The Get Fucked Concert

**The Get Fucked Concert** was the debut (and farewell) performance by This Is Serious Mum, on 6 December 1983 at the Duncan Mackinnon Reserve Pavilion in Murrumbeena, Victoria. It was the band's first (and, ostensibly, last) public appearance, having previously recorded a number of home demo tapes since forming 12 months prior.

Personalized invitations to the show were typed and printed on a Commodore computer and sent to selected recipients, signed by various fictional figures (such as "Boy of George"). The invitation described the concert simultaneously as TISM's debut and farewell.

The band's costumes for the show were designed by a girlfriend of one of the members, who was studying fashion design. The costumes were made out of newspaper, and featured tall conical Klan-style hoods, similar to costumes worn by American experimental group The Residents in their 1977 short film *The Third Reich 'n Roll*.

Early member Genre B. Goode left the band shortly before the performance, claiming that the band had sold out; he would nevertheless continue to contribute to TISM lyrically and thematically. In 1995 they would name their vanity label after him.

Footage of "The Art/Income Dialectic" from the Get Fucked Concert was featured on the second DVD included with *The White Albun* in 2004. The PA system was shut off within seconds of the band beginning "Kill Americans".

The show was deemed "an artistic and commercial failure" and, "flushed with their achievement", TISM promptly broke up. Despite the chaotic nature of the performance, however, one attendee remembered it as "a fun night", without any indication of "what a cult sensation they ended up being".

TISM regrouped in February 1984, returning to bedroom recordings and briefly experimenting with industrial/dark ambient music. They would not return to live performance for eighteen months. Despite their later success, TISM have always insisted that they officially broke up following the Get Fucked Concert, and that every one of their live shows since should be considered a "reunion" performance.

## Partial set list

* Kill Americans
	+ PA system was cut off "within seconds"
* The Art/Income Dialectic

## Personnel

* Ron Hitler-Barassi – vocals
* Humphrey B. Flaubert – percussion, drum machine, vocals
* Eugene de la Hot-Croix Bun – keyboards
* Jock Cheese – bass guitar
* Leak Van Vlalen – guitar
* Les Miserables – vocals

## An invitation

Dear (name),

We would like to call to your attention the genesis of a revolutionary new synthesis of art, music and self-abuse. I refer, of course, to the world wide premiere of *This Is Serious Mum*, who are playing their farewell gig at Duncan McKinnon Hall, at the corner of Murrumbeena and North Roads, Chadstone. The band members have decided, because of the importance that this event holds in their hearts, to title this performance the **"Get Fucked Concert".**

We feel obliged to relieve you of any misconceptions you may have formed regarding this event. Let us say most emphatically that any anticipation of enjoyment, happiness or the fulfillment of sexual desire with members of the opposite sex is most disasterously misplaced. Frankly (name), and we mean this most sincerely, attendance at the **Get Fucked Concert** cannot be seen in any way consistent with the enhancement of your general well being, no matter how one defines "epistomology".

The **Get Fucked Concert** will be commencing at 7:30pm, on Tuesday the 6th of December, 1983.

Food and drink will be provided by you.

Yours in intense animosity,

(signature)

*This Is Serious Mum*

P.S. My dad is better than your dad.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "1983.12.06: Duncan McKinnon Hall, Murrumbeena", TISM Archive, 2010
2. ↑ "Genre b.goode" at Academic.com
3. ↑ "The History of TISM: 1982", tism.wanker.com, 1998
4. ↑ "The History of TISM: 1985", tism.wanker.com, 1998