Kindred Spirit - The Story of a 1980's Hull Fanzine

Issue four of Kindred Spirit featured an interview with legendary hardcore punk band The Exploited, and of all the interviews we did this one was the most surprising. I'll expand on that a little later, but first here is some background about The Exploited. The band formed in Edinburgh in 1980 and is still going strong today.  In researching this feature my first port of call was the band's official website. There is an entire page dedicated to outlining the history of The Exploited. The author sums up far better than I could what the band has always stood for from the outset to the present day.  The band also has   a very active Facebook page .  Over the years there has been a number of line up changes. However the one constant throughout the band's entire career is vocalist, founder member and ex-squaddie Wattie Buchan. Original guitarist Big John Duncan, w ho had not long since left The Exploited when we interviewed them went on to become a ...

Issue four of Kindred Spirit featured an interview with The Cult. Reading back over the interview now I don’t think I could possibly have appreciated at the time what a fascinating snippet of the band’s history it would become.   To start the ball rolling, I’d like to give a little background information about the band running up to us carrying out the interview in May 1984. The band Southern Death Cult was formed in 1981 by vocalist Ian Astbury, who was then living in Bradford in the UK . The band was one of the forerunners of what was at that time an emerging style of music known as positive punk (a mix of post punk and gothic rock).   As a result of time spent living in Canada as a child, Ian developed a fascination for Native Americans and this is reflected in the band’s interesting name. Southern Death Cult had a double meaning. Not only was it was derived from the 14 th century Native American religion, sometimes referred to as Southern Death Cult, but i...