Severed Heads Live Shows
With thanks to Penelope Courtney and all the contributors. In progress.
| Year | Month | Day | City | Venue/Event | Country | Booking | Line up | Notes |
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| 1980 | October | 17 | Sydney | ICE | Australia | ICE | w. Negative Reaction | -- FIELDING & ELLARD IN -- FIRST SHOW |
| 1981 | January | 3 | Sydney | ICE | ICE | w. Laughing Hands | "Nightsong" recorded | |
| 1981 | January | 16 | Sydney | ICE | ICE | w. ZGlutz & Mice Against God, Even Orchestra | -- FIELDING OUT -- | |
| 1981 | May | 7 | Sydney | Exiles Bookshop 👍🏼 | w. Hiroshima Chair. | John Laidler guest guitar | ||
| 1981 | July | 18 | Sydney | Filmmaker's CoOp 🪣 | ICE | w. Hiroshima Chair. | John Laidler guest guitar | |
| 1982 | January | 17 | Sydney | Entertainers Club 🪣 | Graham Brown "Last Resort" | w. Fetus Productions, ZGlutz, Industrial Fracture | -- BRADBURY IN -- Fetus let off smoke bomb, gig ended |
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| 1982 | March | 19 | Melbourne | Killayoni Club | Killayoni Club | w. SW SW THRGHT & The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living & Became Mixed Up Zombies | ||
| 1982 | March | 20 | Melbourne | Killayoni Club | Killayoni Club | w. SW SW THRGHT, Cutting People Up | ||
| 1982 | April | 4 | Sydney | Stranded 👍🏼 | Stranded | w. SPK | "Rocket Summer" recorded | |
| 1982 | April | 17 | Sydney | Mosman Hotel 👍🏼 | >^> | w. >^> | "Where's ya drummer?" | |
| 1982 | April | 30 | Sydney | Stranded | Stranded | w. The Models | "You can only use the blue lights" | |
| 1982 | July | 4 | Sydney | Stranded | Stranded | "Elephant Decibels" recorded | ||
| 1982 | July | ? | Sydney | Metro Screen 👍🏼 | Metro Screen | w. Stephen Jones demo videosynthesiser | -- JONES IN -- "Future Screen" |
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| 1982 | July | 22 | Sydney | Musicians Club 👍🏼 | "Edward Zimblis" (Ken West) | w. The Fall, Scapa Flow | "Yes we have a drum player" | |
| 1982 | August | 1 | Sydney | Stranded | Stranded | w. No Actresses. | -- DEERING IN -- | |
| 1982 | November | 3 | Sydney | Stranded 🪣 | Stranded | w. Fetus Productions | ||
| 1982 | November | 7 | Sydney | Exit | w. Rush String Quartet, Climbing Frame | (gig cancelled, venue closed) | ||
| 1982 | ? | ? | Sydney | 2MBS-FM | The Cassette Show? | live-to-air performance | ||
| 1983 | January | 30 | Sydney | Art Unit | Art Unit | w. Bring Philip, Climbing Frame | -- BRADBURY OUT -- | |
| 1983 | March | 5 | Sydney | Art Unit | Art Unit | w. Essendon Airport, Go Back To Your Precious Wife and Son, SW SW THRGHT, Kurt Volentine. | ||
| 1983 | March | 25 | Sydney | Trade Union Club | w. The Reels, Essendon Airport, Go Back To Your Precious Wife And Son | |||
| 1983 | April | 24 | Sydney | Trade Union Club 👍🏼 | Sedition Festival | w. Great White Noise, Funny Stories, Sketches, Plan B | ||
| 1983 | July | 18 | Sydney | ABC Studios 211 | 2JJJ-FM | Live At The Wireless | Also on compilation 12" EP | |
| 1983 | August | 13 | Sydney | Art Unit | Art Unit | w. Scattered Order | "Art Unit Benefit" | |
| 1983 | August | 17-27 | Sydney | Art Unit | Art Unit | Jan Hubrechson | "Mandarin Road" a stage play. | |
| 1983 | November | 9 | Sydney | 2MBS-FM | Contemporary Editions | "Nothing on 45" | ||
| 1983 | November | 13 | Sydney | Trade Union Club | Art Unit | w. Wet Taxis, Swinging Moods, Climbing Frame | "The Art Bunker Hangover" | |
| 1983 | December | 2 | Sydney | 2MBS-FM | Green Tea | "Green Tea" program | ||
| 1984 | January | 21 | Sydney | Trade Union Club | w. Scattered Order, Moral Fibro, Instant Unit | |||
| 1984 | March | 3 | Sydney | Red Eye Records | Red Eye Shop | (in-store performance) | ||
| 1984 | March | 12 | Adelaide | Adelaide Festival Ampitheatre | I think I demonstrated a portable version of videosynthesiser made by SJ? | |||
