Uploaded by JungleRecords on Oct 19, 2006
SPECIMEN were a glam horror post-punk band, who became most known for launching the 'Batcave' club in London around 1982 or so. The club became a fertile dark arts club where interesting artists of the time would perform to the nightlife in-crowd. It was just the new hip post-punk scene; only in retrospect tagged 'goth'.
They signed to London Records, first releasing a now rare Batcave compilation (Test Dept, Patti Palladin, Brilliant, etc) and some singles which became a mini-album on Sire in USA. But the success of the club maybe was a distraction. Later they had releases on Flicknife.
All their recordings, including the 12" version of KKBB can be found on the Jungle CD 'Azoic' FREUDCD054.
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SPECIMEN new album 'WAKE THE DEAD' coming soon! Visit PLEDGEMUSIC for details, see NEW VIDEO, and get all the news!
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OMG thay are sooooo awesome
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@Lilaeth hmm, so many questions.... for one thing, how does the old '82 batcave scene compare to the modern day explosion that it came to?
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@aragorn1780 I was there, what do you want to know?? ;-)
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Wow - this takes me back - used to hang out with Ollie at the Embassy in ye olden days!
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esto es lo que el batcave en realidad es genial esta cancion
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I saw these guys live a couple of nights ago. Uh-mazing!
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@Szaam I did! LOL
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The 1980s term was Deathrock. This band defies categorization!
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I'm a guy, and when Johnny Slut looked like this I'd have gladly sucked his dick.
Szaam 1 year ago 44
Wow, I never thought I'd see any Specimen footage again!
SKOTP69 9 months ago 6