Sanctum Sanctorium - The Darkside of The 80s

Sanctum Sanctorium is a six-piece band playing cover versions of 1980s goth and alternative rock songs, presented as The Darkside of The 80s at Brudenell Social Club in Leeds.

Sanctum Sanctorium is a six-piece band formed by musicians who share a love of 1980s goth and alternative rock. Their repertoire consists of cover versions of songs by The Cult, Killing Joke, The Sisters of Mercy, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure and Bauhaus, among others. The band are not those original artists; they recreate these records live, and they also take on the clothing and attitude associated with the period.

The material cites She Sells Sanctuary and Love Like Blood among the songs performed, running through to Bela Lugosi's Dead and This Corrosion. The show, titled The Darkside of The 80s, is built around that catalogue, with the band aiming to match the look of the decade as closely as the sound.

Brudenell Social Club, on Queen's Road in Burley, began as a working men's club and mainly hosts pop, rock and indie concerts. The night is aimed at fans of 1980s goth and alternative rock who want to hear those songs played live by a full band.