| 1984 | April | 7 | Sydney | San Miguel Tavern🪣 | --KNUCKEY -- Garry dumped tape all over somebody's head, we were booted off |
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| 1984 | May | 11 | Sydney | Ozone 👍🏼 | Carrington Hotel | |||
| 1984 | May | 25 | Sydney | Ozone 👍🏼 | Carrington Hotel | |||
| 1984 | August | 1 | Sydney | Chevron Hotel Kings X | Necropolis Richard Abraxas | w. ZGlutz | "Grand opening" played in a ditch below audience | |
| 1984 | October | 9-21 | Sydney | Performance Space | "Death of Cook" by Jan Hubrechson | "Gashing The Old Mae West" | ||
| 1985 | February | 23 | Sydney | Ozone | w. Single Gun Theory | |||
| 1985 | March | 11 | Sydney | Kommotion Klub | Kommotion Klub | --DEERING and BRADBURY OUT -- | ||
| 1985 | March | 22 | London | ICA 👍🏼🪣 | UK | ICA | w. Hula, Danielle Dax | |
| 1985 | April | 9 | Sheffield | Leadmill | Leadmill | w. Hula, Fabricata Illuminata | ||
| 1985 | May | ? | Brighton | (under the arches, beach front) | ? | It was some kind of video collective | ||
| 1985 | May | 31 | London | Everyman Cinema🪣 | Everyman Cinema | |||
| 1985 | June | 6 | Vancouver | Luv A Fair | Canada | Nettwerk | ||
| 1985 | October | 4 | Sydney | Graphic Arts Club | Australia | Volition | w. Scattered Order, Famous | |
| 1985 | October | 5 | Canberra | ANU Bar | Volition | w. Scattered Order, Still Life | ||
| 1985 | October | 9 | Melbourne | The Club | Volition | w. Scattered Order | ||
| 1985 | October | 11 | Melbourne | Prince of Wales Hotel | Volition | w. Scattered Order | ||
| 1985 | October | 19 | Brisbane | Sensoria | Volition | w. Scattered Order | ||
| 1985 | October | 24 | Sydney | Piccadilly Hotel | Volition | w. Scattered Order | ||
| 1985 | October | 25 | Sydney | Wentworth Building | Volition | w. Scattered Order | ||
| 1985 | October | 26 | Newcastle | Uptown Circus | Volition | w. Scattered Order | ||
| 1986 | March | 21,22 | Sydney | The Performance Space🪣 | w. Mind Body Split | |||
| 1986 | July | 8 | Melbourne | User's Club | -- CARNAC IN -- (Start of The Big Bigot tour) |
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| 1986 | July | 9 | Melbourne | New Music Station | ||||
| 1986 | August | 8,9 | Sydney | Chauvel Cinema 👍🏼 | Chauvel | w. Built In Ghosts, Ian Andrews (video installations) | ||
| 1986 | August | 19 | Sydney | ABC-TV 👍🏼 | ABC-TV | Broadcast | ||
| 1986 | September | 5,6 | Vancouver | S.U.B. Ballroom | Canada | Nettwerk | w. Skinny Puppy | |
| 1986 | September | 12 | Edmonton | S.U.B. Ballroom | Nettwerk | w. Skinny Puppy | ||
| 1986 | September | 13 | Calgary | MacEwan Hall | Nettwerk | w. Skinny Puppy | ||
| 1986 | September | 18 | Saskatoon | Broadway Theatre | Nettwerk | w. Skinny Puppy | (Gig abandoned - audience riot) | |
| 1986 | September | 19 | Regina | Uni | Nettwerk | w. Skinny Puppy | ||
| 1986 | September | 20 | Winnipeg | Le Rendezvous | Nettwerk | w. Skinny Puppy | ||
| 1986 | September | 24 | Waterloo | Federation Hall | Nettwerk | w. Skinny Puppy | ||
| 1986 | September | 25 | Toronto | RPM 👍🏼 | Nettwerk | w. Skinny Puppy | "Puppydog!" | |
| 1986 | September | 26 | Windsor | Windsor Arena | Nettwerk | w. Skinny Puppy | "It's all fucking ice" | |
| 1986 | September | 28 | Quebec City | L'Anglicane | Nettwerk | w. Skinny Puppy | ||
| 1986 | September | 29 | Montreal | Foufounes Electriques 👍🏼 | Nettwerk | w. Skinny Puppy | "Jem Apple Monsure Pampla Moose" | |
| 1986 | September | 30 | Montreal | CBC Radio | Nettwerk | |||
| 1986 | October | 8 | Barcelona | Studio 54 | Spain | w. Chameleons | ||
| 1986 | October | 9,10 | Madrid | Universal🪣 | w. Chameleons | |||
| 1986 | October | 11 | Valencia | (Tour derailed by robbery, back to UK) | ||||
| 1986 | October | 17 | Linz | PostHof 👍🏼 | Austria | w. Wire | -- JONES OUT TEMP -- | |
