria]

ADAM ANT IAN ASTBURY APPLES AND ORANGES....over it

[Lovesickblueboy]

Still sounds as fresh as it did in 1982 and 1983.

What a band. Death Cult and The Cult never were as good as this for me.

Ian was on fire, awesome.

The gigs were polemic.

[pookoos]

@Lovesickblueboy  Agreed. This is special. Short lived but special.

[muzpunk]

@Lovesickblueboy Brilliant band but define Polemic(?)

[jwatson626]

@Lovesickblueboy Never got to see them live which is why I thank God for YouTube. Ian is so fierce in these SDC performances! They are just brilliant. You just don't see this mix of talent and passion anymore. One of my favorite songs of all time. Absolutely flawless.

[petesway1962]

@Lovesickblueboy Surely you jest? There's no life in this at all! The up tempo Dreamtime live version is far better. Billy Duffy, Jamie Stewart & Nigel Preston (being far superior musicians) brought this song  to life!

[TRIMMTRAB1969]

stephenp1968.....tell me you're having a laugh?!!!!!

Adam f**king Ants solo stuff better than SDC,? :-) You must be madder than Adam is, if you genuinely believe that.

He was a 3rd rate plastic punk who missed the boat in 1976/77 & finally sold out to have a pantomime pop career 5 years later.

Yabba Yabba Ding Ding my arse, the Ants greatest hits album doesn't match this one song by SDC.

[Glowb0t]

I can agree. SDC actually stood for something..they at the time "stand and delivered" their message through pretty fucking ace lyrics. As apposed to adam and the ants just sung stand and deliver..over..and over.. But still, yeah the ants missed '77 punk by a long shot.

[stephenp1968]

Don't get your panties in a wad. It's an OPINION. Geez.

[stephenp1968]

Southern Death Cult was pretty good, but not a fucking patch on Adam & the Ants.  The Ants and Adam's solo stuff was light years beyond anything this band ever did.

[Glowb0t]

now now, Adam ant's solo stuff was light years beyond anything this band ever did...In YOUR own opinion. Lets not act like eachother's opinions are better than one anothers. It's too egotistical to claim one's music taste is better than anothers, unless they're completely musically uneducated, and to be perfectly honest I'm not too big of a fan of the ants :D

[WizardFM]

@stephenp1968 WTF!?!?! This music is Spiritwalking over your head met.

[walthamstow63]

ryko26, you're a clown. ukp571 is right - no comparison with that joker Adam the f^cking Ant. And if you want to discuss the subject then at least spell Cheyenne correctly !!

[MAGUS1947]

The kids of the coca cola nation are too doped up to reliase. Tin can club Digbeth, Birmingham.

[TheLexyboy]

the tribal drumming, bass sound, ethreal guitars, make up, lurid imagery vocals, et al..... it was all post punk, positive punk, goth, call it what you will. No-one has a copyright. Stop arguing and enjoy.......

[Kieraganion]

Agreed.

I mean come on... none of it was associated under one genre untill the late 80s. It was a movement of music it's in original form. Before it was "Goth".

[Motavian]

Y'all should just try to ignore each other and enjoy the song.

[hunabkuh777]

esos weyes son la neta, ya no hay grupos asi!!!!

arriba el deathrock!!!!!!!!!!!

[mrnobodie1]

I like Adam & Ian. Adam's style is cliche' & makeup, Ian's style is honest observation. What is art? Nobodie, cares.

[ryko26]

I wonder what they would have done if Adam and The Ants had never existed?

[ukp571]

Exactly the same because the face paint was nothing to do with Adam Ant.

[ryko26]

Er....

[ukp571]

North American Indians.

[ryko26]

No way! Really???!!! Wow, thanks for the insight. There I was thinking Adam Ant had invented it.

lol

[ukp571]

As a young kid he lived in Canada near a reservation which he visited many times, the influence comes from that not Adam Ant.....

Do you always spit the dummy when your corrected?

[ryko26]

what, like spelling "you're" wrong?

lol

[ukp571]

Actually you made a rash statement that isn't factual, but proceed to tell me i'm wrong. Can you please direct the whole of y,tube to the evidence you've collated to back up your claim.......... Don't reply unless you can answer that question.

[ryko26]

Southern Death Cult were formed in 1981 by which time Adam Ant's adoption of all things American Indian was so prevalent in the national consciousness (including warpaint, feathers, "Red Indian" dancing etc etc) that to suggest as you do, that Astbury was copying direct from source and not from Adam Ant, is plain daft. Kings of The Wild Frontier was Number 1 in January 1981, Southern Death Cult played their FIRST gig in October.

