{"id":1236,"date":"2010-01-04T07:14:13","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T12:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foetus.org\/content\/?page_id=1236"},"modified":"2020-08-23T01:48:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T01:48:14","slug":"timeline-1980-1989","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.foetus.org\/content\/press\/timeline-1980-1989\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeline: 1980-1989"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>#secondary{display:none}.content-area {width: 100%;}<\/style>\n<h2>1980<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"archiveslist\">\n<li>Member of Spec Records (pragVEC) for nine months.<\/li>\n<li>Makes recordings with Nurse with Wound and Come (Whitehouse)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>1981<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"archiveslist\">\n<li>01\/??: Release of Foetus Under Glass&nbsp;<em><a href=\"\/content\/discography\/releases\/foetus-under-glass-spite-your-face-o-k-f-m\">OKFM \/ Spite Your Face<\/a><\/em> recording.<\/li>\n<li>03\/??: Release of You&#8217;ve Got Foetus On Your Breath&nbsp;<em><a href=\"\/content\/discography\/releases\/youve-got-foetus-on-your-breath-wash-it-all-off-333\">Wash It All Off \/ 333<\/a><\/em> recording.<\/li>\n<li>09\/??: Release of You&#8217;ve Got Foetus On Your Breath&nbsp;<em><a href=\"\/content\/discography\/releases\/youve-got-foetus-on-your-breath-deaf\">Deaf<\/a><\/em> recording.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>1982<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"archiveslist\">\n<li>01\/??: Release of Phillip And His Foetus Vibrations&nbsp;<em><a href=\"\/content\/discography\/releases\/phillip-and-his-foetus-vibrations-tell-me-what-is-the-bane-of-your-life-mother-ive-killed-the-cat\">Tell Me, What Is The Bane Of Your Life \/ Mother I&#8217;ve Killed The Cat<\/a><\/em> recording.<\/li>\n<li>04\/??: Release of Foetus Over Frisco&nbsp;<em><a href=\"\/content\/discography\/releases\/foetus-over-frisco-custom-built-for-capitalism\">Custom Built For Capitalism<\/a><\/em> recording.<\/li>\n<li>08\/??: Release of You&#8217;ve Got Foetus On Your Breath&nbsp;<em><a href=\"\/content\/discography\/releases\/youve-got-foetus-on-your-breath-ache\">Ache<\/a><\/em> recording.<\/li>\n<li>12\/??: An incarnation of Foetus is recorded for The John Peel BBC Radio Sessions (Peel Sessions), which goes unreleased.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>1983<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"archiveslist\">\n<li>03\/08: Thirlwell guests with Soft Cell, performing &#8220;Ghost Rider&#8221; for the encore, Hammersmith Palais, London, England, UK.<\/li>\n<li>03\/10 or 23: Orange Juice featured on BBC 2 TV show &#8220;Top of the Pops&#8221;; Thirlwell plays sax on the track &#8220;Rip It Up&#8221;, ?, ?, UK.<\/li>\n<li>??\/??: Thirlwell guests with Soft Cell for the encore &#8220;Ghost Rider&#8221;, Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, England, UK.<\/li>\n<li>??\/??: Thirlwell guests with Soft Cell for the encore &#8220;Ghost Rider&#8221; ?, Derby, England, UK.<\/li>\n<li>??\/??: Thirlwell guests with Soft Cell for the encore &#8220;Ghost Rider&#8221;, Roseland Ballroom, NY, NY, USA.<\/li>\n<li>??\/??: Thirlwell guests with Soft Cell for the encore &#8220;Ghost Rider&#8221; ?, Los Angeles, CA, USA.<\/li>\n<li>??\/??: 4 Ugly Walls (spoken revue with Lydia Lunch, Jessamy Calkin and Tex Tottenham) live performance (JGT played piano), ?, Los Angeles, CA, USA.