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Spear Of Destiny are a post-punk rock band who formed in the 1980s lead by Kirk Brandon, former Theatre of Hate frontman. They are best known for their single, Never Take Me Alive, which was a top 20 hit in 1987.

They had (and still have) a cult following and they have produced ten studio albums, notably ‘One Eyed Jacks’ and ‘World Service’. They still tour today and their most recent studio album, Loadestone, has been very well received. It includes a remarkable cover of the Joy Division track, Transmission.

Kirk Brandon toured with original members of Theatre of Hate in April 2007, and a reissued version of the Westworld album is due to be released with several newly recorded tracks.

SOD’s ‘Imperial Prototype’ was released towards the end of 2007 and saw the band return to form. They embarked on a Singles tour in 2008, and included Adrian Portas (New Model Army / Sex Gan Children) and Craig Adams (ex Sisters of Mercy / Mission).

For up to date information on releases and gigs check out www.kirkbrandon.com or their myspace page.

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1	Never Take Me Alive	89
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Freelove_ wrote:
August 2009

Join my group: Post-Punk.

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evilutuion wrote:
May 2009

pix from the german gig in frankfurt: http://evilutuion.jimdo.com/pictures-concerts/2009/spear-of-destiny-theatre-of-hate/

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Mythtall wrote:
March 2009

They sure have some great songs : ) Liberator's my favourite

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kanekandinsky wrote:
March 2009

magic

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Hellraiser917 wrote:
February 2009

seen them last year in edinburgh, great show.

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DavidRoberts111 wrote:
February 2009

I saw SOD on the World Service tour in Nottingham. Unbelievable!

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roomx wrote:
December 2008

cool cool, I still love 'em

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beliweb wrote:
November 2008

Saw Spear last month in Islington, London - fucking AWESOME. His voice still holds it. epic.

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GuiseBlack wrote:
October 2008

The Spear of Destiny is the title given to the spear which pierced Christ on the cross aye?

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randomnoodles wrote:
September 2008

my dad has seen these like 17 times so i pretty much know every record XD new stuff is just as good as old imo.

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NMS67 wrote:
September 2008

seen this band at the milton keynes bowl when they supported U2 , brilliant live !!

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patysmen wrote:
June 2008

wow, today I bought Outland on vinyl.

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Dead-shinobi wrote:
May 2008

Never Take Me Alive amazing song!

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gordonhouchen wrote:
May 2008

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Savy_ wrote:
April 2008

Loadestone is a brilliant album!

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Janeinma wrote:
February 2008

Just bought Imperial Prototype at the SOD concert, anyone want to swap mp3s for Loadestone which wanst on sale?

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Janeinma wrote:
February 2008

saw Spear Of Destiny last night. What an amazing band/man. kirk Brandon is still a God!

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rainmaker1989 wrote:
October 2007

The Man That Never Was is a great song. They're underrated

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Hugo_A-Go-Go wrote:
October 2007

Great Band. The new recording of Liberator is kick ass.

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Skathi wrote:
September 2007

absolutly amazing band!!

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