Note: Dates with a checkmark in the right column contain additional details.

Information, setlists and accounts of many of the early entries was provided by a gentleman named Andreas Vondran who attended a number of shows throughout western Europe in the early-to-mid 1990s.

Additionally, large chunks of this info was from decades ago and any errors may have populated the Internet since.

Paul Neville often appeared with the band to play songs from side B of Streetcleaner. This would be Devastator / Mighty Trust Krusher, Life Is Easy, the title track and Locust Furnace. While he likely played on many of the early shows, ones which are verified contain an * beside the track title.

The earliest known Godflesh show, this was from within a year of the band's inception. Several of the songs were old Fall Of Because tracks and a pair would later be recorded on the Tiny Tears EP (and subsequently tacked onto Streetcleaner). The audio linked below shows both how raw the early band sounded and just how far their sound had progressed, even in such a brief time.

[YouTube link is audio only (but well worth the listen!)]

1. Wound
2. Avalanche Master Song
3. Veins
4. Godhead
5. Tiny Tears
6. Spinebender
7. Weak Flesh

1. Ice Nerveshatter
2. Tiny Tears
3. Avalanche Master Song
4. My Own Light
5. Spinebender
6. Veins
7. Weak Flesh
8. Head Dirt

A video bootleg of this show exists

The band supported Prong for two nights, the 23rd and 24th of January.

The band supported Prong for two nights, the 23rd and 24th of January. An audio bootleg of this show exists

An audio bootleg of this show exists

This is an audio-only YouTube video and suffers from some phase effect. However, it's a great representation of 1989 Godflesh.

1. Veins
2. Tiny Tears
3. Dream Long Dead
4. Like Rats
5. Weak Flesh
6. Christbait Rising

An audio bootleg of this show exists

Lyrics to Christbait Rising are quite different: jumbled up and likely improvised.

Audio Download [256kbps MP3 : 53Mb]

An audio-only YouTube video contains the same show, restored & remastered in the spring of 2022. The quality is much higher than the audio files above. This lists the date as 8 May (instead of American 5 August) which is what I've had listed for years.

1. Wound
2. Veins
3. Christbait Rising
4. Tiny Tears
5. Weak Flesh
6. Avalanche Master Song

An audio bootleg of this show exists

Supporting Loop. World Domination Enterprises also played this evening.

1. Love Is A Dog From Hell
2. Like Rats
3. Veins
4. Avalanche Master Song
5. Tiny Tears
6. Streetcleaner
7. Locust Furnace

This was the Technotone Festival in the winter of 1990.

1. Streetcleaner 2 (tape)
2. Streetcleaner
3. Mighty Trust Krusher
4. Locust Furnace
5. Like Rats
6. Avalanche Master Song
7. Veins
8. Wound
9. Weak Flesh
10. Headdirt
11. E: Tiny Tears
12. E: Christbait Rising
13. E: Love Is A Dog From Hell

"Unfortunately I was not mad about Godflesh at this time, otherwise I would have seen this festival. I do not know which other bands played this night, but Godflesh was headlining and played last and a full gig. It's the only gig I know with Streetcleaner 2 as intro and where they started with the songs where Paul appeared playing second guitar. The crowd was wild and they played a lot of encores what is quite unusual."

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1. Like Rats
2. Christbait Rising
3. Avalanche Master Song
4. Veins
5. Wound
6. Tiny Tears
7. Weak Flesh
8. Streetcleaner
9. Life Is Easy
10. Mighty Trust Krusher
11. Locust Furnace
12. Ice Nerveshatter
13. Headdirt
14. Love Is A Dog From Hell

Show also featured Bastard Kestrel (UK) and Treponem Pal

Like most other shows of the time, Paul Neville appeared to play the final three songs (denoted by *).

