Asian Knights

More from the vault marked Siouxsie And The Banshees, Live. Continuing the love of all things Banshees and especially the Bob Smith year of service I have one of the few warm up gigs that allowed the band to iron out any creases before their big gigs in The Royal Albert Hall. Bob holds his own here with a John McGeoch set that would test even the best. The sound here is really good, as you’d expect with a Japanese performance from the 80’s with only Painted Bird suffering from the dreaded tape flip. All the usual suspects are represented with Steve and Budgie doing their best to evoke the sounds of an earthquake during Fireworks through sheer bloody mindedness. If you expect any punches to be pulled for the new boy on guitar, forget it. Siouxsie gives her usual perfect is the only option performance and shows off her live chops through-out the blistering set list. My only gripe is the lack of early singles, but by now the Banshees had officially moved on and nearly all traces of the first incarnation had been wiped away. A document of a short period in time of a constantly evolving, almost everlasting band.

Ripped from vivalesbootlegs, Back To Zero bootleg of the Japan Tour 1983. Live at the Shibuya, Kokaido, Tokyo, Japan 05 Feb 1983 in FLAC

Siouxsie And The Banshees; Asian Knights

1.      Introduction / Overground

2.      Green Fingers

3.      Fireworks

4.      Paradise Place

5.      Melt

6.      She’s A Carnival

7.      Red Over White

8.      Cascade

9.      Night Shift

10.   Sin In My Heart

11.   Painted Bird

12.   Arabian Knights

13.   Happy House

14.   Spellbound

15.   Voodoo Dolly

16.   Cocoon

17.   Israel

Do I need to tell you about all the other Banshees goodies here?