Theatre Of Hate - He Who Dares Wins [1982]

Theatre Of Hate He Who Dares Wins [Live In Berlin] 1982 Label: Biber Records Catalog#:BI 6110, [SMB 40212 GR] Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Greece Released:1982 Genre: Rock Style: New Wave, Post Punk Tracklist A1 The Original Sin 3:50 A2 Westworld 4:32 A3 The Klan 7:11 A4 Conquistador 2:54 A5 Poppies 3:20 B1 Incinarator 4:32 B2 Judgement Hymn 5:11 B3 63 3:02 B4 Rebel Without A Brain 3:34 B5 Legion 3:43 Credits Artwork By [Cover] - Schonbuch Studio Executive Producer - Friedemann Witecka Mixed By - Gibbs Platen , Terry Razor Producer - Christoph Wertz Written-By - Kirk Brandon , Theatre Of Hate Notes Recorded live during Rock Against Junk in the Tempodron, West Berlin, Sept. 12th 1981. with the Sinus Musik Recording Mobile. Mixed at Tonstudio Zuckerfabrik, Stuttgart. [discogs] Mp3@320 & scans 106MB Westworld

Theatre of Hate were a post-punk band formed in Britain in 1980. Led by singer-songwriter and ex-member of punk band The Pack, Kirk Brandon, the original group also consisted of: guitarist Steve Guthrie, bassist Stan Stammers (The Straps/Epileptics), saxophonist John Lennard and drummer Luke Rendle from Crisis/The Straps. In 1980, the Pack had evolved into Theatre of Hate, with Luke Rendle replacing Walker on drums, Stan Stammers joining on bass, Steve Guthrie on guitar and John 'Boy' Lennard on sax (the Werners joined the Straps, who Stammers had previously played for). The first Theatre of Hate release was the "Original Sin" single in November 1980, which reached #5 on the UK Indie Chart. Theatre of Hate garnered much early attention as a live act and made their album debut in 1981 with the concert LP He Who Dares Wins Live at the Warehouse Leeds. Shortly after the album's release however, Steve Guthrie left the band. Another concert recording, Live at the Lyceum followed, and in August 1981 Theatre of Hate entered the studio with producer Mick Jones of The Clash to record their first non-live album debut, Westworld, which was released on February 19 1982 and went on to reach the UK Top 20. Shortly after the album was recorded new guitarist Billy Duffy (formerly of The Nosebleeds) joined the band and a little later drummer Luke Rendle was replaced by Nigel Preston. The album reached #17 in the UK Albums Chart, and also spawned the Top 40 single "Do You Believe in the Westworld". In February 1982, Theatre of Hate released another live album entitled He Who Dares Wins: Live in Berlin recorded in September 1981, and in April 1982 Billy Duffy left the band to join Death Cult, the band continuing for a short time before splitting up later that year. Demos for the unreleased second studio album were released as Ten Years After in 1993. Brandon went on to front Spear of Destiny with bassist Stammers. A post break-up compilation album Revolution spent three weeks in the UK Albums Chart, peaking at #67. In 1991 Theatre of Hate reformed for the Return to 8 tour which included some of the original band members, these included Brandon, Stammers and Lennard, with the addition of Pete Barnacle on drums and Mark 'Gemini' Thwaite on guitar. In July/August 1994 Brandon, Stammers, John McNutt and Art Smith went into Mix-O. Lydian Studio, Boonton, New Jersey with Brad Morrision to record a new album under the Theatre of Hate banner. Retribution was not released until early 1996 in both the U.S. and UK. To coincide with Westworld's 25th anniversary, Theatre of Hate reformed for a week-long tour culminating at the Carling Academy Islington on 29 April 2007. Of the original line-up, only Stammers was unavailable, due to conflicting schedules and family commitments in the U.S. where he now lives. Replacing him was Craig Adams, former bassist with The Cult, The Sisters of Mercy and The Mission, joining Brandon, Guthrie, Lennard, and Rendle for the reunion. [wikipedia] * * * * * Λοιπόν , ο ήχος δεν είναι και τόσο καλός, άλλωστε όλοι οι δίσκοι της Music Box εκεί έπασχαν, οι εκτελέσεις δεν διαφέρουν και πολύ από τις studio εκτελέσεις του Westworld LP, παραμένει όμως ένας από τους καλύτερους δίσκους που έχω ακούσει ποτέ...