RIP Richard H Kirk. Your work will go down in history as some of the most influential electronic music of all time.

Rest in peace, Kirky. Man this one hurt. Ground-breaking pioneers. They were making proto-techno in the late 70s/early 80s. I used to LOVE them, they helped me thru a very difficult childhood - wracked with pain, they offered me an oasis of happiness, a sliver of solace. Growing up in the states, I remember the fight, the battle, to try to get our hands on ONE MORE hard to find import 12" single or album of theirs. But u know what? The work that it took made it all the sweeter when we finally got it onto our turntable. Man were those times great. But now, one-by-one, the lights are going out, we are leaving the party. So sad, but those that experienced them will cherish those days in our hearts forever, and sip the memories like fine wine that has aged well. Thanks for all the good times Kirk and Mallinder. Legends.

I have been sending links to my daughter from Cabaret Voltaire, Einstürzende Neubauten, Test Department, Throbbing Gristle and SPK telling her that this is what listening to 80's music means to me. After listening to some of these links I'm sending her, I literally have my heart racing and inspiration surging! This is what I grew up with and was listening to in my teens and twenties....40 years ago! Highly inspirational and influential. Can the world be as sad as it seems?

RIP Richard, spent my youth listening to your music.

35 years on and this song is timeless a true classic .

1:55 can't get any more 80's than that! Great work. Loved them from day one. Sorry to hear Richard passed.

The camera work is mind blowing. How the director did that arc motion just... wow... no drones or GoPros then...

Rest In Peace, Richard. Thanks for the music and the inspiration. You'll be dearly missed and your legacy will live on.

Anyone else think that this single was a forerunner to early Nine Inch Nails?

Timeless song and video -- poetic political art from true artists...

One of the best music vids ever. I remember seeing it at the Exit Club, Chicago when it was new.

The most underrated band of all time. I listen to a lot of 6 music over the years but have never heard the Cabs being played. Why is this? U.S/European industrial, mid/late 80’s Detroit techno, late 80’s bleep techno, ‘rave’, 90’s electronics, 00’s cut up electronics etc: you all owe a debt to Kirk. Rest in bloody peace man: do right, you f**kin did

Rest well Richard H Kirk. I discovered your music when I was a teenager. This song & video blew my mind. It still does. x

Thank you for the sounds Richard

Never heard of these guys or this song before a few years ago. So glad I discovered it and Cabaret Voltaire, such an amazing cool song.

What a tune! Takes me down memory lane every time. Aww. x

Rest in peace to another absolute Sheffield treasure.

Pure fuckin' class from the Cabs.

R.I.P. Richard H. Kirk--yet another recruit for the Heavenly choir.

milestone in electronic music RIP Richard

So sorry to hear of Richard's passing... I still have the EP of this blindingly brilliant track. xxxx

I guess a reverent comment section full of fellow loving fans is the best way to find out about Richard Kirk's passing. Goddamn.

RIP Richard Kirk. Most influential band .

I used to hear that Richard H Kirk would frequent The Green Room on Devonshire Street, Sheffield, and used to go in there in the hopes of running into another local legend (like I did Phil Oakey in Record Collector), but sadly I never did. I'll keep going there though, Richard, even though I'll never get to pass those dreamt-of five minutes with you.

Brilliant. Found this off a playlist of songs Trent Reznor played when he hosted Rage TV and this gives me plenty of Head Like a Hole vibes.

I've been looking for this forever. My heart is happy.

I still love Cabaret Voltaire although how times have changed. Dark industrial space but now a hipster boutique hotel charging £400 a night.

2023 right now and can honestly say this band influenced a lot of what later artists ,I'm proud to be from sheffield ❤

Still got that VHS "Gasoline In Your Eye". Also, the companion double 12" "Drinking Gasoline". Very, very good!!!

Purchased the 12" re-mix when it was released. ON VINYL. Still have it !!!! 👌

Remembering that "Do right...!" phrase brought me here - and the memory of this extraordinary video: that editing, that over-the-top crane shot... and, above all, that weird American gothic preacher man, with his incredible face, and his daughter! What was that all about, and where did that idea come from? And then that dance they do! They resonate somehow, but I'm not sure why. Explanations for the ideas behind this extraordinary visual mash-up welcome! Certainly, a clearly low-budget DIY video that remains very memorable...

