As promised, Sirius XM’s classic-alternative hub 1st Wave celebrated Halloween on Sunday by devoting half the day to a hugely expanded 12-hour version of its weekly “Dark Wave” show. All in all, it was a nice spin on the usual 1st Wave formula, although less wide-ranging than a typical “Dark Wave” show (where was the industrial music usually featured?) and a bit on the repetitious side.
Case in point: Artists such as Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Sisters of Mercy were played seven or eight times — and individual tracks like Ministry’s “Everyday is Halloween,” Bauhaus’ “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” and Concrete Blonde’s “Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)” each were aired three separate times over the course of the show.
Below, you’ll find our best stab at the 12-hour playlist, assembled from a couple different sources and from a good chunk of time spent listening today. It’s probably still missing a few tracks, and a couple things may be out of order — but it’s a near-complete rundown.
“Dark Wave” usually airs Sundays from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Eastern/7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Pacific.
See full ‘Dark Wave’ playlist after the jump…
Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave,” 10/31/10
HOUR 1
Ministry, “Everyday is Halloween”
Joy Division, “Disorder”
The Smiths, “The Queen is Dead”
The Sisters of Mercy, “1969”
The Sugarcubes, “Hit”
Death Cult, “Too Young”
Depeche Mode, “Leave in Silence”
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Halloween”
The Mission U.K., “Tower of Strength”
Cocteau Twins, “Carolyn’s Fingers”
Human League, “The Lebanon”
The Cure, “Charlotte Sometimes”
Killing Joke, “Adorations”
Love and Rockets, “Sweet F.A.”
HOUR 2
Bauhaus, “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” (Live)
Damned, “In Dulce Decorum”
New Order, “1963”
Yaz, “Ode to Boy”
Lords of the New Church, “Russian Roulette”
David Bowie, “Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)”
Iggy Pop, “The Passenger”
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Never Stop”
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Slowdive”
The Smiths, “Rubber Ring”
The Mission U.K., “Serpents Kiss”
The Sisters of Mercy, “Driven Like Snow”
HOUR 3
Oingo Boingo, “Dead Man’s Party”
Human League, “Seconds”
Depeche Mode, “Fly on the Windscreen”
The Cure, “Play for Today”
Visage, “Fade to Grey”
New Order, “Procession”
Love and Rockets, “An American Dream”
Public Image Ltd., “Disappointed”
Bauhaus, “Black Stone Heart”
Joy Division, “Isolation”
Death Cult, “God’s Zoo (These Times)”
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “This Wheel’s on Fire”
HOUR 4
R.E.M., “I Walked with a Zombie”
Stranglers, “Always the Sun”
Damned, “I Just Can’t Be Happy Today”
The Smiths, “Girlfriend in a Coma”
Clan of Xymox, “A Day” (Remix)
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Just Like Honey”
Concrete Blonde, “Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)”
Psychedelic Furs, “Dumb Waiters”
My Bloody Valentine, “Only Shallow”
Cult Hero, “I Dig You”
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Bring on the Dancing Horses” (Extended Mix)
The Cure, “Closedown”
Love and Rockets, “Love Me”
HOUR 5
Depeche Mode, “Black Celebration”
The Specials, “Ghost Town”
Kate Bush, “Running Up That Hill”
The Chameleons, “Up the Down Escalator”
Tourists, “Blind Among the Flowers”
The The, “Infected”
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Halloween”
Damned, “Grimly Fiendish”
The Mission U.K., “Wishing Well”
The Sisters of Mercy, “More”
Ministry, “Work for Love”
Psychedelic Furs, “Imitation of Christ”
Killing Joke, “Multitudes”
HOUR 6
Bauhaus, “Bela Lugosi’s Dead”
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, “The Mercy Seat”
The Cure, “Prayers for Rain”
Depeche Mode, “I Feel You” (Throb Mix)
Public Image Ltd., “Home”
Joy Division, “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
Ministry, “Everyday is Halloween”
The Mission U.K., “Deliverance” (Remix)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Christine”
Death Cult, “With Love”
The Motels, “Turst Me”
HOUR 7
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Rescue”
Julian Cope, “Charlotte Anne”
Screaming Tribesmen, “Date with a Vampire”
Tones on Tail, “Go!”
Cocteau Twins, “The Itchy Glowbo Blow”
Damned, “Alone Again Or”
Love and Rockets, “Holiday on the Moon”
Oingo Boingo, “Dead Man’s Party”
The Smiths, “What Difference Does it Make?”
Tubeway Army, “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?”
The Cure, “A Forest”
Depeche Mode, “But Not Tonight”
The Sisters of Mercy, “Ribbons”
HOUR 8
New Order, “Temptation”
Bauhaus, “Stigmata Martyr”
R.E.M., “I Walked With a Zombie”
Duran Duran, “Lonely in Your Nightmare”
The Cult, “Love Trooper”
Lords of the New Church, “Open Your Eyes”
Iggy Pop, “Nightclubbing”
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Sidewalking”
Echo & The Bunnymen, “The Puppet”
Concrete Blonde, “Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)”
KMFDM, “Split”
Japan, “Visions of China”
Human League, “Louise”
Stewart Copeland and Stan Ridgway, “Don’t Box Me In”
HOUR 9
The Smiths, “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want”
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Halloween”
The Cure, “One More Time”
Depeche Mode, “Shake the Disease”
Tourists, “Circular Fever”
Love and Rockets, “No New Tale to Tell”
Wire, “Ahead”
Ministry, “All Day”
The Cult, “Love”
The Specials, “Ghost Town”
Joy Division, “New Dawn Fades”
Theater of Hate, “Original Sin”
The Sisters of Mercy, “Flood I”
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, “Bring it On”
HOUR 10
David Bowie, “Scary Monsters (and Super Freaks)”
Hilary, “Kinetic”
Human League, “Darkness”
Killing Joke, “Eighties”
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Fear (Of the Unknown)”
The Smiths, “There is a Light That Never Goes Out”
Bauhaus, “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” (Live)
Depeche Mode, “Blasphemous Rumours”
Nine Inch Nails, “Down In It”
The Motels, “Where Do We Go From Here”
Kraftwerk, “The Telephone Call”
New Order, “Ceremony”
Screaming Tribesmen, “Date With a Vampire”
HOUR 11
The Teardrop Explodes, “Reward”
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Reverence”
The Sisters of Mercy, “Dominion/Mother Russia”
Shriekback, “Faded Flowers”
The Church, “Reptile”
Ministry, “Everyday is Halloween”
Love and Rockets, “No Big Deal”
Nitzer Ebb, “Murderous”
The Smiths, “That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore”
Japan, “Quiet Life”
Xymox, “Obsession”
Echo & The Bunnymen, “The Cutter”
HOUR 12
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Halloween”
Depeche Mode, “Strangelove” (Extended Mix)
Joe Strummer, “Love Kills”
The Cure, “Purple Haze”
Cocteau Twins, “Spooning Good Singing Gum”
Concrete Blonde, “Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)”
Ciccone Youth, “Into the Groove(y)”
Joy Division, “She’s Lost Control”
Bauhaus, “Telegram Sam/Ziggy Stardust” (Live)
The Sisters of Mercy, “Walk Away”
The Cult, “Witch” (Full Version)
Public Image Ltd., “Rise”
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I listened to parts of Hours 5 and 6 and was loving it. ESPECIALLY “I Feel You (Throb Mix)”