Southern Death Cult - Fatman (The Tube Live)

[dsandekian]

Reminds me of my garage band days in the high school! The late 80's punk seen rocks!

[sam2julie]

love it been a while since i heard this,in the 80s i got their address from an ad they placed in nme still got the very rude letter Aky wrote me Thanks mate

[nobbilc]

And then he was.....a fatman too. How prophetic !! ;)

[zachrembrandt1978]

I met a guy in Essex recently who claimed he was Billy Duffys housemate in London in the early 80s and sold him his first Gretsch guitar, thus taking some sort of responsibilty for his definitive tone, and the 'rock' direction that The Cult took post 'Love' album!

[MrMacawills]

Eu me lembro do tempo que eu e meu brother desciamos o alto da boa vista com nossas bikes rebaixadas com caveiras fixadas nos quadros sem frear nas curvas a mil por hora. pu... q pariu muito louco, bom demais boa epoca em nossas vidas!!!!

[mickj88]

I went to the first ever gig of these guys ,in th basement of Queens hall in Bradford, I wanted to buy a T-shirt but they ony had 4 , After the gig I bought the t-shirt of Acky the Drummer for £3, it was my pride and joy for many years till my mum threw it out because she thought it was a rag (it was about 6 years by then and totally worn out). I still have the 12inch version which I also purchased at the same gig.

[punkerue]

i saw them at futurama festival 82 so many great bands around then

[elsoultero]

When native indians roamed the streets of Bradford...

[Knukleheada]

ian with a guitar? this is must hear

[pawnsacrifice1]

Ian looks like Adam Ant..lol

[PlanetAriom]

Thanks for uploading this it's great to see this again, I've got in all on video somewhere but haven't seen it for many years. I was about 12 when it was on, and madly in love with SDC...and Barry Jepson! Oh where did it all go so wrong Mr Astbury?! :D

[Johnyandtheghouls]

not to sound immature but i was dying when he said"fucking fatman" just the way he said it had me going.but other then that this band is amazing<3

[WoodRatGirl]

@Johnyandtheghouls

I cracked up myself lol.

[HurdyGurdyMen]

I remember seeing these guys supporting Bauhaus at Leeds University in October 1982. Great night

[tailofthecomet]

@HurdyGurdyMen my 1st ever gig (14-15y.o) was these & a touch of hysteria at windermere embassy ballrooms still to this day 1 of my best

[bulletbreedband]

Shit. Never saw an actual Southern death cult clip before. Seen the Cult pleanty of times live though :)

Cool clip thanxxx

[DodgeRodgeable]

Another blast of the past, suppose this was before they could really play and werent as polished

[64Born]

With you there Soreea; i loved them back then (yep, that old) and grew steadily more and more disappointed with their output beyond Dreamtime with just the occasional flash of brilliance displayed along the way. Always a worrying sign when a front man's earnt enough cash to get his teeth fixed i say.

[Soreea]

Hey, I'm absolutely and totally surprised of this motherf*... it totally rocks!!!!! I'm a big fan of The Cult since the 80ties when I first discovered The Cult with their big hits like Fire Women... but this S*** I hear the first time here, it matches absolutely with it. Part of me thinks it's a shame he did not go on with this kind of music

[Alembic25]

In case you don't know, this band split apart not long after this. Ian Astbury teamed up with Billy, Jamie and Nigel to become Death Cult and then The Cult. The guitarist and bassist here (Buzz? and Aky?) became Getting The Fear with a REALLY pretty male singer and sank quicker than the Titanic. GTF were really really limp.

[stulan]

The guitarist was Buzz but the bassist was Barry. Aki (Nawaz) was the drummer, he moved down to London to set up Nation Records and run the rap act Fun-da-mental. Nation Records signed world dance acts such as Transglobal Underground and Loop Guru. I made a few films for Nation many years ago - have a look at the Transglobal Underground documentary on my channel.

[albatross1977]

@Alembic25 Getting the Fear took a little getting used to but they've grown on me.

[mynameisgodihateyou]

this sucks dicks

[TheAssholeChannel]

@mynameisgodihateyou is the real dick sucker!! this band is millions of times better than anything associated with the cocklicking mynameisimafaggot whoops i mispeld that. sorry i posted this on your bands performance video but i am an asshole.