I love the fact that I must "direct the whole of y,tube". Lol

[ukp571]

The fact is you can't direct one single person on y,tube to back up your claim. You've made a visual assumption of the two and made your mind up that one copied the other which is a fallacy.

" I wonder what they would have done if Adam & the Ants had never existed"

[ryko26]

You're clearly mad. Goodbye.

[ukp571]

That's the kind of statement i would expect from somebody who has no factual evidence to back up his claim, because it doesn't exist..... You then proceed to thumb down my comments, (How old are you?) Maybe next time you might do a little research.

It only leaves me to conclude that you're a 24carat Toss-pot that ran away.

[ryko26]

Righto Mr Mad

[ukp571]

Once again, nothing constructive.

[ryko26]

Saying Astbury had not noticed the massive Antmania (feathers, warpaint, tribal drumming, lyrics about Cheyanne etc) which was everywhere in the UK THE YEAR BEFORE HE FORMED SOUTHERN DEATH CULT and somehow came to be dressing up as and singing about Native American Indians as a complete lucky coincidence is either

a) mad

b) stupid

c) hilarious

you pick which

[ukp571]

Ignoring the fact that Astbury had spent time on Reservations & mixed with real Indians "9YRS PREVIOUS" & was Fascinated by them. Shows you are not reading the comments.

In nearly 30yrs do you not think it may well have been mentioned if it were true?

Tell me one good reason why he would've wanted to copy Adam Ant?

ONCE AGAIN, ASSUMPTIONS, "NO HARD DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE"?

[ukp571]

Hi Mr assumption, have you actually found any evidence of your claim? Or are you gonna try & baffle me with your bullshit?

[ukp571]

A quote from Ian Astbury.

"When i lived in Canada, i was an immigrant from England which made me not readily accepted by the Canadian kids at school, So many of my friends were Native Indian kids" When he was 11 Astbury's Native American friends brought him onto a reservation for a visit. Afterwards Astbury wanted to learn more about his friend's lifestyle & religion. " I travelled to a six -nation reservation & there i was exposed to a native people in their own environment." cntd

[ukp571]

" I later became FASCINATED with Native American Indian religious & political systems. I saw a whole lot more truth & wisdom there than in what i was being taught by my white schoolteachers"

Even after returning to England, Astbury continued his studies on American Indians.

[MrNigelPreston]

they came a long way. Ian is one of my fav singers of all time, but he needed some improvement here. Song wasn't that great either. Thank God they stuck with it.

[Thescarydutchman]

would you believe some people actually prefer this over their later work?

[inthecrossfire2]

yes, i do.

[Sarneraa]

Oh yeah... takes me back way back, this was one of my favourites. Saw them at some great venues!

[kritpaco]

the bass player has gone on to be a really successful tour manager and promoter rep with live nation, hes worked with bands like tool, foo fighters, placebo ect

and hes teaching business at a college in brighton, hes my teacher

[Criddington]

No kidding?!! Barry was a great bassist, really brought SDC, Getting the Fear and Into a Circle's music to life. Three of my fave bands, one of my fave bassists :)

[freud242]

Good old times..........

[sheywey]

I can not get enough of this video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[velvetplumms]

If only it was a bit lighter.. I sat on the stage at this gig next to Buzz.. Such a great band :)

[vegankennedy]

what happened to the base player?

[vegankennedy]

i think that was Aky?

[abraxis20]

I think barry jepson (the bassist) manages other bands these days!

[Kalnaimi2009]

this vedio is come from Quran

[Kalnaimi2009]

death ,please lestine to this ^_^ and read it in English and imagination this bye

[mrmemo27]

awesome

[sheywey]

Ian had a hawk!

I am a huge fan, but never realized he had a hawk!!!!!! Wow, they took 4 ever to grow out to the lovely black locks he used to have b4 he chopped it off!!!!

[pollmeister]

I was there!

[Kelly14UK]

Fuck 'em all

Fuck 'em all

Fuck 'em all...

[Kelly14UK]

We are too doped up to realise these days.

And i don't even touch drugs...

[synthexes]

oh,..... this is a great song!!!!!!!

[pookoos]

This just blows me away. There's heart and soul there! It's so rare these days. Everything is so 0ver produced and paint-by-numbers. Seeing this is like suddenly having a good, home cooked meal after a steady diet of Big Macs. I'll take real feeling over the Backstreet Boys any day, thanks.

[mookie2637]

Speaking personally, if I thought this was great music, I'd know that nostalgia had overwhelmed my better judgement. A lot of the music made then stands the test of time, but for me, this doesn't.

[saakey]

and mookie knows everything *rolls eyes"

[mookie2637]

Of course not. I used to think this was the most profound thing I'd ever heard. It's just that now I've heard other things.