<\/li>\n<li>??\/??: 4 Ugly Walls (spoken revue with Lydia Lunch, Jessamy Calkin and Tex Tottenham) live performance (JGT played sax), ?, NY, NY, USA.<\/li>\n<li>10\/28: Immaculate Consumptive (Nick Cave, Lydia Lunch, Marc Almond &amp; Clint Ruin (J.G. Thirlwell)) live show, 9.30 Club, Washington, DC, USA.<\/li>\n<li>10\/29: Immaculate Consumptive live show, Danceteria, NY, NY, USA.<\/li>\n<li>10\/31: Immaculate Consumptive live show, Danceteria, NY, NY, USA.<\/li>\n<li>10\/?? or 11\/??: Clint Ruin (J. G. Thirlwell) &amp; Marc Almond are interviewed on cable TV show &#8220;??&#8221;, NY, NY, USA.<\/li>\n<li>11\/??: Thirlwell guests with Soft Cell for the encore &#8220;Ghost Rider&#8221; Perkins Place, Los Angeles, CA, USA.<\/li>\n<li>11\/?? or 12\/??: Swelter (JGT &amp; Lydia Lunch, a\/k\/a Stinkfist) live show (w\/ Norman Westberg, supporting Swans), Danceteria, NY, NY, USA.<\/li>\n<li>11\/?? or 12\/??: Swelter live show (w\/ Cliff Martinez), On Broadway, San Francisco, CA, USA.<\/li>\n<li>11\/?? or 12\/??: Swelter live show (w\/ Cliff Martinez), Lingerie, Los Angeles, CA, USA.<\/li>\n<li>11\/?? or 12\/??: Swelter live show (w\/ Cliff Martinez; supported by Rancid Vat), ?, Portland, OR, USA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>1984<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"archiveslist\">\n<li>??\/??: Foetus Flesh (early name of Wiseblood) live show (supporting Test Dept), Ritz, NY, NY, USA.<\/li>\n<li>??\/??: Foetus Flesh live show, Pyramid, NY, NY, USA.<\/li>\n<li>??\/??: Foetus Flesh live show, Danceteria, NY, NY, USA.<\/li>\n<li>01\/??: First Foetus live show, as Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel (all SFOTW live shows on the time-line, until noted otherwise, are JGT singing over backing tapes, augmented with copious amounts of smoke, blinding white lights, and a menacingly-wielded baseball bat), Pyramid, NY, NY, USA.<\/li>\n<li>05\/Easter: SFOTW live show, Pyramid, NY, NY, USA.<\/li>\n<li>06\/27: SFOTW live show, Danceteria, NY, NY, USA.<\/li>\n<li>09\/??: Release of Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel&nbsp;<em><a href=\"\/content\/discography\/releases\/scraping-foetus-off-the-wheel-hole\">Hole<\/a><\/em> recording.<\/li>\n<li>09\/07: SFOTW live show (supported by Lydia Lunch and Lucy Hamilton), Maxwell&#8217;s, Hoboken, NJ, USA.<\/li>\n<li>10\/??: Release of Foetus Art Terrorism&nbsp;<em><a href=\"\/content\/discography\/releases\/foetus-art-terrorism-calamity-crush\">Calamity Crush<\/a><\/em> recording.<\/li>\n<li>11\/08: SFOTW live show (at One World Poetry Festival), Meervaart, Amsterdam, Netherlands.<\/li>\n<li>11\/??: SFOTW live show (at One World Poetry Festival), Waginingen, Amsterdam, Netherlands.<\/li>\n<li>11\/10: Foetus live show, NL Centrum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.<\/li>\n<li>11\/??: Interviewed on VPRO radio show &#8220;Frontlijn&#8221;, Netherlands.<\/li>\n<li>12\/03: Lydia Lunch &amp; Clint Ruin live show, ?, Turin, Italy.<\/li>\n<li>12\/04: SFOTW live show, ?, Turin, Italy.<\/li>\n<li>(late 84?) Release of You&#8217;ve Got Foetus On your Breath&nbsp;<em><a href=\"\/content\/discography\/releases\/youve-got-foetus-on-your-breath-wash-slog\">Wash \/ Slog<\/a><\/em> recording.<\/li>\n<li>(late 84?) Release of Foetus Uber Frisco&nbsp;<em><a href=\"\/content\/discography\/releases\/foetus-uber-frisco-finely-honed-machine\">Finely Honed Machine<\/a><\/em> recording.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>1985<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"archiveslist\">\n<li>??