Einsturzende Neubaten

Who can resist germans singing? Not me, Xmal deutchland, Canal Terror, DAF, Toxo Plasma, Tommi Stumpf, Toten Hosen even Rammstein, I love every fully butchered ich and ach lau. What would Teenage Panzerkorps be like if Bunker Wolf came from Brighton and was called Brian Fox?

Blixa was on form the night I taped this at Heaven , a gay club under the arches of charing cross bridge, with some of that trademark diabolical vocal chord abuse. I dont recall much about the gig, and going from my slurred commentary thats probly due to over medication on the night.
Were the tickets were really expensive? so it may have been a secret/special show. Either ways the set is over long and peters out a bit, of the songs I know,  none were given great deliveries.


Einsturzende Neubaten: Letztes Biest (am Himmel)

The one Einsturzende gig I will never forget though is the infamous double header with Showaddywaddy (youtube at your peril kids). Just down the road from Cricklewood in county Kilburns largest guinness barn. Some Bizarre indeed.




02-Sep-85  UK London,Heaven
Side 1. Halber Mensch/ Der Tod ist ein Dandy/ Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T./ ?/ Letztes Biest (am Himmel)/ Abfackeln!/ Yü-Gung (fütter mein Ego)/ Negativ Nein/ Vanadium-I-Ching/

Side 2. Armenia/ Die genaue Zeit/ Sehnsucht/ Spaltung (a.k.a. Armenisch Bitter)/ ?/ Zerstörte Zelle/ Sand.

NoMeansNo

In most things ive always been a beliver in soul over technique, ideas over precision, energy over accuracy. Very few bands nail both sides of the equation, "jazz punk" - it just dont sound right does it? I didnt go to the show in this vid but when I saw these guys at the dome I grudgingly admitted it was possible.
2 lips 2 lungs 1 tongue is such an awesome song anyway , and the guys drew out the break in the middle to about 10 mins with an extended crowd-baiting-heckle fest that had us all in tears. The whole set was glorious fucked up ,clever punk from great musicians and lets face it top-notch entertainers.

I have no idea what this song is called, and its another track from Hunters compilation video. Live at the Mean Fiddler, sept 1991.

Sisters Of Mercy

One thing I love about these tapes is the heckling, Id forgotten how half the crowd would consider it perfectly acceptable to abuse, provoke, offer fashion tips or just scream gibberish at anyone on the stage....this is the prince of darkness for chrissakes - show some respect!!!!  Its certainly not the way Melbournes music lovers behave.

This a decent recording and not a bad show, although you have to take a good hard look at a band who regularly plays 3 or 4 covers in a set.. I think they had picked up "the hussey" by this stage too which tends to put a downer on it for me.

Emma

The redeeming factor is the inclusion of Hot Chocolates' "Emma" in that selection of covers (for some reason I didnt stick around for "Sister Ray"...), everyone in the room had grown up on Top of the Pops, Everyone had seen Errol and the boys hamming it up with their flares and afros. Only Mr Eldritch could pull off, not only a straight cover of this song, but one that is, however implausibly, even more melodramatic and overaught than the original.

Live at the Electric Ballroom, 24th May 1984 (46mb)

Burn

Heartland

Body And Soul 

Anaconda

Walk Away 

Emma 

Floorshow 

Adrenochrome 

Alice

Body Electric

Gimme Shelter