concerts
1981
July 1981. Photograph: Rupert Whiteman
'Cultural Amnesia focused on recording music rather than performing it. We have never spent time rehearsing and perfecting a performable repertory. Each time we got together we just wanted to record new material - once a decent version of a song was committed to tape, we tended to forget about it. As a result, our few performances we rather disorganised affairs. The pieces that worked best live were long open-ended improvisations in the first place. We certainly couldn't and didn't try to reproduce our "recorded" sound. On several occasions many of the audience walked out, but we would have been proud of that.' - interview with Compulsion magazine, May 2008
Cultural Amnesia made the following live appearances.
13 February 1981 - Snot Babies - Music Block, Lord Williams's
with Alistair Murray, Simon Hood">Simon Hood, Matthew Wells
Playlist: Transmigration
14 March 1981 - Snot Babies - Main Hall, Lord Williams's
with Alistair Murray, Simon Hood">Simon Hood
Playlist: Transmigration, Requiem, Another New Year's Day, Nag Nag Nag
Also appearing: Sleeper, Overdose
July 1981 - Drama Studio, Lord Williams's
with Alistair Murray
Playlist: Biohazard Sessions
Also appearing: A House
?summer 1981 - Main Hall, Lord Williams's
Playlist: Psychopathic Permutations
autumn 1981 - Drama Studio, Lord Williams's
'Class' Revue
Playlist: Dogtooth Spar
5 March 1982 - Main Hall, Lord Williams's
Playlist: Victims of Rock'n'Roll, Repetition for This World, Dead Men Don't Talk, Smilin' for the Sirens, Spit on the Same Stone, For All Your Needs, The Manual of Civilization
Also appearing: Wheatstone Bridge
12&13 March 1982 - Thame Arts Centre
Playlist: Magic Theatre
- released on The Uncle of the Boot
summer 1982 - Main Hall, Lord Williams's
Playlist: Smilin' for the Sirens
31 October 1982 - Ewelme Village Hall
with Alistair Murray
Playlist: Dead Men Don't Talk, The Wildlife of the Tranquil Vale, Resthome (the man who worked with tourists), Victims of Rock'n'Roll, The Fountain Overflows, For All Your Needs, Little Blue Crystals, Sacre Bleu, ?Materialistic Man
Also appearing: A House, Kiss My Baby Collective, Overdose
4&5 March 1983 - Thame Arts Centre
Playlist: Dance Piece
- released on The Uncle of the Boot