Sheffields finest

alternative 80s , glad I was part of it,,

Cabaret Voltaire were always way too good to trouble the pop charts. 🖤 The Cabs

The very Pinnacle of avant funk. I remember reading this video has been installed in the Museum of Modern art in New York, wouldn't surprise me. Has passed the test of time, classic!

RHK will be forever missed.

One of my fave videoes,remembering seeing on some after midnight show back in the day & seeing them for the first time on screen

RIP RHK. Thanks for all the great music x

FANTASTIC! LOVE IT! Pre Art of Noise. Art of Noise was so influenced by this, had to be. I like Caberet Voltaire's very early works, that are strictly instrumental & more experimental. I really didn't think, that anyone remembered this eclectic & obscure era of musical evolution.

We are going to miss you and you music, Richard. It was an honour to have known you.

Top tune... RIP Richard H. Kirk

Great tune. RIP Richard. We'll miss you.

this video can be played perfectly on loop

Brilliant - first saw this on Max headroom show and I have a VHS capture of it. Spent ages trying to figure out what kind of crane they were using to get those shots.

loving the camera work.

Crikey! You know you are old when contemporary musicians are dying. I seem to recall boozing in a pub near West Street in Sheffield sitting next to the Cabs.

80's classic straight out of Sheffield

Iwill always keep coming back to this.

Great stuff. First time I heard/saw this when MTV stil was a music channel with the guts to air this. Still love this, amen. Always... oh bloody hell...

Fantastic Cabaret, I have always loved it. Sensoria yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At the time is was fantastic... and still is. Superb video, sublime song.

Wow, song and video so ahead of their time!!

Rest in peace Richard H. Kirk

RHK. Thanks for the creativity in sound and your dedication for your art. I will continue to enjoy your works. RIP

So great to hear this again!!!

This really takes me back...we must remember to do right ... thank u 🙏🏼 rip indeed

The lead singer was gorgeous!

Rest in Peace Richard.. I'm so sad.

Your spirit lives on. Thanks for stopping by.

Amazing - I won't say more - Amazing is enough!!!

Have just been listening on repeat thru my headphones. Do right.... Ddddd do right always works....

I'm glad to find out the music video is as cool as the song.

RIP RHK

RIP Richard Kirk

You will be missed Richard. RIP

always wanted his German army/Luftwaffe ? jacket. Filmed on what is now Meadowhall shopping centre...M1 Tinsley flyover in background!

still love it!!

RIP Richard...Genius!

R.I.P. Richard H Kirk. A sad loss.

RIP Richard H KIRK.

Classic Cabret Voltaire.

Remember this from Max Headroom

RIP Richard 😞

Stanley Street - party central... everybody who came through that gaff is a legend .

Brill band...RIP Richard

So pleased to find Drinking Gasoline (which features this video and others from Microphonies and before) on an import DVD at Sister Ray in Soho. CD of the soundtrack in the same package. Awesome find!

One of the greatest videos ever

Amazing song...

depeche mode, ministry, skinny puppy all took notes from this im sure

RIP 😭

AMAZING!!!!

Amazing⚡️

IMO best video ever (music of course all time favorite)

cabs and their fucking music videos god bless them 💙

LOVE LOVE THIS

They used to play this at the Leadmill back in the day. Nice

Some how they passed me by. Going to start searching their back catalogue

Super!!!

Such an amazing video.

Up there with just fascination

genial banda!

Im back for another visit. Love this

You either immediately ran out and bought the cassette or you didn't. Very polarizing stuff, great record. Love this parabolic camera mast, whatever you'd call it.

A shame they never made it to the mainstream. I didn't know about them until recently despite being a fan of this style of music.

The 12" mix is vastly superior to the 7" mix. It's a shame they removed the video for it...

Incredible so advanced xxxx

A brilliant fusion of music (new wave, electronic, proto electro etc...) this would get called "electronica" now . This was probably their only "hit" (by the gods, listen to the 12 inch version, for it is astonishing) But there was no actual genre for Cabaret Voltaire. Every album was brilliantly challenging, yet always had a tune you could hum. Hit the North!

I had all their cassettes!

Gutted , only just this minute found out :( .... spent my teenage years listening to Cab ....

gawd i love this song!!!!