Heartland

I can see now where the Mighty Boosh got the idea for Future Sailors. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yuO1qIocKcA/hqdefault.jpg https://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/ar_3:2,c_fill,f_auto/https://www.wow247.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Future-Sailors.jpg If only they had used Von getting chinned i...

The games industry is triple the size of Hollywood, so it makes sense for labels and artists to look for opportunities where they can.

some good choices in there. The Girls being the cherry on top of course.

First interview in years where I felt like I've learn't something new, but it reads like a bunch of pre-written questions sent via email rather than an live Q&A. There is some gold in there that doesn't get any follow up lines of questioning - for example telling us he has has no feeling in his ...

For some reason my day has been made, now knowing that Bowie knew who Alien Sex Fiend were

First we have Wayne whimsically reminiscing about FALAA, then Von smiling, SMILING, at someone filming him at a gig, now we have Craig playing TOL. The reunion is on people, I tell you...

Let me just leave this here for you...

http://youtu.be/QAm9gPfVHQA

Pat wrote:At last , a faint sniff of value for money for my license fee. I hope it's not all the old Top of the Pops footage or the OGWT that we've seen a million times.

So not even a faint sniff then.

What else could it be that the BBC would have rights to?!

Like a say I'm not saying one is right or wrong. I also still keep paying money to see them (although not regularly) so I do keep going back to pay my due to the chap that wrote the soundtrack to my teenage years, out of some sense of obligation. About the point expecting them to be the same 30 year...

probably just me but I was was very dissapointed Been a lifeling fan of the girls and think that they were the best rock n roll band on the planet up to '85 - always had a sense of menace, great music, great vocals, great lyrics, spectacular live shows and, of course , sex and drugs I appreciate th...

Thanks for the heads up on the SF gig - I was there thanks to a work trip. Nice to have a souvenir.

Saw the Violets in SF last night (I just happen to be here for work).

You have to respect them. They still look and sound great. It also shows they do it because they love it - they are playing to crowds of around 100 every night.

At least now I know that it was a good choice not seeing them again. Will always love The Sisters Of Mercy when they were a working band. When they developed and sounded fresh and up date. They have sounded the same a decade now, playing the same songs and versions a decade now, and nostalgia is no...

Sounds / looks like a standard sisters gig - slow, crap sound and so quiet you can talk louder than the band.

http://youtu.be/sWFbGP8bRVk

Will be in London. No doubt it will be moved upstairs like the last few gigs I've been to there - Lorries & Violets.

DerekR wrote:

aims wrote:Ack, skimmed that post and thought the Sisters were playing York. I can dream

The Violets are a FAR superior live experience.

Have to agree with that.

Great thread - interesting comments about risking your life to take photo's at gigs back in the 80's - cracks me up going to gigs now - seems everyone wants to watch the band via their mobile phone, rather than actually enjoy the show.

bookish wrote:

XidiouX wrote:Still, Von looks great.

Von looks like Michael Jackson in his latter years.

Great find though.

My thoughts exactly!

I've got the original CD somewhere, but will probably pick it up again for the 2nd CD. It was shocking what they did to "Celebrate" on that album...major labels, oh dear

I think I am one of the few on here that has no problem equally enjoying the m*****n and the Sisters (pre Floodland, slight caveat) I don't belong to any "camp" but find it amusing that there can be such bitterness to someone that has gone on to record for nearly 30 years vs. someone that ...

Nothing really new, but for completeness...Sisters elements below. http://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/wayne_hussey_of_the_mission/ Songfacts: You worked with David Allen, someone you've worked with a lot over the years. What is it about David that fits so well with the music you make? Wayne: W...

I was one of the Kickstarter backers, having the Sisters there would be a bonus. The m*****n are also confirmed as NOT playing

So we hired the Kilburn National Theatre[49] and the Rolling Stones Mobile recording truck, played the track to Andrew through the stage monitors, and recorded a number of performances with him singing on the stage. There were lights, dry ice, everything to invoke the atmosphere of a live experienc...

It sure is weird seeing posters of Sisters shirts all over London underground! I wonder if it'll catch on? If the film is a success we could see a Ramones style adoption of the Head & Star. Eldritch would be wise to at least get that design printed officially. At the moment I think the only pla...

markfiend wrote:So this is a message board about a band who's released 17 singles (18 if you count Giving Ground), 3 studio albums (4 if you count Gift) and two compilations.

Do you ever get the feeling that we ought to get lives?

And only half of them are any good...