Theatre of Hate formed in September 1981 with vocalist Kirk Brandon, guitarist Billy Duffy, bassist Stan Stammers, the late Nigel Preston on drums and John Lennard on saxophone. The original lineup didn't last long and members came and went until they disbanded in September 1982.
Despite lasting only a year, TOH was a springboard that provided valuable experience and room to experiment for several of its members who would proceed to gain fame and fortune elsewhere. They released one album called Do You Believe in the Westworld, which was quite successful and a very decent sample of the early British post-punk/pre-goth scene. Their second album was a live act containing mostly the same tracks as the studio one and was entitled He Who Dares Wins, recorded in Dublin. A third album with the name Aria of the Devil was released in 1997, compiled from recordings that had been sitting in someone's cellar for fifteen years.
After the band split up Brandon and Stammers continued to make themselves a name as Spear of Destiny, one of the classic acts of the 1980s, while Preston and Duffy teamed up with Ian Astbury, whom TOH had already toured with once, as The Cult.
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