| 1986 | October | 18 | Munich | Alabamahalle | Germany | "Underground Festival" w. Wire, Inca Babies | ||
| 1986 | October | 19 | Berlin | Metropol | Germany | w. Wire | "Who stole my coat?" | |
| 1986 | October | 20 | Hamburg | Kir 🪣 | Germany | w. Skinny Puppy | no video | |
| 1986 | October | 21 | Bochum | Logo 🪣 | Germany | w. Skinny Puppy | no video | |
| 1986 | October | 22 | Hannover | Bad Club | Germany | (Outside show washed out) | ||
| 1986 | October | 23 | Aachen | Metropol 👍🏼 | Germany | w. Skinny Puppy, A;Grumh | ||
| 1986 | October | 24 | Amsterdam | De Pelikaan | Holland | n l centrum | ||
| 1986 | October | 25 | Breda | Para 🪣 | Holland | |||
| 1986 | October | 27 | Cologne | Rose Club 🪣 | Germany | |||
| 1986 | October | 28 | Nijmegen | Diogenes | Holland | |||
| 1986 | October | 29 | Den Haag | Trojan Horse 🪣 | Holland | |||
| 1986 | October | 30 | Pforzheim | Skandal | Germany | (Car breaks down halfway) | ||
| 1986 | October | 31 | Ravensburg | Jugendhaus | Germany | |||
| 1986 | November | 1 | Zurich | Rote Fabrik | Switzerland | w. Skinny Puppy, A;Grumh | ||
| 1986 | November | 2 | Hannover | Germany | (Return show) | |||
| 1986 | November | 3 | Frankfurt | Batschkapp | Germany | w. Skinny Puppy, A;Grumh | ||
| 1986 | November | 4 | Munich | Manege | Germany | w. Skinny Puppy, A;Grumh, Snowy Red | (a BRAP) | |
| 1986 | November | 6 | Ljubljana | 🪣🪣🪣🪣🪣🪣🪣🪣 | Yugoslavia | w. Cassandra Complex, UK Subs | "It is OK. He is in hospital" | |
| 1986 | November | 7 | Lausanne | Dolce Vita🪣 | Switzerland | w. Cassandra Complex? | -- CARNAC OUT -- | |
| 1986 | November | 8 | Fribourg | Frison🪣 | Switzerland | w. Cassandra Complex | ||
| 1986 | November | 10 | Brussels | Schaerbeek | Belgium | |||
| 1986 | November | 14 | Halifax | Flamingo | Canada | w. Skinny Puppy | -- JONES IN -- | |
| 1986 | November | 16 | Toronto | RPM | w. Skinny Puppy | A sunday matinee | ||
| 1986 | November | 17 | Ottawa | Porter Hall | w. Skinny Puppy | "Who stole my jumper?" | ||
| 1986 | November | 20 | Boston | Paradise Club | USA | w. Skinny Puppy | 🦠Tom sick :-/ | |
| 1986 | November | 22 | New York | The Cat Club | w. Skinny Puppy | 🦠 | ||
| 1986 | November | 23 | Richmond | The Pyramid Club | w. Skinny Puppy | |||
| 1986 | November | 24 | Washington DC | 9:30 Club 👍🏼 | w. Skinny Puppy | "Hey no fighting - we're not AC/DC" | ||
| 1986 | November | 25 | Cleveland | Peabody's Down Under | w. Skinny Puppy | |||
| 1986 | November | 26 | Detroit | St. Andrew's Hall | w. Skinny Puppy | |||
| 1986 | November | 28 | Chicago | Metro | w. Skinny Puppy | 🦠2 shows | ||
| 1986 | November | 30 | Minneapolis | First Avenue | w. Skinny Puppy | |||
| 1986 | December | 1 | Memphis | Antenna | w. Skinny Puppy | |||
| 1986 | December | 2 | Atlanta | 688 Club | w. Skinny Puppy | |||
| 1986 | December | 4 | Baton Rouge | Neimans | w. Skinny Puppy | |||
| 1986 | December | 6 | Oklahoma City | The Bowery | w. Skinny Puppy | |||
| 1986 | December | 10 | Los Angeles | The Roxy 👍🏼 | w. Skinny Puppy | Pink sparkle jumper | ||
| 1986 | December | 11 | San Franciso | The Stone | w. Skinny Puppy | |||
| 1986 | December | 13 | Seattle | Hub Ballroom🪣 | w. Skinny Puppy | |||
| 1987 | October | 9,10 | Melbourne | Union Theatre | Australia | Union | ||
| 1987 | October | 13 | Newcastle | Newcastle University | Union | |||
| 1987 | October | 15,16 | Sydney | Chauvel Cinema 👍🏼 | Chauvel | |||
| 1987 | October | 20 | Bathurst | Mitchell College | Union | |||
| 1987 | October | 25 | Adelaide | Le Rox | Woop Woop Festival | |||
| 1987 | October | 28 | Armadale | Uni New England | Union | |||
| 1987 | October | 29 | Surfers Paradise | Surf Life Saving Club | ? | |||
| 1987 | October | 30 | Byron Bay | Arts Factory🪣 | Arts Factory | "I came here for music - not this shit" | ||