[v3nus1nfurs]

wow I love this,the crowd too! gosh old timesss=) Ian was soo handsome and sexy!

[spuffchops70]

It's amazing watching this now having not appreciated it at the time & only having cottoned on with the 'Love' album. This is so much more interesting.

[Glowb0t]

tribal drums plus ian astbury equal sex. and lets not talk shit about the sex gang children, they were ace.

[stephenp1968]

This is SO much better than when they went all heavy metal. This material suits Ian's voice waaaay better, imo.

[PhilDY6]

What a program The Tube was, the best music prog ever IMHO

Phil

[hunabkuh777]

esa rola es de mis favoritas!!!!!!

[rapedbyasquirrel]

recently heard this on my radio and i love it

[NapsterK711]

somebody can write the song fatman????

[Kartofflesalad]

SDC is my favorite of all their work.

[sacredsoulmagazine]

Ian is number one!

[MoChua]

Doesn't matter to me. I've always liked Ian and the The Cult incarnations.

[erickallan78]

Great energy, even if musically they weren't quite there yet...

[ploughno8]

now are lives ??!!

dont know where i conjured that up from !!

anyway , the fucking fat man so weird and fat !! suck it fat boys !!

[ploughno8]

your money is his life !!

now our lives .

fatman takes away , what isn't his

he weakens you and me

[bluedaddio]

Bloody hell. I was actually in that crowd, dancing. That was great day out in Newcastle. Jools Holland told me I had a cool T shirt! Nearly got the crap kicked out of us by Carlisle fans on the way back to Preston, but they were scared off by this psycho-looking Goth who was with us. Funny but when we got home, my mum wasn't the least bit phased on meeting the same psycho-looking goth at 2.30 in the morning (he was kipping on my floor).

Great days.

[fearlesssockpuppet]

Funny, his facial warpaint looks like it was Adam Ant inspired...

[ukp571]

Funny but it wasn't. North American indian.

[Lobotomyu]

Both Ian Astbury and Adam Ant took influence from Native-American imagery and attire.

[ukp571]

Yes thats right & Adam Ant was also a highway men,English gent,spaceman,pirate, the list goes on... One was heavily influenced by the N.American indian....The other played out concepts that he didn't probably care too much for.

[Lobotomyu]

Adam Ant is a very funny man when it comes down to it.I personally enjoy his "Colonial" look and Ian astbury has a very contradicting nature about his act often delving into concepts half-heartedly yet showing such emotion on stage.

[ukp571]

Well there you go then... You know fuck all about Ian astbury & his history..Carry on looking up wikpediea but it won't tell you all. Unfortunately your trying to educate a man that is as much open to reason as reality. Lest we forget, i was very active in this period as a punk, because it was my era, & thats where you & i part. So quit trying to educate me about a subject i know in depth...P.S. I,d be interested to know what was so funny about Adam Ant?

[presinkt]

SDC were Ants/Bowowow fans. I still have the interviews where they state this.

[nogingerfool]

Ian astbury used to follow crass all over the country ,he would have been about 19 at that time, he used to hitch with around with a woman i know they both still lived in Bradford at this time i have no doubt early adam and the ants floated his boat but his first love was crass .S.D.C. were a fantastic band so were Death Cult, took a turn for the worse when he thought he was American and started going "dig this" etc this is still a great track .

[presinkt]

Don't remind me. I lost interest after Dreamtime.

RAWK N ROLLL! YAYEEAH!

[wildenfree]

and I lost interest after Electric, when they turned into Led Zep

[dilanroj]

that's true - i also used to follow Crass all over the country and met him at their gigs, he was a good friend of a bloke i used to be in a band with. SDC were unbelieveable live and had a true 'cult' following. they were quite different at the time and unfortunately led the way for bands like sisters of mercy ooh dear!

[ukp571]

I've never disputed that they wern't, but have disagreed that he elaborated on Adam Ant's make up. Ian was head long into N.American indians at this time, Adam ant was merely playig out characters. Ian also used to be a fan of the Sex Gang Children.

[presinkt]

Ian's interest in American Indian culture was sparked by the Ants and MCLaren.

Was it MCLaren who said of Astbury/Lindsey that he'd 'read a Ladybird book on North American Indians'?

