Mutant Movement 1981 Special: 45th Anniversary AFTERNOON DJ Set

If

any year epitomises what Mutant Movement is all about, it's 1981. Retro

Alternative classics from Positive Punk to Futurist & New Wave!!!Since

the very first MM in 2017, a huge part of each set list has been around

1981, the year that clubs discovered the synth and even Record Mirror

ran a Futurist chart with input from DJs across the UK including Marten

Read who first played The Human League at The Precinct in 1978 and built

the Leeds scene whilst at Leeds Warehouse.This

is a 7 hour event and as ever with MM sets, it will start off with more

underground tracks so if that's not your bag or you can't last 7 hours,

you can be sure to be there for the climax if you come a little later!Here's how followers voted in two polls of alternative & mainstream to find the best tracks of 1981...1 Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang2 Human League - Sound Of The Crowd3 Visage - Fade To Grey4 Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime5 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Spellbound6 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay7 Kraftwerk - The Model 8 Japan - Quiet Life9 Soft Cell - Bedsitter10 Duran Duran - Planet Earth11 Depeche Mode - New Life12 Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love)13 Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough14 Pete Shelley - Homosapien15 Gen X - Dancing With Myself16 Teardrop Explodes - Reward17 Soft Cell - Memorabilia 18 Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short19 Simple Minds - Love Song20 Soft Cell - Sex Dwarf21 Duran Duran - Girls On Film22 ABC - Tears Are Not Enough23 Cure - Charlotte Sometimes24 Devo - Whip It25 New Order - Ceremony26 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Israel27 Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye28 Soft Cell - Tainted Love29 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Joan Of Arc30 Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink31 Bauhaus - Kick In The Eye32 Cramps - Goo Goo Muck33 Billy Idol - Mony Mony34 David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)35 Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)36 Visage - Visage37 Heaven 17 - Penthouse And Pavement38 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Arabian Knights39 Human League - Don't You Want Me40 Duran Duran - Careless Memories41 Ultravox - All Stood Still42 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Maid Of Orleans43 Human League - Open Your Heart44 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir45 Bauhaus - Passion Of Lovers46 D.A.F. - Der Mussolini47 Kim Wilde - Kids In America48 Specials - Ghost Town49 Visage - Mind Of A Toy50 Ten Pole Tudor - Swords Of A Thousand Men51 Japan - Visions Of China52 Landscape - Einstein A Go-Go53 Simple Minds - American54 Ultravox - The Voice55 Ultravox - Vienna56 New Order - Everything's Gone Green57 Killing Joke - Follow The Leaders58 Kraftwerk - Computer Love59 Jam - That's Entertainment60 Stranglers - Golden Brown61 Adam & The Ants - Stand And Deliver62 Human League - The Things That Dreams Are Made Of63 Heaven 17 - Play To Win64 Depeche Mode - Dreaming Of Me65 Duran Duran - My Own Way66 Motorhead - Ace Of Spades67 Japan - Art Of Parties68 Teardrop Explodes - Treason (It's Just A Story)69 Department S - Is Vic There?70 Soft Cell - Chips On My Shoulder71 Human League - Seconds72 Haircut 100 - Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)73 Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)74 Ultravox - The Thin Wall75 Altered Images - Happy Birthday76 Pigbag - Papa’s Got A Brand New Pig Bag 77 Simple Minds - Sweat In Bullet78 Queen And David Bowie - Under Pressure79 Clash - The Magnificent Seven80 B-Movie - Remembrance Day81 Public Image Ltd - Flowers Of Romance82 Soft Cell - Entertain Me83 Altered Images - I Could Be Happy84 Sisters Of Mercy - Floorshow (Demo)85 Haircut 100 - Love Plus One86 Cramps - The Crusher87 Cure - Primary88 Japan - Cantonese Boy89 Birthday Party - Release The Bats90 Soft Cell - Frustration91 Echo And The Bunnyman - A Promise92 Adam & The Ants - Prince Charming93 Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper94 U2 - Gloria95 New Order - Procession96 Cramps - New Kind Of Kick97 Simple Minds - Celebrate98 Toyah - It's A Mystery99 Blondie - Rapture100 Passions - I'm In Love With A German Film Star101 Gina X Performance - No G.D.M. (Dedicated To Quentin Crisp)102 Joy Division - Dead Souls103 Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed104 Dead Kennedys - Too Drunk To Fuck105 Simple Minds - Theme For Great Cities106 B-52's - Planet Claire Instrumental107 A Flock Of Seagulls - Talking108 Echo And The Bunnyman - Crocodiles109 Depeche Mode - Shout!110 Stray Cats - Rock This Town111 J. Geils Band - Centerfold112 Gary Numan - She's Got Claws113 John Foxx - Europe (After The Rain)114 Fad Gadget - Coitus Interruptus 115 Teardrop Explodes - Passionate Friend116 Kraftwerk - Numbers 117 Toyah - I Want To Be Free118 Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood119 Spandau Ballet - Freeze120 Men At Work - Down Under121 Human League - Hard Times122 Heaven 17 - Let's All Make A Bomb123 Creatures - Mad Eyed Screamer124 Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic125 Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut126 Clash - This Is Radio Clash127 Heaven 17 - Geisha Boys And Temple Girls128 Duran Duran - Anyone Out There129 Gun Club - Sex Beat130 Visage - We Move131 Heaven 17 - I’m Your Money 132 Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight133 Heaven 17 - The Height Of The Fighting134 A Flock Of Seagulls - Telecommunication135 Hazel O'Connor - D-Days136 Kim Wilde - Chequered Love137 Specials - Do Nothing138 Our Daugter's Wedding - Lawnchairs139 Laurie Anderson - O Superman140 Ramones - The KKK Took My Baby Away141 ABBA - Lay All Your Love On Me142 Undertones - It's Going To Happen143 Scritti Politti - The Sweetest Girl144 Adam & The Ants - Ant Rap145 Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love146 XTC - Sgt Rock (Is Going To Help Me)147 Police - Invisible Sun148 Human League - Boys And Girls149 Headgirl (Motorhead & Girlschool) - Please Don't Touch150 Daryl Hall And John Oates - I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)151 Odyssey - Going Back To My Roots152 UB40 - One In Ten153 Thomas Dolby - Europa And The Pirate Twins154 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'N' Roll 155 Journey - Don't Stop Believing156 Police - Spirits In The Material World157 Mobiles - Drowning In Berlin158 Cabaret Voltaire - Seconds Too Late 159 Bauhaus - Hollow Hills160 U2 - Fire161 Toni Basil - Mickey162 Jam - Funeral Pyre163 Shakatak - Easier Said Than Done164 Earth Wind & Fire - Let's Groove165 Imagination - Flashback166 Aneka - Japanese Boy167 Toyah - Thunder In The Mountains168 Dollar - Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour)169 Kid Creole And The Coconuts - I'm A Wonderful Thing (Baby)170 Rainbow - I Surrender171 Imagination - Body Talk172 Classix Nouveaux - Guilty 173 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Monitor174 Coast To Coast - (Do) The Hucklebuck175 Godley And Crème - Under Your Thumb176 New Order - In A Lonely Place177 Yello - Bostich178 Sisters Of Mercy - Adrenochrome (Demo)179 Liaisons Dangereuses - Los Niños Del Parque180 Jam - Absolute Beginners181 Kirsty MacColl - There's A Guy Works Down The Chipshop Swears He's Elvis182 Electric Light Orchestra - Hold On Tight183 Stevie Nicks - Edge Of Seventeen184 Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes185 Meatloaf - Dead Ringer For Love186 Jacksons - Can You Feel It187 Freeez - Southern Freeez188 Dave Stewart With Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party189 Daryl Hall And John Oates - Private Eyes 190 Gary Numan - The Wreckage191 Psychedelic Furs - Dumb Waiters192 Spandau Ballet - Paint Me Down193 Linx - Intuition194 Kim Wilde - Water On Glass195 Boys Town Gang - Can't Take My Eyes Off You196 Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic197 Stray Cats - Runaway Boys198 REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You199 Roxy Music - Jealous Guy200 Chameleons - Here Today201 R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe202 Fad Gadget - Swallow It203 Kate Bush - Sat In Your Lap204 Whispers - It's A Love Thing205 Klaus Nomi - You Don't Own Me206 Depeche Mode - I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead207 Lene Lovich - New Toy 208 Madness - It Must Be Love209 Jon And Vangelis - I'll Find My Way Home210 AC/DC - For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) 211 Bow Wow Wow - W.O.R.K. (N.O. Nah No! No! My Daddy Don't)212 Dexy's Midnight Runners - Show Me213 Sugarhill Gang - Apache214 Bucks Fizz - The Land Of Make Believe215 Birthday Party - Zoo-Music Girl216 Animal Magnet - Welcome To The Monkey House217 Cramps - Green Fuz218 Magazine - About The Weather 219 Rod Stewart - Young Turks220 Bad Manners - Just A Feeling221 Junior Giscombe - Mama Used To Say222 Squeeze - Is That Love223 Phil Lynott - Yellow Pearl224 Birthday Party - Nick The Stripper225 B-Movie - Marilyn Dreams226 Danse Society - Clock227 Dead Or Alive - Number Eleven228 Fashion - Mutant Move229 Eurythmics - Never Gonna Cry Again230 Ronny - If You Want Me To Stay 231 Phil Collins - I Missed Again232 Sheena Easton - For Your Eyes Only233 Police - De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da234 Rolling Stones - Start Me Up235 Luther Vandross - Never Too Much 236 Associates - Kitchen Person237 Grandmaster Flash - Adventures On The Wheels Of Steel238 Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up239 Ottawan - Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)240 Prince - Controversy 241 D Train - You're The One For Me242 Madness - Shut Up243 Dexy's Midnight Runners - Plan B244 Brian Eno & David Byrne - The Jezebel Spirit245 Yellow Magic Orchestra - Nice Age246 Nash The Slash - Dead Man’s Curve 247 Exploited - Dead Cities248 Nolans - Attention To Me249 Cliff Richard - Wired For Sound250 Olivia Newton-John - Physical251 Smokey Robinson - Being With You252 Gun Club - For The Love Of Ivy253 D.A.F. - Sex Under Water254 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - It's Nasty (Genius Of Love)255 Bad Manners - Walking In The Sunshine256 Kool And The Gang - Get Down On It257 Fall - Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul258 Bow Wow Wow - Chihuahua259 Shock - Angel Face260 Gang Of Four - To Hell With Poverty261 Xmal Deutschalnd - Schwarze Welt262 Orange Juice - L.O.V.E... Love263 Godley And Crème - Wedding Bells264 Susan Fassbender - Twilight Café265 Genesis - Abacab266 Rhoda with The Special A.K.A. - The Boiler267 Sugar Minott - Good Thing Going (We've Got A Good Thing Going)268 Landscape - European Man 269 Kid Creole And The Coconuts - Me No Pop I270 Blue Rondo A La Turk - Me And Mr Sanchez271 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - Freedom272 Modern Romance - Tonight273 Pretenders - Message Of Love274 Dave Stewart And Colin Bluntstone - What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted275 Linx - So This Is Romance276 Classix Nouveaux - The Robots Dance 277 Vapors - Jimmie Jones278 Church - The Unguarded Moment279 Meteors - Rockabilly Psychosis280 Iggy Pop - Pumpin' For Jill281 Au