Tuesday, 22 October 2019

Moya

In a rehearsal room above Roots record shop In Bradford, Yorkshire, Southern Death Cult formed with a line-up of vocalist Ian Astbury, bassist Barry Jepson, guitarist David "Buzz" Burrows and drummer Haq Nawaz "Aky" Qureshi. The group's name derived from an old term for the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex. The ceremonial complex represents a major part of the religion of the Mississippian people and Native American culture, but it also served as a critique of the imbalance of power in the English North-South divide. The first Southern Death Cult show took place on 29 October 1981 at the Queen's Hall in Bradford supporting Chelsea and Gene October got up on stage and said, Right this group is gonna be supporting us down the Marquee, for two days. The band's debut, the double A-side 7" single "Moya/Fatman", was released in December 1982 on the Situation Two label and hit No. 1 on the UK Indie Chart. The 12" version included a third track, "The Girl". The band toured heavily in the UK to promote the single, including slots opening for Theatre of Hate and Bauhaus towards the end of 1982. Finally Astbury disbanded the group after a show in Manchester on 26 February 1983.


Ripped from the 12” single to bouncy bouncy MP3 @ 320kbps

The Southern Death Cult; Moya 12”

A.     Moya
B1.  Fatman
B2.  The Girl

You'll find a rip of the 7" single here
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6 comments:

  1. Anonymous23 October 2019 at 00:27

    I have been listening to a bit of early Cult stuff
    recently so thanks for these...enjoy them now more so.
    - Timebender

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    1. AJ23 October 2019 at 10:25

      there is a kind of naive beauty about the early life of Da'Cult, before Ian Assbury lost his way / became a twat. I'll be posting SDC's posthumous compilation album in the next couple of weeks as the final entry into the evolution of the band with a couple more early Cult 12" singles before they finally broke through with She Sells Sanctuary

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    2. Anonymous23 October 2019 at 10:43

      That sounds great AJ...looking forward.
      Volume 2 of "New Musick" is posted @TZ,
      just a heads up.
      - Timebender

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    3. AJ23 October 2019 at 11:19

      Zippy link seems to be having issues...page eventually loads as 502 Bad Gateway

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    4. Anonymous23 October 2019 at 11:42

      That was just a temporary issue I think because
      it was working fine...and appears to be OK again
      on my end. - Timebender

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    5. AJ23 October 2019 at 22:05

      All sorted now.

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