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The Stunt Kites Sheffield Independent Music Been playing quite a bit of Sheffield based music 🎶 at the moment, which isn't a bad thing😉. Seems to have been a hot-bed of sounds back in the day, spawning many, many great acts. Hope to post some more on this site over the coming months. How It's All Changed - Sheffield As I Remembered It! I always have a bit of a soft spot for the City, the last time I was…

I'm Not Confused? The Silent Scream. not to be confused with several other bands of the same name e.g. a Death Metal/Thrash band from the U.S. and a Post Punk band from Finland all sharing the same same! The 7" single 'Hatstands' released on the independent Pure Motorised Instinct Records label in 1984, I'm guessing a 'self-financed' release with it's awesomely illustrated cover by drummer Dean Ormston. It seems the band had morphed into being called The Silent Scream after…

Barnsley Goth Sounds Party Day were from Wombwell near Barnsley, the North at that time being a bit of a Goth Powerhouse and was home to bands such as 'Danse Society', 'The Sisters Of Mercy', 'Ghost Dance' and 'The Cult'. They originally started off as 'Further Experiments' from 1978 - 1981, they then changed their name to Party Day. Their first single was released on their own 'Party Day' Record label in 1983. The initial line-up was: The band's first…

The song taken from the 1984 E.P. 'Garden Of The Arcane Delights' released on the 4AD Record Label. It was one of the few they released being primarily known for their album releases. Their eponymous album being released the same year as this E.P. Flowers Of The Sea on youtube The tracklisting for the E.P. is: Both Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry met whilst in the Melbourne 'Little Bands' scene which kicked off in the late '70 to early '80's.

Lethal Poor On The Goth Trancefloor? Lethal Poor, tending to get lumped in with the whole Goth tag thing, they had a very dark sound, almost Bowie/Peter Murphy like quality to the vocals and a nice thudding bass line as well as a whole bunch of nice synth work and guitar weaving in and out. Some might say it sounds a bit funk as well as dark goth? Make your own mind up and have a listen... This was Lethal…