Sex Gang Children
Viva Vigilante
Pale Music
And the history
says….
“One of the groups
coming up at the same time as Southern Death Cult was Sex Gang
Children, and Andi — he used to dress like a Banshees fan, and I
used to call him the Gothic Goblin because he was a little guy, and
he's dark. He used to like Édith Piaf and this macabre music, and he
lived in a building in Brixton called Visigoth Towers. So he was the
little Gothic Goblin and his followers were Goths. That's where GOTH
came from.”
Ian Astbury of The
Cult, (Alternative Press Nov. 1994).
In case you didn't know that’s the origin for the term Goth Music, Gothic Rock. I
love the music of Sex Gang Children; those glorious times of “Song
And Legend”, that exquisite album called “Medea”, or the
impressive “Bastard Art”, this is to name at least a few of the
wonderful albums created by this band through the years. Andy Sex
Gang is a one of a kind artist: He is innovative, provocative, and
passionate. He is a prolific song-writer with unlimited imagination
and arousing sensibility. The work of Andy Sex Gang has an
experimental edge: As an artist he dares to go to unexpected places,
and he does this like anybody else. The magic of Sex Gang Children
resides in the fact that this artist always captures the on-stage
experience, and he translates this experience in to great albums (And
I’m talking here of Sex Gang Children and his solo-albums as well) “Hollywood Slim”
kick starts this new record; this track is powerful and unique: The
rhythm section has a hammering and heavy pace; the guitar work adds
the proper dose of electricity, and the voice waxes and wanes with
unique grace here. “Religion Free Zone” is another mid-tempo song
with a delicious combination of overwhelming density and fluent
acoustic sound; great song! “Conversation” is theatrical with
some surreal noir-film suspense, and distorted atmosphere; this is a
very brief track and it is interesting. “Salamund Child” is
simply delicious; and Andy Sex gang is a master creating these songs
with this influence of Oriental music, this song has a captivating
exoticism. “The Messenger” is acoustic sound accompanied by this
highly-dramatic vocal performance, ¡What an artist! “Bleed
England” is so emotive; it has entrancing melody and passion.
“Sunset Of Crow” goes darkly acoustic, and it’s kinda epic.
”All American Heart” has some psychedelic melancholy and
introspection (remember that tribute album to Marianne Faithful)
“Genocide” has playful spirit and some very special energy.
“Death Squad Diva” has this high- voltage guitar sound and
arousing density, Andy combines these elements with his very
distinctive melodic passages, and the result is just mind blowing; I
love this track! “Die Trabue” is the opposite side regarding to
the previous track, because it is like an oasis of peace and serenity
(at the beginning) the musical tension goes in crescendo and this
song reaches some peaks of high intensity. “Urania” is
hallucinating atmosphere; this one sounds like if someone is catching
strange waves from the outer-space. “Pigs To Men” combines the
pace of a ballad with some crushing strength it’s a very unique
song.
I say this again:
Andy Sex Gang is a great artist; he has been in a non-stop creative
process since the 80’s, and he is having a great moment here with
this album. I’m very pleased with this release by Sex Gang Children
¡Viva Vigilante!
And ¡Viva Sex Gang Children!
Daniel Olvera