\/??: SFOTW live show, ?, Philadelphia, PA, USA.<\/li>\n<li>02\/??: Interviewed on BBC Radio 1 show &#8220;Saturday Live&#8221;, ?, ?, UK.<\/li>\n<li>02\/28: SFOTW live show, Danceteria, NY, NY, USA.<\/li>\n<li>04\/??: Interviewed on Channel 4 TV show &#8220;The Tube&#8221;, ?, ?, UK.<\/li>\n<li>03\/06: SFOTW live show, Oasis, San Francisco, CA, USA.<\/li>\n<li>03\/08: SFOTW live show, Anti-Club, Los Angeles, CA, USA.<\/li>\n<li>04\/03: SFOTW live show, Bamboo Club, Toronto, ON, Canada.<\/li>\n<li>04\/06: SFOTW live show (supporting The Fall), Peppermint Lounge, NY, NY, USA.<\/li>\n<li>04\/13: SFOTW live show, Pyramid, NY, NY, USA.<\/li>\n<li>05\/??: Release of the Wiseblood&nbsp;<em><a href=\"\/content\/discography\/releases\/wiseblood-motorslug\">Motorslug<\/a><\/em> recording.<\/li>\n<li>05\/15: SFOTW live show (with Einsturzende Neubauten), ?, Kansas City, MO, USA.<\/li>\n<li>07\/08: SFOTW live show (beginning the 1985 Euro tour, dubbed &#8220;Crotch Monster Live &#8217;85&#8221;), L.V.C., Leiden, Netherlands.<\/li>\n<li>07\/13: SFOTW live show, Saltlageret, Copenhagen, Denmark.<\/li>\n<li>07\/15: SFOTW live show, The Loft, Berlin, Germany.<\/li>\n<li>07\/19: SFOTW live show, ?, Leiden, Netherlands.<\/li>\n<li>07\/20: SFOTW live show, ?, Apeldorn, Netherlands.<\/li>\n<li>07\/21: SFOTW live show, Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands.<\/li>\n<li>08\/04: SFOTW live show, Kir, Hamburg, Germany.<\/li>\n<li>09\/28: SFOTW live show, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA.<\/li>\n<li>10\/??: Release of the Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel&nbsp;<em><a href=\"\/content\/discography\/releases\/scraping-foetus-off-the-wheel-nail\">Nail<\/a><\/em> recording (non-U.S.).<\/li>\n<li>10\/18: SFOTW live show (featuring the heads of 6 to 8 freshly-slaughtered pigs hung about the stage &#8211; future shows with this type of adornment are noted as *pigs*), Danceteria, NY, NY, USA.<\/li>\n<li>10\/30: SFOTW live show (*pigs*), Parody Hall, Kansas City, KS, USA.<\/li>\n<li>11\/??: Release of the <em><a href=\"\/content\/discography\/releases\/the-foetus-of-excellence\">Foetus Of Excellence<\/a><\/em> box.<\/li>\n<li>11\/07: SFOTW live show, Pyramid, NY, NY, USA.<\/li>\n<li>11\/19: SFOTW live show, Big Ban, Kyoto, Japan.<\/li>\n<li>11\/20: SFOTW live show, ?, Tokyo, Japan.<\/li>\n<li>11\/21: SFOTW live show, ?, Tokyo, Japan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>1986<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"archiveslist\">\n<li>??\/??: Release of the Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel&nbsp;<em><a href=\"\/content\/discography\/releases\/scraping-foetus-off-the-wheel-nail\">Nail<\/a><\/em> recording (U.S.).<\/li>\n<li>??\/??: Wiseblood live show, Ritz, NY, NY, USA.<\/li>\n<li>01\/29: SFOTW live show, Danceteria, NY, NY, USA.<\/li>\n<li>02\/22: SFOTW live show, Irving Plaza, NY, NY, USA.<\/li>\n<li>03\/07: SFOTW live show (*pigs*), Center onContemporary Art (CoCA), Seattle, WA, USA.<\/li>\n<li>03\/10: SFOTW live show, I-Beam, San Francisco, CA, USA.<\/li>\n<li>03\/19: SFOTW live show (*pigs*, with Lydia Lunch, 2 shows: 8pm and 11pm), Roxy, Los Angeles, CA, USA.<\/li>\n<li>03\/21: Interviewed (with Lydia Lunch) on KLXU radio show &#8220;??&#8221;, Los Angeles, CA, USA.<\/li>\n<li>04\/16: SFOTW live show, The Rat, Boston, MA, USA.<\/li>\n<li>04\/21: Wiseblood live show (only &#8220;Motorslug&#8221; was performed), Cat Club, NY, NY, USA.<\/li>\n<li>04\/24: SFOTW live show (*pigs*), Revival, Philadelphia, PA, USA.