I had been an AATA fan. I saw SDC on The Tube when I was 14 They had heavy drums, twangy guitars and the singer had white stripes on his face. That was enough for me.

[ukp571]

I think you'll find the interest stems from living near a reservation when he lived a number of his adolescent years in Canada. John lydon might give you a better insight as to how much credence there is in Malcolm Mclaren's world.

[gerrybasildon]

the southern death cult were great live ,saw them several times ,i doubt "ian" was a fan of the sex gang children ,who were absolutly shite,the best laugh at futurama 4? was when the lead singer set himself on fire on stage,

[ukp571]

That's merely your opinion as to whether SGC were any good..

Ian actually lived in a squat with Andy, & also saw them live. I actually have evidence to back my claim up, do you?

[gerrybasildon]

ukp571,evidence of what?,grow up ,body piercing and tatoos are so passe

[ukp571]

Well done gerry, you've discovered ignorance is bliss!

[vanuaturocks]

Ian seemed to have a lot of associations with Andy Sexgang, he was probably a fan back in his gothic days.

[TheLexyboy]

you're right, sex gang children were unadulterated pieces of shit. Art school fannies followed by art school fannies

[monkeymnkey]

does anyone have tabs to this song?

[monkeymnkey]

what type of guitar is astbury playing?

[GangsterNo1]

Pretty sure its a Fender Mustang by the look of it. Not sure if its an original 60s one or a re-issue.

[GWILLYKERS]

Who's the Duffy lookin dude?

[CorruptedCurse]

That guy with the silly string at the end is my dad, no joke :D

He was a roadie with the SDC for a while and Ian's his brother, which is why he didn't really get annoyed when my dad got him with the silly string :)

If you ever meet Ian, ask him if he has a Brother, and ask his name. He'll say that his brother is called Brian Astbury.

[babaluci]

Strange and interesting post man...would've been far easier and more impressive to say "Ian Astbury's my uncle!"

[METHOS109]

Ahhhhh.....love the ancient Mosh Pit!!!!!

"Fuckin' Fatman"

[alejojp1]

Great!!! Buenisimo!!! Baie Lekker!!! Muito Legal!!! De putisima madre!!! I miss this gothic era...

[kooldude1992]

This is pretty cool. I didnt know Astbury played the guitar. I like The Cult and Souther death cult. SDC Seems... I dunno, Its just good in its own way. I love the silly string at the end. Rock on!

[kooldude1992]

This is pretty cool. I didnt know Astbury played the guitar. I like The Cult and Souther death cult. SDC Seems... I dunno, Its just good in its own way. I love the silly string at the end. Rock on!

[ysgwy]

Superb band, but never quite the same when they re formed as death cult

[borishawthorn]

So you watched Top Of The Pops with Jimmy Saville and listened to the top 40 every sunday night, did you, to discover if your fave pop act had nocked Wham! off the top spot! I, personaly, was out getting hammered and listening to The Exploited.

[ukp571]

if the truth were known u were probably at cubs getting exploited.

[borishawthorn]

Ho-de-ho. Great retort, Mr "punk". But this is still shite compared to She Sells Sanctuary.

[borishawthorn]

Saying that though. I love his mohok. I might get one tomorrow just like it!

[borishawthorn]

Sounds like schoolkids in a garage having their first jam and all competing with each other to have THEIR idea worked out into a song first. The Cult should really be ashamed of this. It's like Adam And The Ants without the skills. Even Astbury is laughing at the whole calamity of it at around 03:00.

[ukp571]

erm,you've just explained wot punk is all about.i guess you like polished music.

[borishawthorn]

Well they weren't so punk 4 years later were they? When they were imitating AC/DC. And sounding DEAD polished! And being dead rich! This is dog plopper. I love messy music. But this is just a sad shambles. And i bet The Cult would laugh and admit it themselves. C'mon man! Unless you have a retro, happy childhood memory of this performance, let's face it. IT'S SHITE!

[ukp571]

yeah it was so shit it made the B-side of their only single out of 12 songs.they attracted crowds of up to 2000 with no advertising,just by word of mouth. Toured england with bauhaus who were the big boys of goth/punk scene.i know what they were 4yrs later because unlike u i was a punk, & saw many punk/goth bands during the eighties unlike you.if u view the comments 4 this song you will find your opinion is very much the minority.Its wankers like u that got the lighthouse people in the charts.

