Fear of God fans alike will know that it's fiendishly difficult to get your hands on rare live material, or even demos. Below is a list of stuff that is available, to my knowledge. If you have something that you'd like to make available to fellow fans, email me so it can be added to the list. Please specify clearly if you'd like people to contact you for swaps. In that case (and in that case only) I will include your email address too. Please try to provide the same information as that is included in the entries below (venue, location, date, medium, quality, length).
Demo 1985: Audio tape, probably second generation, good quality, 10 minutes, webmaster
Rehearsal Tape #1, 1985: Audio tape, probably second generation, reasonable quality, 30 minutes, webmaster
Rehearsal Tape #2, 1985: Audio tape, probably second generation, reasonable quality, 30 minutes, webmaster
Los Angeles, USA (12 May 1985): audio tape, second rate quality (6 out of 10), 22 minutes, h.andrae@gmx.de
Set list "Shattered Illusions", "Blood I Bleed", "Vultures In The Sky", "Losers", "Holy War", "Widows Walk".
Demo, year unknown: audio tape (probably second generation), 10 minutes, webmaster
This is a demo with Mike, featuring "Diseased" and "All that Remains". Some of the riffs are different, and "All that Remains" starts off like it did on later live performances, not slowly like on "Within the Veil". This is the demo that got the band signed to Warner Brothers. The date is probably 1989, 1990, but I am quite uncertain as to which demo mentioned in the discography this is.
Washington Square, Miami, Florida, US (20 June 1991): audio tape, 15 minutes, good quality (I'd say 8 out of 10), webmaster
Set list "All that Remains", "Love's Death", "Diseased", "Red to Grey" (cut off in the middle). A longer version of this exists as well, featuring the extra tracks "Emily", "Wasted Time", "Betrayed" and "Drift". Quality of that longer one is abysmal. I don't have it myself.
Country Club, Reseda, California, US (June 1991): audio tape, 36 minutes, webmaster
This is a pretty bad recording, with quite a bit of flutter (i.e. it seems the tape runs faster and then normal again in sections). In the following set list, the number behind the tracks indicates the number of irritating flutter instances: "All that Remains" (2), "Love's Death" (0), "Diseased" (0), "Red to Grey" (0), "Betrayed" (4), "Coming Down" (0), "Drift" (0). As you see, this tape might be interesting anyway because it's got the non-album track "Coming Down" on it!
"Betrayed" (1991 promo for Within The Veil): video tape (NTSC), 5 minutes, robbit@comcast.net
Rehearsal '91 (late 1991): audio tape, 20 minutes, webmaster
This is a rehearsal that includes only tracks that were intended to end up on the "Beyond the Veil" album that, in the end, was never released. These are not the actual studio recordings of full band without Dawn, rather they're rehearsals with Dawn. Track listing: Unknown track, "Suffering Baby", "Hands in the Dark" (two takes), "One Nation Under Spell" and "The Curse". "The Curse" is cut before it ends. Apparently this is a flaw on the master tape.
Alcatraz, Gent, Belgium (4 april 1992): audio tape (OK recording, side switch during "Drift", includes soundcheck), 50 minutes, webmaster
Aardschokdag, Rijnhal, Arnhem, Netherlands (April 1992): audio tape, radio recording (perfect, first generation), 30 minutes, webmaster
Demo '92, ? 1992: audio tape (probably second generation), 14 minutes, webmaster
The difference between this demo and the one below is that it's got Douglas Sylvia on drums, instead of John Grden. It's a different recording.
Demo '92, October 1992: audio tape (second generation), 14 minutes, webmaster
"Beyond the Veil" (1993 unreleased promo, low budget but cool): video tapes (NTSC), 4 minutes, robbit@comcast.net
The Loading Zone, Waldorf, Maryland, US (24 March 1993): video tape (NTSC, second generation), 41 minutes, excellent video quality, robbit@comcast.net
Set list "Beyond The Veil", "All That Remains", "Santismo", "Swine Song", "Feed Time", "Blood I Bleed", "Instrumental" and "Will Of Evil"
Studio 1, Newark, New Jersey, US (2 July 1993): video tape (NTSC, second generation), 46 minutes, excellent video quality, boomy audio, robbit@comcast.net
Set list "Beyond The Veil", "All That Remains", "Santismo", "Swine Song", "Feed Time", "U.V.", "Blood I Bleed", "Unknown song" [Rob & Dawn share vocals], "Drift" and "Will Of Evil"
The Wreck Room, Atlanta, Georgia, US (20 August 1993): video tape (NTSC, second generation), about 40 minutes, good video quality, sound is not too good, robbit@comcast.net
Set list: "Beyond The Veil", "All That Remains", "Santismo", "Swine Song", "Feed Time", "U.V." and "Drift"
Fast Lane, Astbury Park, New York, US (1 October 1993): video tape (NTSC, second generation), further details due soon, robbit@comcast.net
"Killing the Pain" demo, 1995: This tape is not included here because it is still officially available. Check out the "CD buying" section for more information.
Allies - Demo 1983: Audio tape, probably second generation, 10 minutes, webmaster
Jakkpot - Memory Lane, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (18 May 1996): video (NTSC, second generation), further details due soon, robbit@comcast.net
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