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1. Love Is A Dog From Hell
2. Like Rats
3. Christbait Rising
4. Veins
5. Avalanche Master Song
6. Tiny Tears
7. Streetcleaner (*)
8. Life Is Easy (*)
9. Locust Furnace (*)

1. Love Is A Dog From Hell
2. Like Rats
3. Christbait Rising
4. Veins
5. Avalanche Master Song
6. Tiny Tears
7. Weak Flesh
8. Streetcleaner (*)
9. Mighty Trust Krusher (*)
10. Locust Furnace (*)
11. E: Headdirt

My first Godflesh-Live-experience, and the beginning of my addiction. They started very late after two boring support bands I don't remember. After 5 minutes of Love Is A Dog From Hell, Justin's PA crashed and Ben finished the song as a bass solo with the drum machine in the background. It took 20 minutes to continue and therefore the gig finished very late. Even today (after about 20 times I saw them live) it was one of their best shows.

Paul Neville jumped on the stage for playing Streetcleaner, Mighty Trust Krusher and Locust Furnace with them. So it was in all other shows.

In November 1990 they made a little tour and I spent a few days of holidays to participate.

1. Wound
2. Veins
3. Christbait Rising
4. Tiny Tears
5. Weak Flesh
6. Avalanche Master Song

Terminal Cheesecake and Long Cold Stare played alongside Godflesh on tonight's bill. Justin began by chanting into the microphone, something he'd revisit in 1991.

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1. Love Is A Dog From Hell

Though sporadic dates existed across Europe between 1988 and early 1990, this appears to be one of the first full tours by the band. There were certainly other dates, but I can only fully verify Belgian and German dates with a London show a month prior. I've seen several Dutch dates as well that fit the timeline, but I have no full verification for those.

Godflesh opened up for Nirvana this evening with L7 also performing. Historically, it was thought that the cover to the Slateman single was photographed this evening, however, that was discovered not to be true. See the London Astoria 1991 date below for more.

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1. Christbait Rising
2. ???

I cannot verify this date.

Reportedly the Frysk Pop Festival 1990. I cannot verify this date.

1. Love Is A Dog From Hell
2. Like Rats
3. Christbait Rising
4. Spinebender
5. Veins
6. Suction
7. Streetcleaner
8. Life Is Easy
9. Mighty Trust Krusher
10. Locust Furnace
11. E: Avalanche Master Song
12. E: Headdirt

The show in Gent was the most successful I saw. The gig was completely sold out and the crowd was incredibly wild, even two hours after the show they hammered on the ground. I was surprised they played Spinebender and Life Is Easy. And really, it was the only gig ever they played Life Is Easy. Before the show a friend of mine and myself did an interview with Justin. It is on the tape as well. By the way the show was opened by Helios Creed.

1. Love Is A Dog From Hell
2. Like Rats
3. Christbait Rising
4. Wound
5. Spinebender
6. Weak Flesh
7. Mighty Trust Krusher
8. Locust Furnace
9. E: Head Dirt

The show in Geel in the Campus room of the university was opened by two terrible BE metal-bands, the setlist was quite similar, except Life Is Easy as I mentioned before, but they played Weak Flesh that night. The audience was stunned by the violent sound and seemed not very excited but Godflesh sold more T-shirts than ever, strange people.

1. Love Is A Dog From Hell
2. Like Rats
3. Christbait Rising
4. Dream Long Dead
5. Suction
6. Streetcleaner
7. Locust Furnace

The show in Cologne was a sole scandal. They had to play with the awful old-men-band Lurkers. When they had signed, Godflesh were convinced that Lurkers was the support band, because in England only two people would come to a Lurkers show, they are not popular any longer. The club was almost sold out and Godflesh had to support Lurkers, unbelievable but true.

There was a fight between the people shouting for Lurkers to start, and the Godflesh fans. Godflesh only were allowed to play 35 minutes because they were afraid that Godflesh would blast off the brains of the people. In addition to that the club's staff treated Godflesh in an unacceptable way (no drinks, only a small room). Therefore they decided that they would never play in this club again. A popular joke was: "why nobody would like to have Godflesh as a support band? Because you would sound like a children-pop-band afterwards.

