status: reformed (2024)
formed: 1980
location: United Kingdom; Bradford.
genre/s: post-punk; gothic rock.
heavy, melodic, intense dance, tribal.
Originally named Heaven Seventeen.
Named after a book, and the year.
Rio Goldhammer ran for mayor of West Yorkshire, joining the band soon after.
1980 - formed in Bradford
1984 - disbanded
2015-05-22 - played Gothic Pogo Festival X in Leipzig
2016 - played shows across Europe
2016-July - Tighe's last show, having been diagnosed with cancer
2017-01-28 - announcement of Tighe's death
2017-03-03 - release of Bloodline, second studio album, over thirty years after original disbanding
2017 - headlined Gotham Sounds Festival (Hilden)
2019-04-12 - release of Futurecide, shortly after death of Madden
2019 -July - band's debut at Rebellion in Blackpool.
