Welcome to The Lords Of The New Church Live For Today Web Site. The Site is aimed to celebrate The Lords and Stiv Bators, whom, along with Hanoi Rocks and Johnny Thunders, injected a much needed dose of pure Rock'n'Roll into a stagnant music scene.

Simultaneously the site aims to become the definitive archive on Lords material from the period and to contribute to their ongoing legacy. Everyone knows the story and more besides, from the 'classic' lineup of Stiv Bators, Brian James, Dave Tregunna and Nicky Turner setting fire to the tapestry of tedium that was the early '80's, through this era of the bands dissolution in the latter part of the decade, and then the start of the resurrection with Grant Flemming coming in on Bass and Alastair Symons on Second Guitar, finally leading to the Second Coming of The Lords in the late '80's, with Dave Tregunna back in the fold and Danny Fury on Drums. This line up continued until the infamous London Astoria Gig which proved to be The Lords Last Stand on Tuesday, May 2nd 1989, when Stiv sacked the band live on stage.

The Lords themselves left an incendiary path of complete Rock and Roll destruction in their wake, regularly blitzkreiging their way through various cities around the world, and inspiring all who saw them. Sadly, with Stiv's demise on the 3rd of June 1990, the very foundations of Rock'n'Roll were shook to their very core, although there are many of us who'd Like to think he's hopefully now jamming with Razzle, Johnny Thunders, Jerry Nolan and Joey Ramone - I for one will be at that show. Anyone who saw them live knows how good they were, and with the Reissue of their three classic IRS albums on Track Records, never has there been a better time to join the New Church.

Live For Today