LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH - The Method to our madness

LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH The Method to our madness lp 1984 320 kbps

Method to my madness / I never believed / Pretty baby scream / When blood runs cold / Fresh flesh / Murder style / The seducer / Kiss of death / Do what thou wilt / My kingdom come / Dreams & desires° / A gun called justice° / Good to be bad° / Mind warp° / My alibi° / S. F. & T. / Never be another one° / Wine women & song° / Like a virgin°.

°Bonus tracks

Produced by The Lords.
The Lords Of The New Church : Backing Vocals, Guitar : Brian James / Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals : Dave Tregunna /Drums, Backing Vocals : Nicky Turner / Lead Vocals : Stiv Bators.
...The Lords Of The New Church continued to record sporadically including an amusing single where they violated Madonna's "Like a Virgin" and two excellent new tracks for the best-of "Killer Lords", but by 1985, the Lords had slowly begun to disintegrate. Dave Tregunna left, was replaced for a time by Grant Flemming, and then returned. A second guitarist, Alistair Simmons, was added and then sacked. Nick Turner quit and was replaced by Danny Fury. After 1988, Stiv Bators back injury led Brian James to advertise for a replacement singer -- a temporary one, he claimed -- the Lords split acrimoniously, but not before Stiv Bators played the encore of his last show wearing a T-shirt that bore an enlargement of Brian James' newspaper ad. Possibilities of any future Lords reunions were quashed when Stiv Bators died in 1990 of injuries sustained when he was struck by a car in the streets of Paris.

Although it was the Lords' third release, "The Method to Our Madness" sounds more like a debut. The band is bursting with energy and the production, by Chris Tsangerides, is much rawer than that on "The Lords Of The New Church" or "Is nothing sacred?" The opening salvo is "Method to My Madness," a four-on-the-floor rocker with a vocal contribution by I.R.S. Records impresario Miles Copeland, who admonishes Stiv Bators, "Now don't go tellin' secrets/This record's gotta sell!" After that, the aggression level stays pretty high, dipping only for a couple of ballads, "I Never Believed" and "When Blood Runs Cold" (the latter of which uses a string section; Stive Bators and strings -- who whould have thought it?) "The Method to Our Madness" contains some of the Lords' best non-hits: the sinister, sexy, bass-driven "Murder Style" and "The Seducer," the tale of a figure who might be a messiah, might be an antichrist, probably not too far off from how Bators saw himself. The closer, "My Kingdom Come," sounds like an ending, and it was; the Lords would never again record at full power before their split in 1988.


Cd artwork by MAX !