Death Cult

In April 1983, Astbury teamed up with guitarist Billy Duffy and formed the band "Death Cult". Duffy had previously been in The Nosebleeds, Lonesome No More and then Theatre of Hate. In addition to Astbury and Duffy, the band also included Jamie Stewart (bass) and Raymond Taylor Smith (later known as Ray Mondo) (drums), both from the Harrow, London based post-punk band, Ritual. Death Cult made their live debut in Oslo, Norway in late June 1983 and released the Death Cult EP in July 1983, then toured throughout Europe. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cult)

Scheduled
Saturday, 3 September, "Feestzaal", 21:00 - 22:00

Line up
Ian Astbury – vocals; Billy Duffy – guitar; Jamie Stewart – bass; Ray Mondo – drums (According to http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/The-Cult-Biography/566B4CAC061246AE48256B060007DC0D, Mondo was replaced by Nigel Preston after the Futurama gig)

Set list
01 Ghost dance
02 Too young
03 Brothers Grimm
04 Butterfly
05 The waste of love
06 Christians
07 Gods zoo
08 A flower in the desert
09 The resurrection song
10 Horse nation

Recording
A complete audience recording of tracks 01 – 10 exists.

Other info
I seem to remember hearing that there was some confusion about who played. They were announced as “Southern Death Cult” and performing as “Death Cult” or announced as “Death Cult” and performing as “Cult”. I may have the recording somewhere and need to check if Astbury mentions this.

Duffy was previously in Theatre of Hate with Kirk Brandon, who played Pandora's 83 with his new band Spear of Destiny. It's possible that Spear of Destiny's line up at Pandora's included Nigel Preston on drums. He would go on to join Death Cult shortly after the Futurama gig (Sunday, 4 September 1983).

Death Cult also played Pandora's 85 under their new name the Cult, and (maybe) Pandora's 84. I'll get to the disputed 84 performance later on.


Article from festival booklet

Article from Zig Zag magazine (1983/11) about the fall tour through Europe. Describes Pandora's (and it's Belgian counterpart Futurama) quite extensively.

The Cult

The Cult are an English rock band that appeared in their earliest form in Bradford during 1981. Over the years the band have had various line-ups; the longest serving band members are vocalist Ian Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy, both of whom are the band's songwriters.
In their very earliest days, the band emerged as one of the progenitors of the budding post-punk music scene that was happening in England. Their music style was associated by the media with gothic rock, taking influences from the mysticism associated with Native Americans and psychedelic rock acts such as The Doors. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cult)

Scheduled
Saturday, 12 October 1985, "Dance Hall", 00:10 - 01:10

Line up
Ian Astbury – vocals; Billy Duffy – guitar; Jamie Stewart – bass; Les Warner – drums

Set list
01 Christians (4:23)
02 Revolution (5:15)
03 Rain (4:38)
04 Hollow man (4:46)
05 She sells sanctuary (5:18)
06 Go West (4:48)
07 Resurrection Joe (5:57)
08 Spiritwalker (3:48)
09 Bonebag (7:14)
10 Moya

Recording
I have a radio recording of tracks 01 – 09, 45". A complete (?) audience recording may also exist.


Cover for cdr by shemethree (http://www.dimeadozen.org/account-details.php?id=342460)

Other info
The Cult also played Pandora's 83 under their former moniker Death Cult, and (maybe) Pandora's 84. I'll get to the disputed 84 performance later on.

Mark Brzezicki of Big Country (also on Pandora's 83) helped out on sessions for the "Love" album until the arrival of Les Warner. The article below mentions Nigel Preston as drummer, but he was fired from the band after the recording of "She sells sanctuary".

Billy Duffy was ex-Theatre of Hate, as was Kirk Brandon who also played Pandora's 83 with his Spear of Destiny.


Article from official festival booklet.


Ian Astbury on stage at Pandora's 1985 (Vinyl magazine, 1985/11).

Big Country

Big Country is a rock band from Dunfermline, Scotland, popular in the early to mid-1980s but still releasing material for a cult following. The band was notable for music heavily accented with traditional Scottish folk and martial music styles, as well as for playing and engineering their guitar sound to resemble the bagpipes, fiddles and other traditional folk instruments. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Country)

Scheduled
Saturday, 3 September 1983, "Feestzaal", 00:30 - 01:30

Line up
Stuart Adamson – guitar, vocals; Bruce Watson – guitar, e-bow; Tony Butler – bass; Mark Brzezicki – drums

Set list
01 Porrowman
02 The storm
03 In a big country

Recording
I have a radio recording of tracks 01 - 03

Other info

Stuart Adamson at Pandora's 83 (Vinyl 1983/9)

Big Country on stage at Pandora's 1983 (Oor, 1983/18)

Adamson used to be in the Skids, as were Richard Jobson and Russell Webb who played Pandora's 83 with the Armoury Show.

Brzezicki played with the Cult (who played Pandora's 83 as Death Cult) in the summer of 1985 and on their album Love.


Article from festival booklet