Dream Long Dead was our request we told Justin before. He said that they hadn't played it for a long time, but they did as a sign of "thank you for your company during the tour". Even an encore was not allowed, what a mess. I'm sure you can ask them about this story because they will never forget it. When I spoke to Justin and Benny in 1995 after the show in Essen, they still laughed about this event.

1. Love Is A Dog From Hell
2. Like Rats
3. Christbait Rising
4. Veins
5. Wound
6. Streetcleaner
7. Mighty Trust Krusher
8. Locust Furnace
9. E: Spinebender
10. E: Weak Flesh

Almost the tour ended on this day. On their way to Liege they drove to Holland for buying some hash. Unfortunately they were checked at the border, but they were lucky, the police couldn't find anything although using dogs. I didn't see the local BE bands opened that night. The show was nothing special and only a small crowd.

The final date of the autumn 1990 tour. This may have been the last show to feature Paul Neville, at least for some time.

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Credit to Stan Verbeken via facebook

1. Like Rats
2. Christbait Rising
3. Wound
4. Veins
5. Spinebender
6. Avalanche Master Song
7. Weak Flesh
8. Streetcleaner
9. Mighty Trust Krusher
10. Locust Furnace
11. E: Ice Nerveshatter
12. E: Pulp

The last show was something special. They told us before that it will be the last time playing the old Godflesh/Streetcleaner-songs. They played it for years and it was enough, Justin said. We were interested to hear the songs we hadn't heard and shouted a lot of requests. And they did: the encores were Ice Nerveshatter and an incredible noisy 20 minutes-version of Pulp (with Paul Neville), but they didn't play Love Is A Dog From Hell.

One year later the next tour with Robert instead of Paul Neville. Also there was no drum machine anymore but they used a DAT-Recorder for drums and samples. I did not enjoy the tour that much. They were very limited by the DAT-machine and played the same songs in the same order almost every show, while on the last tour I had admired their flexibility. And: I did not like the Robert's style of playing guitar. It sounds really like an errant Loop-Guitar and it bothered the Godflesh sound. They sounded less noisy and less straight.

Show alongside Revolting Cocks and Bomb. This was the date that the cover of the Slateman single was taken. Likely a one-off gig.

Photographer Jason Ashbridge recounts, "I took the photo at a show where the guys supported Revolting Cocks in London; and a damn fine show it was too....Godflesh played 5 new numbers and RevCo ...well, they were fun! Anyways, I took a whole roll of film specifically for the Slateman cover; the intention was to make the cover look like one of those early Mudhoney/Soundgarden type covers...I think it worked."

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The American version of 1989's Grindcrusher tour featured Nocturnus, Godflesh and headliners Napalm Death. This was a lengthy, 50-date tour that covered most of the country. Most of this information was taken from other tour sites and I have only verified segments.

Godflesh didn't make the first show of the tour due to immigration issues. They would be plagued with similar problems on their next American tour the following year.

The band's first American date was in Brooklyn and the boys walked off the stage after just three songs. Justin recalled, "We didn't have the right gear. We couldn't get our tones or sounds." with Ben adding, "We had no sound check."

[full 1996 interview here]

This evening's event took place within a month of the Los Angeles riots after the beating of Rodney King in early March 1991. Reportedly 4,000 people showed up to the venue and gang presence was pronounced. During Napalm Death's set, several people had been stabbed one of whom later died.

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Setlist

1. Love Is A Dog From Hell
2. Like Rats
3. Christbait Rising
4. Veins
5. Streetcleaner (*)

The final night of the tour. Justin begins with a chant of, "Flesh!" before proceeding with a very energetic show - a highlight of the '91 tour.

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[Just one track available on YouTube currently: Streetcleaner]

Setlist (incomplete?)

1. Love Is A Dog From Hell
2. Like Rats
3. Christbait Rising
4. Streetcleaner

The first shows featuring Robert Hampson.

One of very few four-piece dates featuring Robert Hampson on guitar and Mick Harris on drums. While Harris played with the band in several instances, I believe they only played four shows as a four-piece during this era. I may be mistaken.

Cable Regime and Fudgetunnel opened on this evening.

