Lords of the New Church were a British-American rock band. A supergroup, the line-up originally consisted of four musicians from 1970s punk bands. This line-up comprised vocalist Stiv Bators (ex-the Dead Boys), guitarist Brian James (ex-the Damned), bassist Dave Tregunna
(ex-Sham 69) and drummer Nick Turner (ex-the Barracudas). Launched in 1981, the band released three studio albums prior to their dissolution in 1989. During this time, they underwent several line-up changes. the Lords' music had elements of punk, it was more melodic, better-produced, and played with a higher degree of professionalism. This alienated some of the hardcore punk audience, but brought the Lords a much wider and more diverse fan base.
By the time the Lords' self-titled debut album appeared in 1982, Turner had replaced Scabies to
form the lineup that would remain fixed throughout the band's most productive years.Though the album was well-received, the Lords became more notorious for their live shows, or more specifically for Bators's crazed abandon as a performer. A devotee of Iggy Pop, Bators had in his Dead Boys days developed a reputation for being unafraid to risk his life in pursuit of rock & roll glory.
He suffered innumerable on-stage injuries during his career, the most famous being the time he
reportedly nearly hung himself during a Lords show. As the story goes, a favorite stunt of Bators' where he looped the mic cord around his neck went awry, resulting in his being clinically dead for several minutes.
Is Nothing Sacred?, their second album released in September 1983, saw the band diversifying
musically, incorporating new wave, classic rock and ska, along with synths, horns and a greater emphasis on the bass. Like their first album, Is Nothing Sacred? was produced by the band themselves, except for its first single - a cover version of "Live for Today" (No. 91 UK) - which was produced by Todd Rundgren. Their third album, 1984's The Method to Our Madness, peaked at No. 158 on the US Billboard 200, while the single "M Style" reached No. 97 on the UK Single Chart.
Bators died after being struck by a car in Paris in 1990. James said in 2007: "The only other person
I've really been able to write with was Stiv Bators ... Me and Stiv were fantastic. I've never really had that with anybody else. ... it was like the riff master and the lyric master working together."
LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH - LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH 1982 (SPECIAL EDITION) 2018
Although their roots were in punk rock, their debut album announced to the world that the Lords of the New Church were not your average punk band. They had ambitions: they would be the last beacon of truth in a world nearing its end. And while you can't call The Lords of the New Church entirely successful -- for every high point like "Open Your Eyes" or "Russian Roulette" there's a clunker like "Portobello" or "Eat Your Heart Out" -- you can't fault their effort. Guitarist Brian James and the Tregunna/Turner rhythm section provide a wide-screen setting, with guest musicians adding synths and horns to the guitar bass, and drums foundation.
Lords Of The New Church – Lords Of The New Church Special Edition
Label: Blixa Sounds – ETA 806
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered Jul 20, 2018
Country: US
Released: 1982
Genre: Rock
Style: Rock & Roll, Punk
CD1. LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH LP originally released by Illegal / I.R.S. records in 1982
01. New Church 3:31
Written-By – James, Bator
02. Russian Roulette 3:48
Written-By – Chimes, T. James
03. Question Of Temperature 2:56
Written-By – Henny, Schnug, Appel
04. Eat Your Heart Out 2:35
Written-By – James, Bator
05. Portobello 2:59
Written-By – James, Bator
06. Open Your Eyes 3:30
Written-By – James, Bator
07. Livin' On Livin' 3:25
Written-By – James, Bator
08. Li'l Boys Plays With Dolls 3:42
Written-By – James, Bator
09. Apocalypso 3:11
Written-By – James, Bator
10. Holy War 4:25
Written-By – James, Bator
BONUS TRAXS
11. Girls Girls Girls 3:03
Written-By – James, Bator
12. Young Don't Cry 3:44
Written-By – James, Bator
13. Open Your Eyes (Single Version) 3:16
Written-By – James, Bator
Flac Size: 365 MB
CD2. LIVE FROM MY FATHER's PLACE OCTOBER, 1982
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01. New Church 4:04
Written-By – James, Bator
02. Question Of Temperature 3:03
Written-By – Henny, Schnug, Appel
03. Girls Girls Girls 3:02
Written-By – James, Bator
04. Livin' On Livin' 3:16
Written-By – James, Bator
05. Eat Your Heart Out 3:02
Written-By – James, Bator
06. Russian Roulette 3:33
Written-By – Chimes, T. James
07. Fortune Teller 2:57
Written-By – Toussaint
08. Open Your Eyes 3:37
Written-By – James, Bator
09. Li'l Boys Plays With Dolls 3:26
Written-By – James, Bator
10. Holy War 6:08
Written-By – James, Bator
11. Portobello 2:32
Written-By – James, Bator
12. Apocalypso 3:02
Written-By – James, Bator
13. New Church 4:40
Written-By – James, Bator
Flac Size: 297 MB
OPEN YOUR EYES LYRICS
Video games train the kids for war
Army chic in high-fashion stores
Law and order's done their job
Prisons filled while the rich still rob
Assassination politics
Violence rules within' our nation's midst
Well ignorance is their power tool
You'll only know what they want you to know
The television cannot lie
Controlling media with smokescreen eyes
Nuclear politicians picture show
The acting's lousy but the blind don't know
Open your eyes
See the lies right in front of ya
Open your eyes
They scare us all with threats of war
So we forget just how bad things are
You taste the fear when you're all alone
They gonna git'cha when you're on your own
The silence of conspiracy
Slaughtered on the altar of apathy
You gotta wake up from your sleep
'Cause meek inherits earth six feet deep
Open your eyes see the lies right in front of ya
Open your eyes
LINE - UP
Vocals – Stiv Bators
Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals – Dave Tregunna
Drums, Backing Vocals – Nicky Turner
Guitar, Backing Vocals – Brian James
LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH - IS NOTHING SACRED? 1983
"Dance with Me" -- funky, slinky, and goth-tinged with lyrics that invoke voodoo and bondage -- is one of the Lords' best songs and, coincidentally, one of their biggest hits. "Live for Today," a surprisingly straight cover of the Grass Roots classic with slick production and keyboards by Todd Rundgren, closes the album on an uplifting though incongruous note.
The Lords Of The New Church – Is Nothing Sacred?
Label: Track Record – TRK 1022CD
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered 2003
Country: UK
Released: 1983
Genre: Rock
Style: Rock & Roll, Punk
TRAXS
01. Dance With Me 3:24
02. Bad Timing 3:40
03. Johnny Too Bad 3:58
04. Don't Worry Children 3:43
05. The Night Is Calling 4:56
06. Black Girl White Girl 3:40
07. Goin' Downtown 3:50
08. Tale Of Two Cities 4:21
09. World Without End 5:26
10. Partners In Crime 2:41
11. Live For Today 3:42
Engineer [Additional] – Chris Anderson
Producer, Engineer, Synthesizer – Todd Rundgren
12. Opening Nightmares 3:41
13. Sorry For The Man 5:51
14. Lord's Prayer 5:36
LINE - UP
Lead Vocals – Stiv Bator
Alto Saxophone, Trumpet – Simon Lloyd
Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals – Dave Tregunna
Drums, Backing Vocals – Nicky Turner
Synthesizer, Keyboards – Matt Black
Tenor Saxophone, Trumpet – Rudi Thomson
Guitar, Backing Vocals – Brian James
NOTES
Track 11 recorded at Utopia Sound Studio, Lake Hill, N.Y. and mastered at Sterling Sound, N.Y.C.
Inner spine reads: "Truth is the sword of us all".
Tracks 12 to 14 are bonus for this reissue but aren't listed as such on the rear.
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