<\/li>\n<li>05\/01: SFOTW live show (*pigs*), Metroplex, Atlanta, GA, USA.<\/li>\n<li>07\/06: Wiseblood live show, Cat Club, NY, NY, USA.<\/li>\n<li>08\/28: Wiseblood live show (beginning of the &#8220;Yank &#8216;Em, Crank &#8216;Em, Don&#8217;t Stick Around To Thank &#8216;Em&#8221; tour), Markthalle, Frankfurt? Hamburg?, Germany.<\/li>\n<li>08\/29: Wiseblood live show, ?, Bielefeld, Germany.<\/li>\n<li>08\/31: Wiseblood live show (w\/ Lydia Lunch), Quartier Latin, Berlin, Germany.<\/li>\n<li>09\/01: Wiseblood live show, Logo, Bochum, Germany.<\/li>\n<li>09\/02: Wiseblood live show, Wartburg, Wiesbaden, Germany.<\/li>\n<li>09\/03: Wiseblood live show, ?, Munich, Germany.<\/li>\n<li>09\/05: Wiseblood live show, ?, Geneva, Switzerland.<\/li>\n<li>09\/06: Wiseblood live show, Fri-Son, Fribourg, Switzerland.<\/li>\n<li>09\/08: Wiseblood live show (with Front 242), Plan K, Brussels, Belgium.<\/li>\n<li>09\/09: Wiseblood live show (recorded &amp; broadcast by VPRO radio; with Lydia Lunch; screening of &#8220;Fingered&#8221; film), Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands.<\/li>\n<li>09\/10: Foetus special (with Lydia Lunch) on VPRO radio show &#8220;Backlijn&#8221;, Netherlands.<\/li>\n<li>09\/11: Wiseblood live show (with Lydia Lunch), Tivoli, Utrecht, Netherlands.<\/li>\n<li>09\/12: Wiseblood live show (with Lydia Lunch), Effenaar, Eindhoven, Netherlands.<\/li>\n<li>09\/28: Wiseblood live show, Danceteria, NY, NY, USA.<\/li>\n<li>(Nov) Release of the Wiseblood&nbsp;<em><a href=\"\/content\/discography\/releases\/wiseblood-stumbo-someone-drowned-in-my-pool\">Someone Drowned In My Pool \/ Stumbo<\/a><\/em> recording.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>1987<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"archiveslist\">\n<li>??\/??: Self Immolation \/ Some Bizzare re-releases the Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel&nbsp;<em><a href=\"\/content\/discography\/releases\/scraping-foetus-off-the-wheel-hole\">Hole<\/a><\/em> recording.<\/li>\n<li>??\/??: Release of the Wiseblood&nbsp;<em><a href=\"\/content\/discography\/releases\/wiseblood-dirtdish\">Dirtdish<\/a><\/em> recording.<\/li>\n<li>??\/??: Release of the Flesh Volcano&nbsp;<em><a href=\"\/content\/discography\/releases\/the-flesh-volcano-slut\">Slut<\/a><\/em> recording.<\/li>\n<li>??\/??: Release of the Clint Ruin \/ Lydia Lunch&nbsp;<em><a href=\"\/content\/discography\/releases\/clint-ruin-lydia-lunch-stinkfist\">Stinkfist<\/a><\/em> recording.<\/li>\n<li>01\/12: Wiseblood live show, I-Beam, San Francisco, CA, USA.<\/li>\n<li>01\/15: Wiseblood live show, Cafe Voltaire, Milwaukee, WI, USA.<\/li>\n<li>01\/16: Wiseblood live show, Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, USA.<\/li>\n<li>01\/18: Wiseblood live show, Revival, Philadelphia, PA, USA.<\/li>\n<li>02\/08: Wiseblood live show, Revival, Philadelphia, PA, USA.<\/li>\n<li>02\/10: Wiseblood live show, 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN, USA.<\/li>\n<li>02\/12: Wiseblood live show, The Rat, Boston, MA, USA.<\/li>\n<li>02\/13: Wiseblood live show, Bookies, Detroit, MI, USA.<\/li>\n<li>05\/03: Wiseblood live show (supported by Big Stick, Lee Renaldo&#8217;s From Here To Infinity, Snakefinger and Lydia Lunch as emcee), Ritz, NY, NY, USA.<\/li>\n<li>07\/??: Release of The Foetus All-Nude Revue&#8217;s&nbsp;<em><a href=\"\/content\/discography\/releases\/the-foetus-all-nude-revue-bedrock\">Bedrock<\/a><\/em> recording.<\/li>\n<li>07\/27: Wiseblood live show, Paradise, Boston, MA, USA.