| 1987 | October | 31 | Brisbane | Crystal Club | ? | |||
| 1987 | November | 7 | Canberra | ANU | Union | |||
| 1988 | February | 13-21 | Melbourne | Royal Showgrounds🪣 | 🪣🪣🪣🪣🪣 | Ken West "Music Expo" | 2 shows per day, 5 days | "We'll skip over the skulls if the kids get frightened" |
| 1988 | March ? | ? | Sydney | Performance Space | Australian Bicentennial Perspecta 87/88 | |||
| 1988 | May | 18 | Sydney | Biennale of Sydney 👍🏼 | Nick Waterlow | "Chasing Skirt" Interactive installation | "Edmund Capon Floats In A Sea Of His Own Vomit" | |
| 1988 | September | 22,25 | Sydney | Jamison St.🪣 | w. Diamanda Galas, Robert Racic | "You are yesterday's music" | ||
| 1988 | December | 31 | Sydney | Hordern Pavillion 👍🏼 | Recreational Arts Team | w. Grace Jones | Crowd stage invasion, was also broadcast live by 2JJJ-FM | |
| 1989 | January | 13 | Sydney | Paddington Town Hall | Jacqui O? | w. SPK | ||
| 1989 | April | 14 | Brisbane | World Expo Fun Park | Recreational Arts Team | w. BoxCar | ||
| 1989 | April | 19 | Sydney | Site 👍🏼 | Jacqui O "Sensoria" | 'Electronic Bodymusic' | ||
| 1989 | October | 13 | Sydney | Performance Space | Fourth Australian Video Festival | |||
| 1990 | March | 6 | Vancouver | Graceland | Canada | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | |
| 1990 | March | 7? | Victoria | University? | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | March | 9 | Portland | Pine Street Theatre | USA | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | |
| 1990 | March | 10 | Seattle | Moore Theatre | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | March | 13 | Palo Alto | The Edge | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | March | 15 | San Francisco | I Beam | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | March | 16 | Los Angeles | Helter Skelter 👍🏼 | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | March | 17 | Laguna Beach | Club Postnuclear | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | March | 18 | San Diego | Pirahna Room | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | March | 20 | Tulsa | TuCCA | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | March | 21 | Dallas | The Video Bar | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | March | 22 | Houston | Numbers | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | March | 23 | New Orleans | Max | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | March | ? | Melbourne | ? | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | March | 26 | Orlando | Visage | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | March | 27 | Miami | Club Nu | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | "Just keep walking" | |
| 1990 | March | 28 | Ybor City | The Masquerade | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | March | 29 | Atlanta | The Masquerade | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | March | 30 | Kansas City | Human Observation Lab | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | March | 31 | St. Louis | 1227 | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | April | 3 | New Brunswick | Club 375 | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | Arpil | 6 | Boston | Axis | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | April | 7 | Newark | Pipeline | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | April | 8 | Washington D.C. | 9:30 Club | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | April | 10 | New York | Rapp Arts Center | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | April | 12 | Cleveland | Peabody's DownUnder | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | April | 13 | Detroit | Majestic Theatre | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | April | 14 | Chicago | Metro 👍🏼 | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | April | 17 | Pittburgh | Metropol | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | April | 20 | Ottawa | Barrynore's Music Hall | Canada | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | |
| 1990 | April | 21 | Montreal | Les Foufounes Electriques | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1990 | April | 22 | Toronto | Diamond | Nettwerk | w. MC900FT Jesus | ||
| 1991 | April-May | 20-5 | Liverpool | "Video Positive" | UK | "Chasing Skirt" Interactive installation - Stephen Jones rebuild | -- only JONES -- | |
| 1991 | November | 30 | Sydney | Phoenician Club 👍🏼 | Australia | Volition | w. Boxcar, Single Gun Theory, The Lab | -- MAC IN -- "Technopop Live" |
| 1991 | December | 5 | Perth | Old Melbourne Hotel | The Beat Room | w. Boxcar, Single Gun Theory | "Technopop Tour" | |
| 1991 | December | ? | Melbourne? | ? | ? | " | " | |
| 1991 | December | 14 | Brisbane | Metropolis Night Club | Volition | " | " | |
| 1992 | April | 3 | Sydney | Phoenician Club | Australia | UTS Union | w. Vision Four 5 | "Robot Dreams" |
| 1993 | January | 26 | Sydney | Big Day Out 👍🏼 | BDO | w. Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy | -- JONES OUT -- First electronic show at BDO |
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| 1994 | January | 21 | Gold Coast | Big Day Out 🪣 | BDO | w. South End | "The Boiler Room" | |
| 1994 | January | 23 | Melbourne | Big Day Out | BDO | w. Vision Four 5, Ollie Olson, Snog | ||
| 1994 | January | 26 | Sydney | Big Day Out 👍🏼 | BDO | w. Boxcar, Vision Four 5, Southend, The Lab | ||
| 1994 | January | 28 | Adelaide | Big Day Out | BDO | w. Boxcar, Bliss | ||
| 1994 | January | 30 | Perth | Big Day Out | BDO | |||
| 1994 | July | 8 | Sydney | Phoenician Club | Halo Promotions | w. Snog, The Lab, Pill Popper | "Spiral Circus" | |
| 1994 | November | 26 | Sydney | The Metro WBGTD | Halo Promotions | w. Snog, Mystic Force, Zen Paradox | "Sensorama" | |
| 1994 | Don't Know | Don't Know | Newcastle | Bar On The Hill | Halo Promotions | w. Snog, Nasenbluten | https://www.artskorps.org/forum/5-core-music/18946-chroniques-de-mark-n.html | |
| 1995 | January | 26 | Sydney | Big Day Out | BDO | w. Itch-E and Scratch-E, Southend, SGT, Boxcar | ||
| 1995 | January | Auckland | Big Day Out | New Zealand | BDO | -- LAWLER -- | ||
| 1995 | June | 2 | Perth | Infirmary | Australia | Brainbender | w. Itch-E and Scratch-E | -- SUTHERS? -- |
| 1995 | June | 3 | Perth | Planet | Brainbender | w. Itch-E and Scratch-E | ||
| 1995 | June | 4 | Perth | Newport | Brainbender | w. Itch-E and Scratch-E | ||
| 1995 | June | 10 | Hobart | Uni of Tasmania Bar | Adrenaline & Malfunktion | w. Itch-E and Scratch-E | "Cloudburst" | |
| 1995 | June | 28 | Melbourne | The Metro | ? | w. Itch-E and Scratch-E, Vision Four 5, FSOM | ||
| 1996 | January | 5 | Sydney | Kinselas | w. Itch-E and Scratch-E | |||
| 1996 | March | 5,6 | Sydney | Horden Pavilion 👍🏼 | w. Bjork (and Plaid?) | -- LAWLER -- Had to drop third show on 7th |
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| 1997 | January | 19 | Gold Coast | Big Day Out | BDO | (Festival) | "The Boiler Room" | |
| 1997 | January | 27 | Sydney | Big Day Out | BDO | (Festival) | -- MAC OUT -- Last band to play at old BDO 🙂 |
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| 1997 | February | 27 | Sydney | Uni Bar | w. Martian DJ, DJ Hex | |||
| 1997 | ? | ? | Sydney | DEX-FM | DEX-FM | live-to-air performance of "Haul Ass" | ||
| 1997 | June | 6 | Sydney | UWS Milperra 🪣🪣🪣 | Union | w. Honky Fonk, Acoustic Craving | "You Die Fucker" Required personal security ;-/ | |
| 1998 | January | 24 | Sydney | Homebake Festival 👍🏼 | Homebake | (Festival) | -- COLE -- in a damn tent |
