Sutcliffe Jugend (1982-2019)

R.I.P 

By Robert Kristian Carter

Sutcliffe Jugend the legendary practitioners of extreme electronic music have ceased operations. Formed by Kevin Tomkins in 1982, SJ was one of the major innovators in the then-burgeoning Power Electronics movement. Kevin was joined by Paul Taylor in the early '80s and the pair went on to create some of the most brutal recordings of the Power Electronics genre including " When Pornography Is No Longer Enough " and " Victim As Beauty ". After a lengthy hiatus in the late nineties. Sutcliffe Jugend returned with the caustically abrasive album " This Is The Truth ". They also played their first public live concerts to promote the album. 

Numerous albums followed over the subsequent years. Each one expanding their sound and aesthetics far beyond their initial forays in the Power Electronics underground. Tours of the Far East and concerts all over the world cemented their reputation as one of the most intense live acts on the extreme music underground. 

In a short statement, Kevin Tomkins stated that: " I have said everything I need to say with Sutcliffe Jugend. We have never played to the gallery and we see no point in continuing just for the sake of it. With SJ we always agreed that it had to be all or nothing. Therefore Sutcliffe Jugend has run its course. Thank you to everybody for their support and friendship. It has been a blast."

Discogs (Band):

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