Spear of Destiny - Everything You Ever Wanted (Live at The Haçienda in Manchester, UK, 1983)

Spear of Destiny - Live at The Hacienda 14 Everything You Ever Wanted This was the ’crossover period’ between Theatre Of Hate, its Post-Punk left-field music and what was to become the Spear Of Destiny, with its distinctive ’sound’. The band Spear of Destiny on this film was playing prototype arrangements of songs that later would evolve into a much fuller sound, taking in keyboards & brass arrangements. The music played was mostly from the Album ’Grapes of Wrath’, which as an Album was either praised for its bravery & direction, or misunderstood at best by critics hoping for simply another version of Theatre of Hate. We walked out on a stage at The Hacienda, Manchester on the 15/9/1983 (date correct ?) where it would have been a much easier proposition to have resurrected Theatre of Hate & gave the audience what they would have wanted & expected. That’s not what happened. Instead, there wasn’t a 2 guitar set-up, simply myself doing the guita