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| 1998 | February | 6 | Melbourne | Punters Club, Brunswick | Slaughter the Vinyl | w. Voitek, One, Jack Quinn | ||
| 1998 | July | 10 | Sydney | The Metro WBGTD | Rollercoaster? | w. Gondwana, Ronin Systems | ||
| 1998 | December | 5 | Sydney | The Globe | w. Endorphin, World Inc., White Trash Orchestra | concert review found | ||
| 1998 | Sydney | Dracfest | Rollercoaster | -- COLE -- | ||||
| 1999 | April | 4 | Sydney | The Globe | Rollercoaster | w. Size | ||
| 1999 | August | 27 | Sydney | The Metro WBGTD | Rollercoaster | w. Underground Lovers, Sidewinder, 2 Litre Dolby | ||
| 1999 | August | 28 | Melbourne | HiFi Club | Rollercoaster | w. Underground Lovers, Sidewinder | ||
| 1999 | ? | ? | Sydney | Rollercoaster? | w. Endorphin | |||
| 1999 | December | 11 | Brisbane | Bonapartes Hotel | w. Pure Bunk | -- COBB -- | ||
| 2000 | Travelling / Working at commercial print agency - no time for music | |||||||
| 2001 | January | 26 | Sydney | Big Day Out | Ear Stage | (Festival) | ||
| 2001 | October | ? | Newcastle | Electrofringe | This is not Art | "Turd Polish" VJ Set first movement | ||
| 2002 | January | 23 | Sydney | Horden Pavilion 👍🏼 | BDO? | w. New Order, Arthur Baker | -- COLE -- | |
| 2002 | June | 17,18 | Sydney | Dendy Cinema 👍🏼 | Sydney Film Festival | -- JONES -- Video retrospective |
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| 2002 | December | 31 | Sydney | Shannon O'Neill | "Shannon's New Years Eve Party" | |||
| 2003 | January | 25 | Sydney | Big Day Out | Ear Stage | (Festival) | ||
| 2003 | May | 7 | Sydney | Hopetoun Hotel | "Op1.1 tracks" | |||
| 2003 | June | 18 | Sydney | Lanfranchi's Memorial Discotheque | Disorientation | w, Snagglepussy, Julius Ambroisine & Aaron Hull | ||
| 2004 | March | 11 | Sydney | Lanfranchi's Memorial Discotheque | Disorientation | w. Winner | ||
| 2004 | Spent most of this year on the soundtrack for The Ilustrated Family Doctor | |||||||
| 2005 | March | 10 | Sydney | Metro WBGTD | Australia | What Is Music? | w. The Residents, Chicks On Speed | -- COLE -- |
| 2005 | May | 22 | Sydney | Hopetoun Hotel | Clan Analogue | w. Dsico, Valley Forge, Lunar Module | "Bob Moog's Birthday" | |
| 2005 | July | 7 | Melbourne | Kaleide Theatre | RMIT | w. Botborg | "a night of audiovision" | |
| 2005 | July | 13 | Sydney | Performance Space | Liquid Architecture | w. Beta Erko, LC Spastic Howitzer | ||
| 2005 | October | 1 | Newcastle | Electrofringe | This Is Not Art | "Turd Polish" VJ Set 2nd Movement | ||
| 2005 | October | 11 | Sydney | Sydney Conservatorium 👍🏼 | ARIA Awards | ARIA win best soundtrack | ||
| 2005 | October | 17 | Antwerp | B.I.M. 👍🏼 | Belgium | Bodybeats | BIMfest | -- COLE -- |
| 2006 | June | 21 | Sydney | National Art School 🪣 | Australia | "Over Barbara Island" | (Rained out, gig moved inside) | |
| 2006 | November | 11 | Wagga Wagga | Home Tavern 👍🏼 | Australia | Unsound | "Turd Polish" VJ Set 3rd Movement | "Unsound 06" |
| 2006 | Detroit | Fuse-In | (Festival Cancelled) | |||||
| 2007 | October | 27 | Brisbane | QUT | Australia | QUT | "Upgrade Festival" w. Boxcar. | -- COLE -- (and 3 wall video installation) |
| 2007 | December | 4 | Perth | Perth Town Hall | Australia | Byte Me | "Turd Polish" VJ Set | |
| 2008 | August | 30 | Wollongong | 1/4 Inch 👍🏼 | Aaron Hull | w. A Slow Rip, The Dead Sea, Modern Gong Ritual | "Carry On Experimental Musician' VJ | |
| 2008 | September | 6 | Sydney | Megaphon Studios | Aaron Hull | w. A Slow Rip, The Dead Sea, Modern Gong Ritual | "Carry On Experimental Musician" VJ | |
| 2009 | Spent most of this year working on the high definition versions of the videos | |||||||
| 2010 | January | 14 | Sydney | Macquarie Barracks 👍🏼 | Australia | Sydney Festival | w. The Reels, Stephen Mallinder | -- LAWLER IN -- |