[q28s1]

I kind of agree with Mookie, I love SDC but still.. I think they kind of broke up before they actually got fully going. They have aspects of a really great band and they are.. They just didn't stick around enough to be known as truly great. Kind of sad, but that's what makes their music so precious.

[moon8woman]

I love their music and this is one of my faves. Ian has the cutest f***ing little ears I've ever seen!

[LipstoLashes]

wow...Buzz used to come to Hull to c me 4 nights of passion...where r u now?

[abraxis20]

I think Buzz is in antiques or something nowadays, I occasionally see posts from him on facebook on one of his ex bandmate's pages.

[oldphoque]

kennedy. I won`t discount that experience. I know many white people who went to Jamaica for a vacation and stayed much longer. They came back claiming to be Rastafarian. That worked till they smelled an asada taco while they were cooked. The fact is people are full of shit. They experience things and they are dear.

[vegankennedy]

so what are you saying? He couldn't have been influenced positively by spending time on the rez? Maybe a short lived thing but all the Southern Death Cult and early cult (Dreamtime) seemed to by influence by that and the music is great.

[oldphoque]

Actually, the opposite. Experiences like this often do have a positive, life changing impact on lives. Or, just plain drives them nuts. It`s not uncommon for people`s instinct to go primal, tribal and natural. It just never seems to stick. Some people never bother to even go camping, which is a shame. TC.

[vegankennedy]

My god this is epic. Where did it come from?

[fu53b0x]

remember people. this is raw. none of that over-produced bullshit (like the cult eventually did...t'choh)

[caramichelle1986]

This is so flucking rad!!!!!

[nameless1972]

i almost can't believe this is out here. i love youtube when i don't hate it. thank you so much for posting

[EdRoy01]

How to tell if a band sux shit: It formed after the 90s

[nihilnoise]

right on!!

[Wehategod]

A Great Post-Punk band

[ZombieidmoZ]

my friend name is moya lol

[synthpeej]

They were so much better when they were SDC!

[EdRoy01]

No, when they were just DC

[bowbergene]

saw SDC support Bauhaus at The Lydeum in '82.

splendid!

[kalosalexandros]

bowbergene, that must have been awesome!! wish i had been there too. have you seen any of the sisters shows back in the 80's too?

at the hammersmith palays or the R A HALL ?

[MAGUS1947]

Saw em play support to Theatre Of Hate at the Tin Can club in Brum. Fantastic gig- Happy days !!!

[slumpytube]

Saw them both at the Palais, they were superb.

[jamiemc43]

WERE IAN ASTBURY AND PETE BURNS MATES?

[7Row7enn7]

No lol. Wtf

[ukp571]

He's referring to the fact that both have huge rubber lips, albeit pete burns's were a botched operation.

[battle2n]

i've been looking for this band almost 10 years ago,and after a long research i found the thing,nothing will keep us separated again.

[useyourdelusion]

so much better than the music out now

[JoeChapmanUK]

This is excellent. I've just been listening to Ghost Dance by Death Cult and went to see UNKLE with Ian Astbury last night at the launch party for this new club in the O2 and he has incredible voice. The UNKLE album 'War Stories' is excellent too.

[84211805]

Im really glad SDC split and The (Death) Cult were formed or Astbury & Duffy & co may have been forgotten as so many of those 80's indie bands have been over the years.

I dont play Sex Gang Children or Alien Sex Fiend very often anymore, even BauHau's look so of their time, but I can listen to Spiritwalker anytime.

[solinhogti]

awesome, astbury for life !!

in your fan number one believe me !!

[risingnanna]

the point is... if you have talent and want to do sg with it you must be Honest and give your whole Personality and all Energy to the work. a musician, no matter how famous is he, isnt perfect. maybe is a mistake to be a little too much like morrison or more like a native american than you actually are, but thats all YOU. and how very much more! nobody has the right to say that people cant be as colorful as they want and changing whenever they want. after all, i love SDC a little more, too:)

[vegankennedy]

Story I remember is that Ian spent some time on a reservation as a youth. In Canada I believe. So the native influence is for real.

[sadoll]

Just fuck me now.

[kemomir]

This is the best song and performance to me ever. Southern death cult was the group with ugly name but very original music. Album Dreamtime was also good but later music of the Cult was not so good. I hate to see them dressed like the woman, especily in the song "Rain" where Astbury looks like homosexual.

[ukp571]

Your right. Lost all their rawness, musically & visually. Long live SDC.

[2taintme]

You have to keep in mind that these are two different bands. While southern death cult was a group effort the cult and even death cult were a partnership between two artists. If you are a musician this makes a huge difference.

[oldphoque]

I don`t know what is more shameful. A guy from Brittain dressed like an Indian (big no-no)or any guy dressed like a girl. Whatever the case, Ian kicks ass!