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[Note: YouTube link is audio only]

Setlist

1. Slateman
2. Slavestate
3. Meltdown
4. Perfect Skin
5. Someone Somewhere Scorned
6. Spite
7. Cold World
8. Don't Bring Me Flowers

With Mick Harris and Robert Hampson. See 10 October, 1991 for more.

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Setlist (Same as the prior night)

1. Slateman
2. Slavestate
3. Meltdown
4. Perfect Skin
5. Someone Somewhere Scorned
6. Spite
7. Cold World
8. Don't Bring Me Flowers

1. Slateman
2. Slavestate
3. Meltdown
4. Someone Somewhere Scorned
5. Spite
6. Cold World
7. I Wasn't Born To Follow
8. E: Love is a Dog from Hell

Review (by Andreas Vondran)

Note: As promised they did not play any songs from the albums Godflesh and Streetcleaner but the new Slavestate stuff. At this time neither Pure nor Cold World were released, therefore it was exciting to hear new songs first live (Don't Bring Me Flowers, Spite, Cold World, I Wasn't Born To Follow). Of course, I was happy they played my all-time-favourite Love Is A Dog From Hell as an encore and in a special version which was much slower than the original.

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Setlist

1. Slateman
2. Slavestate
3. Meltdown
4. Don't Bring Me Flowers
5. Someone Somewhere Scorned
6. Spite
7. Cold World
8. I Wasn't Born To Follow
9. Love Is A Dog From Hell

Most of this European trek featured the same setlist. An audio bootleg of this show exists

Setlist

1. Slateman
2. Slavestate
3. Meltdown
4. Don't Bring Me Flowers
5. Someone Somewhere Scorned
6. Spite
7. Cold World
8. I Wasn't Born To Follow
9. Love Is A Dog From Hell

This is the same setlist as four days prior.

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Audio Download [192kbps MP3 : 109mb]

Setlist

1. Slateman
2. Slavestate
3. Meltdown
4. Don't Bring Me Flowers
5. Someone Somewhere Scorned
6. Spite
7. Cold World
8. I Wasn't Born To Follow
9. Love Is A Dog From Hell

This is the same setlist as the prior days.

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Audio Download [192kbps MP3 : 109mb]

Setlist

1. Slateman
2. Slavestate
3. Meltdown
4. Don't Bring Me Flowers
5. Someone Somewhere Scorned
6. Spite
7. Cold World
8. I Wasn't Born To Follow
9. Perfect Skin
10. Love Is A Dog From Hell

Review (by Andreas Vondran)

It was the first and last time I heard Perfect Skin live, therefore at least something special in this show.

Only four months later, there was already the next tour. Pure was released in the meantime, Cold World was not, but they did not play it on this tour, remarkable. They lost some credit again because of the disturbing guitar of Robert. This was not only my opinion.

Pure came out in mid-April and this European tour happened in the weeks leading up to that release. Robert Hampson would play with the band throughout this tour. The band supported Prong in the UK but were supported by other local bands throughout other countries. A full list of dates is unknown, and here only the verified dates are listed.

Supporting Prong. Robert Hampson performed with the band this evening.

[YouTube link is audio only]

1. Pure
2. Mothra
3. Slavestate
4. Spite
5. Predominance
6. Someone Somewhere Scorned
7. I Wasn't Born To Follow
8. Slateman
9. Like Rats

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Poster courtesy of Mark Kammerbauer via Facebook

Poster courtesy of Mark Kammerbauer via Facebook

1. Slateman
2. Pure
3. Mothra
4. Slavestate
5. Spite
6. Predominance
7. Someone Somewhere Scorned
8. I Wasn't Born To Follow
9. E: Like Rats
10. E: Love Is A Dog From Hell

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Poster courtesy of Mark Kammerbauer via Facebook

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Poster courtesy of Mark Kammerbauer via Facebook

1. Slateman
2. Pure
3. Mothra
4. Slavestate
5. Spite
6. Predominance
7. Someone Somewhere Scorned
8. I Wasn't Born To Follow
9. E: Like Rats
10. E: Love Is A Dog From Hell

In comparison to the last tour they added Pure, Mothra, and Predominance. And we were of course stunned to hear an old song: Like Rats was first encore, also in a slow-motion version.