| 2010 | May | 28 | Sydney | The Metro WBGTD | Australia | Rainforest Rescue | w.Snog, Spoonbill, Benza, Pitch Black | "Photosynthesis" |
| 2011 | March | 8 | New York City | NP Contemporary Art Center | USA | "Video Retrospective" | ||
| 2011 | April | 28 | Sydney | "New Weird Australia" FBI Radio | Australia | Stu Buchanan | ||
| 2011 | May | 12 | Brisbane | Tivoli | Australia | Metropolis | w. Gary Numan | |
| 2011 | May | 13 | Sydney | Enmore Theatre | ||||
| 2011 | May | 14 | Melbourne | Forum | ||||
| 2011 | May | 16 | Adelaide | HQ 👍🏼 | ||||
| 2011 | October | 22 | Sydney | Joan Sutherland Centre 👍🏼 | Australia | Joan Sutherland Centre | w. Est Et Non | "Shape of a Note" as Tom Ellard |
| 2011 | December | 16,17 | Antwerp | B.I.M. | Belgium | Bodybeats | BIMfest | |
| 2012 | Spent most of this year designing the computer game HH for Adelaide Festival and ABC | |||||||
| 2013 | March | 13 | Adelaide | Adelaide Festival | Australia | Adelaide Festival | w. Atom TM | 🦠Tom sick :-/ Was also broadcast |
| 2014 | Working new job at UNSW and preparing for USA Shows | |||||||
| 2015 | September | 18 | San Francisco | Elbo Room 👍🏼 | USA | Cold Waves | w. Cocksure | |
| 2015 | September | 19 | Los Angeles | Complex | w. Cocksure, Costume | |||
| 2015 | September | 20 | Seattle | Highline | w. Product | |||
| 2015 | September | 23 | Austin | Elysium | w. SURVIVE ... Stranger Things guys | |||
| 2015 | September | 24 | New York | Rough Trade 👍🏼 | w. Statiqbloom | |||
| 2015 | September | 25 | Tampa | The Orpheum | w. PWEI, End Of An Era | |||
| 2015 | September | 26 | Chicago | Metro 👍🏼 | w. FLA, PWEI | |||
| 2016 | May | 26 | Sydney | FBI Radio 👍🏼 | Australia | Kate Hennessy | Ears Have Ears "Beautiful Arabic Surface + Interview" | |
| 2016 | August | 13 | Sydney | Fredas | Australia | Repressed Records | w. Phile, Lortica, Jon & Hugh | |
| 2016 | October | 21 | Krakow | Unsound Festival | Poland | Unsound | (Festival) | |
| 2016 | October | 22 | Amsterdam | Oedipus Brewing | Holland | Paradiso | w. Crash Course In Science | |
| 2016 | October | 23 | Antwerp | Het Oude Badhuis | Belgium | Bodybeats | w, Crash Course In Science | |
| 2016 | October | 27 | Paris | Le Chinois | France | La Fete Triste | w. Jan Melnick, Moyo, Mu'Tammar | |
| 2016 | October | 28 | Glasgow | Glue Factory 👍🏼 | Scotland | So Low | w. JD Twitch, Lorelei, Percy & Trix | |
| 2016 | October | 30 | Berlin | Arena Club | Germany | Mannequin | w. Novo Line, Alessandro Adriani, Unhuman | |
| 2016 | November | 4 | London | Electrowerkz | UK | Rough Trade | w. Crash Course In Science | |
| 2016 | November | 12 | Melbourne | State Library Victoria 👍🏼 | Australia | Smooch | Melbourne Music Week (Festival) | |
| 2017 | February | 4 | Sydney | Newtown Social Club | Australia | Metropolis | w. Itch-E & Scratch-E | |
| 2017 | June | 1 | Sydney | VIVID / Sydney Opera House 👍🏼 | Australia | Repressed Records | w. Total Control | |
| 2017 | June | 13 | Vancouver | Rickshaw | Canada | Cold Waves | w. Ohm, Wire Spine | |
| 2017 | June | 14 | Montreal | La Sala Rossa | w. UN, Rhythm Of Cruelty, Radiovoid | |||
| 2017 | June | 15 | Toronto | Velvet Underground | w. Bulkhead | |||
| 2017 | June | 16 | Edmonton | The Forge | w. iVardensphere, Cygnets, Strvngers | |||
| 2017 | June | 17 | Calgary | Dickens Pub | w. Cygnets, Melted Mirror | |||
| 2017 | August | 19 | Melbourne | Arts Centre 👍🏼 | Australia | Supersense | w. Memory Field, Andy Sombay | |
| 2017 | September | 19 | New York | Irving Plaza | USA | Cold Waves | w. Front 242 | |
| 2017 | September | 20 | Rochester | Memorial Art Gallery 🪣 | ||||
| 2017 | September | 21 | Boston | Once Ballroom | w. Grutch, Isabella Koen | 🦠Tom sick :-/ | ||
| 2017 | September | 22 | Austin | Elysium | w. PRIMO | 🦠 | ||
