It’s safe to say we’ve come full circle. Through the mid to late 80’s I’d go and watch Nothing Sacred play as many times as I possibly could. They were one of the best, if not THE BEST band in the Australian scene. I have often argued (with anyone who would listen) that has Nothing Sacred been based in Europe or the USA back in those days, they would be right up there with the big boys of Metal. I believed that wholeheartedly.
They were an incredible band.
Now, so many years later – I find myself working with them. I am stoked and over the moon that the boys have decided to align themselves with RUE MORGUE RECORDS. They not only appear on Volume 1 of the Murders In The Rue Morgue compilation, but they are about to release their brilliant new single ‘First World Problems’ through RUE MORGUE RECORDS.
We will be launching the single next week. Stay tuned for that.
For now, here’s a sneak peak at the single’s cover!
Nothing Fucking Sacred!
A brief history…
1983… a landmark year in Australian history. Beer sculling world champion Bob Hawke sweeps into power as Prime Minister, “Australia II” wins some sort of boat race that involved humiliating Americans, and Melbourne’s Nothing Sacredbegins a 7 year reign of sonic destruction across the Eastern seaboard of Australia.
The mid ’80s were a blur of constant gigging around Melbourne, mixed with multiple tours of Sydney and Adelaide and crowned by a headlining appearance at the 1986 Metal For Melbourne festival in front of 1,400 local Metalheads.
Countless legendary high energy live performances were complimented by the 1985 independent release of the Deathwish EP and subsequent 1987 worldwide release of the debut Let Us Prey album via Cleopatra Records.
During the recording sessions for a second album in late 1989 the decision was made to take a ‘short hiatus’ – a break which eventually ran to 23 years, broken only by the occasional casual gig. In 2012 the band decided enough was enough, and returned to live performances. The sellout comeback gig in April 2012 was followed by the headline slot at the HEAVY Mag Issue #3 launch night, and support in Melbourne for the Paul Dianno/Blaze Bayley Australian tour in November 2012.
2015 saw the band head to Japan, with the Osaka gig recorded and filmed for public release. Late 2015 saw the band headline the Friday night of the Steel Assassins Festival, and in 2017 the 30th anniversary celebration that was Metal for Melbourne saw the band taking part in a huge night of local metal in front of a capacity crowd of 600.
2020 saw new members James Davies (vocals) and Stu Bedford (guitar) join with the core of Karl Lean (bass), Sham Hughes (drums) and George Larin (guitar), and the lineup headed back to Adelaide for the first time in 3 decades to play the Churches of Steel Festival.
Well into their fourth decade of mayhem now, the band is writing and completing recording on a number of new tracks for release in 2020.