(My notes)
Andreas had a bit of luck getting to see LIADFH so frequently. Most of the shows in early 1992 had the same setlist, with only minor variances. See his notes from the 26th of November 1990 for some details regarding those changes.

1. Slateman
2. Pure
3. Mothra
4. Slavestate
5. Spite
6. Predominance
7. Someone Somewhere Scorned
8. I Wasn't Born To Follow
9. E: Like Rats
10. E: Love Is A Dog From Hell

What a shame, one of two shows I was present but no tape. We did not realize that our machine was damaged. We had recorded but nothing was on the tape.

(My notes)
The setlist is presumably the same, though it is not verified as such.

1. Slateman
2. Pure
3. Mothra
4. Slavestate
5. Spite
6. Predominance
7. Don't Bring Me Flowers
8. Someone Somewhere Scorned
9. I Wasn't Born To Follow
10. Perfect Skin
11. Meltdown
12. E: Like Rats

1. Slateman
2. Pure
3. Mothra
4. Slavestate
5. Spite
6. Predominance
7. Someone Somewhere Scorned
8. Don't Bring Me Flowers
9. I Wasn't Born To Follow
10. E: Like Rats
11. E: Love Is A Dog From Hell

One more song this night: Don't Bring Me Flowers. The show was opened by the local band called Deinum but as usual I did not pay attention because most support bands are boring and this one was definitely.

Robert Hampson played with the band this evening and all was new material. They reportedly played Like Rats as well as a final encore, but that's not shown on the video provided below.

1. Slateman
2. Pure
3. Mothra
4. Slavestate
5. Spite
6. Predominance
7. Someone Somewhere Scorned
8. I Wasn't Born To Follow
9. Meltdown

Something special, they played Meltdown instead of Love Is A Dog From Hell.

1. Slateman
2. Pure
3. Mothra
4. Don't Bring Me Flowers
5. Slavestate
6. Spite
7. Predominance
8. Someone Somewhere Scorned
9. I Wasn't Born To Follow
10. E: Like Rats
11. E: Love Is A Dog From Hell

The video linked below only contains eight songs and doesn't feature any encore.

1. Slateman
2. Pure
3. Mothra
4. Slavestate
5. Spite
6. Predominance
7. Don't Bring Me Flowers
8. I Wasn't Born To Follow

Godflesh's second American tour was opening for Skinny Puppy, a great opportunity for the band. Unfortunately, due to visa issues, the band missed about half of the east-coast dates before finishing up the tour. Afterwards, the band did seven headline shows, mostly as make-up dates.

Unfortunately, ironing out full details about those shows is difficult and for now, this list is incomplete. In fact, it only contains the headlining dates so far.

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Setlist

1. Pure
2. Slavestate
3. Mothra
4. Monotremata
5. Spite
6. Slateman
7. Like Rats

The final song, Predominance was followed by over 10 minutes of feedback and loops performed by Justin alone on stage.

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Setlist

1. Slateman
2. Nihil
3. Pure
4. Slavestate
5. Mothra
6. Monotremata
7. Spite
8. Like Rats
9. Someone Somewhere Scorned
10. Predominance

Very few shows are known after the American jaunt.

The band played slower renditions of Devastator and Avalanche Master Song.

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1. Devastator
2. Avalanche Master Song
3. Nihil
4. Pure
5. Slavestate
6. Mothra
7. Monotremata
8. Spite
9. Cold World

One of very few known dates from 1993, support was provided by Tryptych.

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Credit to Stan Verbeken via facebook

Setlist unknown

The only known date from 1993, this featured the slow rendition of Devastator.

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Unfortunately, a video upload of this show has been removed from YouTube.

Setlist

1. Devastator
2. Nihil
3. Pure
4. Slavestate
5. Mothra
6. Monotremata
7. Spite
8. Slateman
9. Like Rats