current_members website associated_acts years_active label article_title background genre origin name
kirk portas brandon stan stammers john lennard mike kelly adrian -lsb- http://www.kirkbrandon.com/ kirkbrandon.com -rsb- the walking , kirk brandon 's 10:51 , plastic eaters , pack the cult , crazy pink revolvers , the straps , , crisis , epileptics spear of destiny , dead men 1980 , 2005 -- 2012 -- 1983 , 1991 , 1993 -- 1995 burning rome records mau mau/demon records original masters/snapper music theatre of hate
 group_or_band post-punk , gothic rock london , united kingdom theatre of hate
theatre of hate

theatre of hate were a post-punk band formed in britain in 1980 .
led by singer-songwriter and ex-member of punk band the pack , kirk brandon , the original group also consisted of guitarist steve guthrie , bassist stan stammers -lrb- the straps/epileptics -rrb- , saxophonist john lennard and drummer luke rendle from crisis/the straps .
