Sutcliffe Jügend
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Sutcliffe Jügend is a power electronics band, which began in early 1982 as a sub-project of Kevin Tomkins' main band, Whitehouse
, and instantly gained notoriety as one of the harshest groups of the original power electronics scene.
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The band released a boxed set of ten cassettes titled We Spit on Their Graves in 1982 on Come Organisation, which was then bootlegged into a ten-vinyl LP boxed set later on, both of which now change hands for large sums.
They are named after serial killer Peter Sutcliffe
and the Hitler Youth ('Hitler Jugend' in German).
The band have many songs which reference serial killers, extreme sexual violence, and Nazism.
Whitehouse (band)
Whitehouse are a pioneering English power electronics band formed in 1980, largely credited for the founding of the power electronics subgenre.-History and personnel:...
, and instantly gained notoriety as one of the harshest groups of the original power electronics scene.
Biography
The band formed in 1982 but soon took a hiatus in the mid-1980s which lasted until 1995, at which point the band restarted full time. They are still performing today. The first live appearance by Sutcliffe Jügend was at the Red Rose, London, on 27 August 2005. The show was filmed for Redemption TV in the UK. A CD of the performance entitled Live Assault 01 is available on RRRecordsRRRecords
RRRecords is a used and new record shop. RRRecords is distinguished as being the first American record label to specifically publish underground noise music in the early 1980s, and published the first American vinyl by Merzbow, Masonna, The Hanatarash, Violent Onsen Geisha, and many more artists...
.
The band released a boxed set of ten cassettes titled We Spit on Their Graves in 1982 on Come Organisation, which was then bootlegged into a ten-vinyl LP boxed set later on, both of which now change hands for large sums.
They are named after serial killer Peter Sutcliffe
Peter Sutcliffe
Peter William Sutcliffe is a British serial killer who was dubbed "The Yorkshire Ripper". In 1981 Sutcliffe was convicted of murdering 13 women and attacking seven others. He is currently serving 20 sentences of life imprisonment in Broadmoor Hospital...
and the Hitler Youth ('Hitler Jugend' in German).
The band have many songs which reference serial killers, extreme sexual violence, and Nazism.
Studio and live albums
- Campaign (1982), Come Organisation
- We Spit on Their Graves 10-cassette box set (1982), Come Organisation
- Sutcliffe Jügend (1994), Susan Lawly
- Death Mask (1995), Freek Records
- When Pornography Is No Longer Enough (1998), Death Factory
- The Victim as Beauty (1999), Death Factory
- Live Assault 01 (2006), RRRecordsRRRecordsRRRecords is a used and new record shop. RRRecords is distinguished as being the first American record label to specifically publish underground noise music in the early 1980s, and published the first American vinyl by Merzbow, Masonna, The Hanatarash, Violent Onsen Geisha, and many more artists...
- This Is the Truth (2007), Ground Fault Recordings / Hospital Productions
- Pigdaddy (2008), Cold SpringCold Spring (label)Cold Spring is an independent record label based in Northamptonshire, England, specialising in "all forms of extreme media, but particularly: black/dark Ambient, Neo-classical/Neo-folk, Orchestral, Power Electronics/Noise, Japanese Noise, Minimal, Death Industrial, Dark Soundtracks, Experimental,...
- The Fall of Nature (2008), Hospital Productions
Compilation appearances
- Neuengamme (1982), Broken Flag
- Rising from the Red Sand (Volume One) (1982), Third Mind Records
- White Power (1982), Iphar
- Axis Sally (1983), Broken Flag
- Crimes (1983), Iphar
- Hate's Our Belief (1987), Strength Through Joy