[borishawthorn]

That's what the charts were for mate. If you were such a punk you'd not give a shit about what was in the charts.

[ukp571]

listen birdbrain the charts were for everyone including punk bands of which many entered & performed live on top of the pops.where do u get this notion that your not a "true punk" if u looked at the chart listings is painfully stupid.you we'rnt there you didn'do it & u know nothing about it. end of!

[wihargo]

75% different band dude.

[cyndabell66]

Puhleeze. A band should NEVER be ashamed of making music; only of telling others THEY should be ashamed of it. If you only like mainstream or pop music, stick with it and you'll enjoy watching YouTube a lot more.

[cyndabell66]

BTW, this isn't The Cult. The only person in this band from the Cult IS Astbury.

[oldscholl001]

Finally the voice of reason in this endless sea of jr. poser commits. In the 80's all there was is Ian and Lemmy one was the almighty of post punk and the other, the almighty of rock period.

[mdtietge]

sure he has an elvis-esque voice... who cares so does jim morrison so does danzig.. any coincidence that all these singers make it? sure... maybe they just have powerful vocals quit generalizing the shit

[Daka12s]

how can he sounds like Elvis. Elvis is shit you don't know what your talking bout Ian is great goth,post-punk, hard rock band of the 20th century and Elvis is pop artist and rockabilly music =/ totally different mate

[sp45ih]

oops i remember i was drunk when i said that, lol, i take it back.

[theface79]

Yeah, and because Elvis is Rockabilly and totally different he must be shit. And Elvis is not from the 20th century? That´s about the worst argumentation I gathered this month on Youtube, and there´s been a few. "Taotally stupid, mate".

[sp45ih]

He sounds like Elvis with his balls being squeezed.

[colinyung]

Ian gets sprayed with foam at the end by.....his brother Brian. I used to share a house with Brian.

[vibezinguk]

Ho Happy days you may see the liberal use of shaving cream at the end. We decided that the tube was full of boring suck ya face in posers so we custed pied everyone in site including the band. The chap spraying ian was his brother brian. The tube loved having us up for the day as for once they had a bit of life in the crowd. fun day by all and thatks mel for the skoda drive of a life time to get there.

[mrlee192]

watching this i can see how people would think they were sell outs, but tbh, there stuff they did when they "sold out", was some of the best rock music ive ever listened to, really good rock band as well as 80s goth.

[greeneyedsomething]

Ian Astbury is probably one of the hottest men alive.

[Nominay]

And one of the most dysfunctional.

[greeneyedsomething]

Are you referring to the "going mainstream" Cult thing?cause other than that I think he's very intelligent, a bit introverted though.

[Nominay]

No, I mean personally. He struggles a great deal and is hard to get along with.

[greeneyedsomething]

Yeah I heard some things about that actually. I read an article from the period when he was in Death Cult, in which he talked about how he had no money and had to sleep in the streets cause he was homeless and also being paranoid all the time cause he was scared. I feel really bad for him because he had to go through all of that, but he seems to be very down-to-earth, kind and intelligent. But I had no idea he was hard to get along with though.

[Nominay]

He's relapsed recently and drinking again.

[greeneyedsomething]

WHAT:O? now that can't be true, he looks so healthy on tour. Where have you read that?

Wow, I really really feel bad for him if that's true.

[Nominay]

I know someone who knows someone that he's close to. At least this was the case a couple months ago around the time he was in Portugal.

[LordMorrigan]

I like it....there is something of Kill Bill's soundtrack in this song...don't you think?

[blackwings18]

wtf! hahaha freaking TOM! whats up tom......its me moose

[gibsondan]

This is GREAT music!

[nicknasty14]

Classic!

[googiesmom]

Thanks! Being in Canada, I've never seen a Southern Death Cult video.

[NAA5]

Great video, thanks Tom :D

[BenMozzer83]

Thanks Tommyslut for providing this awesomeness. I saw the other vids as well. How did you find this stuff? It must of been hard.

[Nephilim]

Wow,i have been waiting for someone with the rest of Southern Death Cult The Tube live.Thanks

[tommyslut]

I also have death cult live on the tube, Il be uploading them soon.

[CatZilla]

Haha! That was awesome...especially towards the end, when Ian got sprayed with some sort of string confetti/ whipped cream substance.