| 2017 | September | 23 | Houston | Numbers | w. Front 242, Leaether Strip | 🦠 | ||
| 2017 | September | 24 | Seattle | Highline | w. Distorted Respect | 🦠 | ||
| 2017 | September | 27 | Los Angeles | The Regent Theatre | w. Front 242 | |||
| 2017 | September | 28 | San Francisco | Mezzanine 👍🏼 | w. Front 242, DIMENTIA | |||
| 2017 | September | 29 | Denver | Black Box | w. Echo Beds | |||
| 2017 | September | 30 | Chicago | Metro | w. Front 242 | |||
| 2017 | November | 4 | Melbourne | Corner Hotel | Australia | Metropolis | w. SNOG | |
| 2019 | February | 28 | Sydney | The Enmore 👍🏼 | Australia | Orbital | w. Orbital | |
| 2019 | March | 3 | Adelaide | University | Australia | Adelaide Fringe | ||
| 2019 | May | 22 | Glasgow | Flying Duck | Scotland | Flying Duck | w. Kubler-Ross | |
| 2019 | May | 24 | Bristol | Old Malt House | UK | Simple ThIngs | ||
| 2019 | May | 25 | London | EartH 👍🏼 | UK | Krankbrother | w. Krankbrother, Alessandro Adriani | |
| 2019 | May | 26 | Amsterdam | Lente Kabinet 👍🏼 | Holland | Dekmantel | (Festival) | |
| 2019 | May | 29 | Stockholm | Slakthuset | Sweden | Tinitus | w. Xeno & Oaklander, Void Vision | |
| 2019 | May | 30 | Barcelona | Primavera | Spain | Primavera | (Festival) | |
| 2019 | May | 31 | Madrid | Sala El Sol | Spain | El cuerpo del Disco | (Festival) | |
| 2019 | September | 11 | Seattle | El Corazon | USA | Cold Waves | (PWEI did not get US visa) | |
| 2019 | September | 12 | San Francisco | DNA Lounge | USA | w. Test Dept | ||
| 2019 | September | 13 | Los Angeles | Regent Theatre | USA | w. Test Dept | ||
| 2019 | September | 14 | Houston | Numbers | USA | (PWEI did not get US visa) | ||
| 2019 | September | 15 | Dallas | The Church | USA | w. Aesthetic Perfection, Empathy Test, Lazerpunk | ||
| 2019 | September | 18 | Baltimore | Soundstage | USA | w. Test Dept | ||
| 2019 | September | 19 | Brooklyn | Bazaar | USA | w. Test Dept, Anatomy | ||
| 2019 | September | 20 | Detroit | Leland City Club | USA | w. Fluxion A/D vs Veldt | ||
| 2019 | September | 21 | Chicago | Metro 👍🏼 | USA | (Festival) | -- ELLARD & LAWLER OUT -- Last Show |
In case not obvious – 🪣means it was horrible and 👍🏼means there was something good about it.
It’s about time for another Europe Tour, including the Netherlands. Just played Halo and your music is timeless!
And very much appreciated in the Netherlands, I can tell you.
Cheers, Robert
I am sorry but the band has retired. There is a possible retrospective performance (which we call a ‘séance’) in planning but we all have new plans and activities. Cheers.
It is not permitted that the last Severed Heads show was played in Chicago.
1990 March 29 Atlanta The Masquerade
Damn. There it is. I think of Michelle quite a lot lately.
Hi Tom, definitely saw Severed Heads play at Newcastle University (Bar On The Hill) around 1992-1994. Spoke with you after gig. Twister EP was released, but not sure if DEO Re-opened was out at the time. Can’t see this gig in the list. Mybe you can pin down the date. (One of the supports was a heavy noise band Nasenbluten.)
Been a SH fan since early 80s. Still listening! Thanks for all you did mate.
Michael
Sorry for late reply, saw this and had to go off to other things. Yes I vaguely remember this gig but I am terrible at details. I will put it in there thank you very much!
Just noticed this is absent from the list – a show in Boston during the 1990 Rotund tour (apparently 6th April at The Axis). Boston referenced during the Beatles encore.
https://archive.org/details/severed-heads-axis-boston-ma-1990-04-06
Always remember seeing the video for pilot in hell late at night (on rage from memory ?)when I was studying for uni at the time. Presumed the song was about the gulf war at the time. Cool sound and graphics ahead of its tine!