BRITISH POST PUNK ELECTRO DARK LEGENDS CASSANDRA COMPLEX ARE COMING AGAIN TO ZAGREB AFTER 40 YEARS TO PROMOTE THEIR NEW ALBUM “GENERATION STATION COMPLAEX ON TUESDAY 17.11.2026 AT THE BOOGALOO CLUB, AND THEY ARE BRINGING WITH THEM THE NEW SWEDISH DARK ELECTRO ATTRACTION SJOBLOM
British post-punk/dark/electro/industrial legends The Cassandra Complex are returning to the stage on a tour to promote their new, thirteenth album, Generating Station Complex. As part of the “Geration Station Complex Tour 2026” tour, The Cassandra Complex will perform in Zagreb after exactly 40 years! 07.11.1986. performed in the SKUC Pauk hall, and 40 years and ten days later on 17.11.2026. they come to the Boogaloo Club. As special guests on this tour, they invited the new Swedish dark electro attraction Sljoblom. This tour is a continuation of the band’s 40th anniversary tour, during which they played 49 concerts in 13 countries in 2024-2025, a campaign that proved that the band and the songs are still as strong as ever.
Cassandra Complex was founded by Rodney Orpheus, Paul Dillon and Andy Booth in 1980 in Leeds, England.
When they released their second single, “Moscow Idaho” in 1985, it quickly soared to the top of the independent charts around the world, played on alternative radio stations as well as in clubs, and influenced a whole generation of bands that came after them. The success of “Moscow Idaho” was followed by a trilogy of today’s classic albums: “Grenade” (1986), which contains their next hit “Power”, “Hello America” ​​(1987), which is a compilation of earlier EPs including “Moscow Idaho”, and the fan favorite album, their classic “Theomania” (1988).
In 1989, they released the album “Satan, Bugs Bunny, and Me”, and after that Rodney moved to Hamburg, where he worked with Juergen Jansen (later Project Pitchfork) on the key conceptual and, according to many, the best Cassandra Complex album “Cyberpunx” (1990), with which they sailed into dark waters, but still kept their original post punk energy. The album is led by the darker post-apocalyptic anthem “Nighfall (Over EC)”, which is quite reminiscent of The Sisters Of Mercy, a sound that was very popular in Germany at the time. There is the Hamburg guitarist Volker Zacharias from the band Girls Under Glass, who is a member of the band and with whom they recorded the most romantic album “The War Against Sleep” (1992), and then the aggressive electro rock album “Sex & Death” (1993).
In 1995, Orpheus collaborated with Patricia Nigiani and Markus Giltjes on a side project called Sun God.
During this period, Orpheus also began work on the book *Abrahadabra*. He established a recording studio in Hamburg, where he produced and remixed several records for other German alternative artists, including Die Krupps and Girls Under Glass. Subsequently, Orpheus appeared in the German vampire film *Kiss My Blood* and toured with The Sisters of Mercy; in Mark Dery’s 1996 survey of cyberculture, *Escape Velocity*, he was described as a “technopagan.”
In 2000, The Cassandra Complex released the album *Wetware*, which features a cover of “Naked, Uniformed, Death” by the cult Slovenian EBM band Borghesia.
This was followed by the EP *Twice as Good*—also released in 2000—which reached the DAC Top Singles of 2000 chart. Orpheus also produced the surround-sound albums *Planet Earth* for LTJ Bukem and *A Gigantic Globular Burst of Anti-Static* for The Future Sound of London, and published his second book, *Grimoire of Aleister Crowley*.
In 2020, they released the single “The Crown Lies Heavy on the King,” followed in 2022 by a new album, *The Plague*—their first in 22 years. The album spent four weeks at number one on the German alternative chart. In 2024, the band reunited with its original lineup, joined by guest musicians Chris Haskett (who previously played with the Rollins Band and David Bowie) on guitar, Mera Roberts (Faith & the Muse, Black Tape for a Blue Girl) on cello, and Brent Heinze (Probe 7) on keyboards. This lineup recorded the album *Death & Sex*, which—much like its predecessor—spent several weeks at number one on the German alternative charts.
The album *Generating Station Complex* is set for release in October of this year. It brings back the original trio from the 1980s: Rodney Orpheus (vocals, synthesizers, drums), Paul Dillon (synthesizers, drums), and Andy Booth (guitar, keyboards). Together, they have taken the DNA of their most iconic songs to date and infused it with the full power of their modern-day ensemble—louder, sharper, and more visceral than any previous incarnation. It is a bold reinterpretation that strips their classic catalog down to its core, rebuilding these tracks from the ground up.
“These songs have been through a lot—just like us. But when we played them on our last tour and felt the audience’s reaction, something just clicked. We didn’t want to keep these songs under glass. We wanted to take them apart and rebuild them the way they were always meant to sound: bigger, stronger, and completely alive.”
— Rodney Orpheus

“There are very few bands on this scene that have maintained the kind of intensity that The Cassandra Complex has delivered over four decades. This album is not a retrospective; it is a statement. When you hear what these three have done with this material, you will understand why we couldn’t wait to release it.”
— Christian Petke, COP International
Joining the tour as special guests is the emerging Swedish post-punk/dark electro act Sjöblom—a band that has carved out a unique space for itself, straddling the line between gothic melancholy and melodic immediacy. They are atmospheric yet direct, introspective yet expansive. Over time, the band has evolved from dark indie introspection toward a broader sonic palette, balancing gothic textures, Britpop-inflected melodies, and subtle electronic undercurrents. Their latest album, *Dead of Night*, marks a confident step forward: cinematic in scope, emotionally resonant, and sharpened by modern production. Tracks like “Dead For Years” and “Fly Away With Me” showcase their ability to weave pulsating synth lines together with melancholic lyricism, exploring themes of love, loss, and resilience—all while remaining firmly rooted in their post-punk foundations.
Doors open at 8:00 PM; Sjöblom will take the stage at 8:30 PM, followed by The Cassandra Complex at 9:30 PM. The concert will be followed by the popular ’80s Party hosted by Tomi Phantasma. Since the following day is a non-working day, you can keep the party going well into the early morning hours—just like it’s the weekend!