Pairs - Headache For Michelle282 Gap Band - Burn Rubber On Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)283 Quincy Jones - Ai No Corrida (I-No-Ko-Ree-Da)284 Dire Straits - Tunnel Of Love285 Racey - Runaround Sue286 Level 42 - Love Games287 Dollar - Hand Held In Black And White288 Yarborough And Peoples - Don't Stop The Music289 Vangelis - Chariots Of Fire - Titles290 Polecats - John I'm Only Dancing291 Shakin' Stevens - Green Door292 Cars - Since You're Gone293 Pete Shelley - Witness The Change294 Alan Vega - Jukebox Babe295 A Certain Ratio - Flight 296 Modern English - 16 Days297 Peter Godwin - Torch Songs For The Heroine (Dance Mix)298 Blue Zoo - Love Moves In Strange Ways299 Misfits - Halloween300 Thompson Twins - Animal Laugh (Oumma Aularesso)301 Undertones - When Saturday Comes302 Sharon Redd - Can You Handle It303 Pat Benatar - We Live For Love 304 Robert Palmer - Looking For Clues305 Modern Romance - Everybody Salsa306 Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice307 Was (Not Was) - Out Come The Freaks308 Beat - Drowning309 Third World - Dancing On The Floor (Hooked On Love)310 Afrika Bambaataa & The Jazzy 5 - Jazzy Sensation (Bronx Version)311 Wah!-Nah=Poo - Seven Minutes To Midnight312 Spandau Ballet - Glow313 Theatre Of Hate - Rebel Without A Brain314 Comsat Angels - Our Secret315 Fire Engines - Candyskin316 Burundi Black - Burundi Black 317 Divine - Born To Be Cheap318 Look - I Am The Beat319 INXS - Stay Young320 Evelyn 'Champagne' King - I'm In Love321 Grace Jones - Demolition Man 322 Dennis Waterman - I Could Be So Good For You323 Starsound - Stars On 45324 Whitesnake - Don't Break My Heart Again325 Beat - Doors Of Your Heart326 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Birthday Party327 Barry Manilow - Bermuda Triangle328 ESG - Moody329 Bill Nelson - Living In My Limousine330 Berlin Blondes - Framework 331 Virgin Prunes - Seven Bastard Suck332 Shock - R.E.R.B. 333 Chris & Cosey - Put Yourself In Los Angeles334 Artery - Into The Garden335 Modern Eon - Euthenics 336 Telex - Brainwash337 General Saint & Clint Eastwood - Another One Bites The Dust338 Beggar And Co - (Somebody) Help Me Out339 Shalamar - Make That Move340 Oingo Boingo - Little Girls341 Iron Maiden - Wrathchild342 Tight Fit - Back To The Sixties343 Change - The End 344 Shakin' Stevens - This Ole House345 Coast To Coast - Let's Jump The Broomstick346 Higsons - I Don't Want To Live With Monkeys347 Matt Johnson - Song Without An Ending348 Sound - Sense Of Purpose (What Are We Going To Do)349 News - A World Without Love350 Front 242 - Principles351 Music For Pleasure - Debris 352 Mood - Is There A Reason353 Jets - Yes Tonight Josephine354 Harry Thumann - Underwater 355 New Musik - The Planet Doesn't Mind356 Kool And The Gang - Steppin' Out357 Patrick Cowley - Megatron Man358 Ellie Warren - I Was Made For Loving You359 Belle Stars - Hiawatha360 Eddy Grant - Can't Get Enough Of You361 Shakin' Stevens - You Drive Me Crazy362 Dave Edmunds & The Stray Cats - The Race Is On363 Mötley Crüe - Stick To Your Guns364 J. Walter Negro And The Loose Jointz - Shoot The Pump365 Funkadelic - Shockwaves366 Defunkt - Razor's Edge367 James Brown - Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses?)368 Gillan - New Orleans369 Aretha Franklin - I Can’t Turn You Loose 370 Alice Cooper - Clones 371 Jacksons - Walk Right Now372 Heatwave - Gangsters Of The Groove373 Quarks - Mechanical374 Bikini Atoll - Russian Doll375 Stranglers - Let Me Introduce You To The FamilyDoors 3pm on Saturday 24th October 2026 at The Backroom, LeedsIn

the event of this gig being rescheduled or cancelled, the choice of

keeping tickets for a future date or a refund would be offered. Age

restriction strictly over 18s, refunds will not be issued for tickets

bought in error.