“Fat Man” / “Moya” (Situation Two SIT 19) December 1982
Southern Death Cult | Fat Man | (Situation Two) 1982 | We’re told that SDC are definite signs of life, an escape valve from the usual punky morass, and their debut single is certainly a taste of something a lot stronger than we’ve been used to in this field.
It’s Echo And The Bunnymen on methedrine, it has the most brilliant rock drumming in yonks, the guitar spits pure spleen and the whole thing reeks malice and havoc. Not exactly my sort of thing but i can still appreciate its edge and commitment.
Southern Death Cult | Fat Man | (Situation Two) 1982
The first thing I ever heard of Southern Death Cult was when I met a local Bradford punter in a London club some moths ago. He’d been an Adam fan until Adam “went and sold out” and his forearm was covered in an Ant tattoo he was now trying to have removed.
With their name and with records like this, it’ll be a long time before the SDC tattoo comes off. (NME, 11/12/82)
Just as the ‘new pop’ finds itself drowning in over production and over ambition, the reassertion of power and emotion begins. SDC take basic rock elements and infuse them with the feel and touch of those who have rejected rock’s arrogance and pomposity. The sound of ’83 is raw and open. SDC are showing the way. (Record Mirror, 18/12/82)
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