Sex Gang Children
They may have been Goth, but unlike such lugubrious peers as
Sisters Of Mercy and All About Eve, at least Leeds' Sex Gang
Children had a sparky punk energy.
It was all in the Adam Ant-meets-Theatre Of Hate drumming, and
singles such as Gothabilly rocker Into The Abyss (1982) and
Sebastiane (1983), where Andi Sex Gang's normally
mannered vocals sound very effective against Ginnie Hawes' sweet,
doleful violin.
Their gleefully discordant debut LP, Song And Legend (1983),
set the tone for much that would follow with themes covering
tombs, totalitarianism, Ivan the Terrible and anal penetration!
But their oeuvre, it has to be said, was a little limited and the
rolling drumfests and twisted cocktail tunes eventually became
interminable.
The band split in the Summer of 1984 after several personnel
changes took their toll.
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