<\/li>\n<li>07\/27: Self Immolation \/ Homestead label re-releases the Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel&nbsp;<em><a href=\"\/content\/discography\/releases\/scraping-foetus-off-the-wheel-nail\">Nail<\/a><\/em> recording.<\/li>\n<li>08\/01: Wiseblood live show, Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, USA.<\/li>\n<li>08\/07:Wiseblood live show, The Scream, Los Angeles, CA, USA.<\/li>\n<li>(Oct) Release of the Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel&nbsp;<em><a href=\"\/content\/discography\/releases\/scraping-foetus-off-the-wheel-ramrod-boxhead-smut\">Ramrod<\/a><\/em> recording.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>1988<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"archiveslist\">\n<li>01\/??:Interviewed on VRPO radio show &#8220;Frontlijn&#8221;, Netherlands.<\/li>\n<li>09\/??: Release of the Foetus Interruptus&nbsp;<em><a href=\"\/content\/discography\/releases\/foetus-interruptus-thaw\">Thaw<\/a><\/em> recording.<\/li>\n<li>09\/01: Foetus Interruptus live show (first tour with a live band, all prior have been with backing tapes; line-up this tour: J. G. Thirlwell, Norman Westberg, Algis Kizys, Ted Parsons &amp; Raymond Watts), Live Station, Dortmund, Germany.<\/li>\n<li>09\/03: Foetus Interruptus live show, Bad, Hannover, Germany.<\/li>\n<li>09\/04: Foetus Interruptus live show, Quartier Latin, Berlin, Germany.<\/li>\n<li>09\/??: Foetus Interruptus live show, Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands.<\/li>\n<li>09\/09: Foetus Interruptus live show, Nighttown, Rotterdam, Netherlands.<\/li>\n<li>09\/11: Foetus Interruptus live show, Vera, Groningen, Netherlands.<\/li>\n<li>09\/13: Foetus Interruptus live show, The Docks, Hamburg, Germany.<\/li>\n<li>09\/15: Foetus Interruptus live show, Sardines, Oslo, Norway.<\/li>\n<li>09\/19: Foetus Interruptus live show, Town &amp; Country Club, London, UK.<\/li>\n<li>09\/20: Foetus Interruptus live show, Town &amp; Country Club, London, UK.<\/li>\n<li>09\/24: Foetus Interruptus live show, Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany.<\/li>\n<li>09\/26: Foetus Interruptus live show, Theaterfabrik, Munich, Germany.<\/li>\n<li>09\/27: Foetus Interruptus live show, Metropol, Vienna, Austria.<\/li>\n<li>09\/29: Foetus Interruptus live show, Longhorn, Stuttgart, Germany.<\/li>\n<li>09\/30: Foetus Interruptus live show, Fri-Son Club, Fribourg, Switzerland.<\/li>\n<li>(? Nov) Interviewed on VPRO radio show La Stampa (+ excerpt from 09 Sep 1988 show in Rotterdam), Netherlands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>1989<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"archiveslist\">\n<li>??\/??: Widowspeak label re-releases the Clint Ruin \/ Lydia Lunch&nbsp;<em><a href=\"\/content\/discography\/releases\/clint-ruin-lydia-lunch-stinkfist\">Stinkfist<\/a><\/em> recording.<\/li>\n<li>03\/??: Release of the Foetus Corruptus&nbsp;<em><a href=\"\/content\/discography\/releases\/foetus-corruptus-rife\">Rife<\/a><\/em> &#8220;bootleg&#8221; recording.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/content\/press\/timeline-1990-1999\">Continue to 1990 to 1999<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1980 Member of Spec Records (pragVEC) for nine months. Makes recordings with Nurse with Wound and Come (Whitehouse) 1981 01\/??: Release of Foetus Under Glass&nbsp;OKFM \/ Spite Your Face recording. 03\/??: Release of You&#8217;ve Got Foetus On Your Breath&nbsp;Wash It All Off \/ 333 recording. 09\/??: Release of You&#8217;ve Got Foetus On Your Breath&nbsp;Deaf recording. 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