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I see one Claire Shearsby has pledged for the book.

That's about as close to 'official' as the good MAndrews can hope for

There is something I find highly admirable about his stubbornness. Let’s also not forget that when AE broke through, pop-culture was quite vacuous. He was one of the first to achieve mainstream success (relatively speaking) while showing that intelligence could be reconciled with cool. I would add ...

As misspelled here :wink: Interesting list, overall. You have your wordsmith books (e.g. Joyce's opus with every chapter in a different style, Marquez's one-paragraph book), and your cold "man to machine" scifi (Ballard, Gibson), books one might expect. But then, there's the Biblical stuff. Eliot's ...

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27 Jul 2020, 22:24

He also claims that Klaus Kinski in underated ....FFS

Von likes his movies weirder than usual? He namedropped Wild at Heart era Nic Cage in the same sentence, so I only read it as him liking gonzo actors chewing up the scenery.

Might as well oooh at him for championing Gary Glitter.

Yup, in fairness, Craig was the first and last real bass player in the band. Both Patsy and Tony were more on the promo side, and while Tony played live bass for a while, his studio contributions to Vision Thing were very limited.

czuczu's got it, Winterthur was Tony James' last show. On Oct 21st, 1991, about two months later, he told Von he was leaving the band. And what's the actual reason we no longer have one apart from falling out with a bass player in the past.... Money. The next year, Von opened up about the lack of ba...

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I recall Patsy sued Von in the 90s over unpaid fees. IIRC, the case was settled out of court.

While settling, both parties agree to put a public lid on the matter. The tact Von aired his dirty laundry in UTR some time before the gag.

I suspect Von would probably take it as a compliment. He said recently that it's the metal bands who tend to "big up" the Sisters. I suspect he would ask for royalties. And bemoan the lyrical quality. But Von's done the same cut n' paste, wash n' rinse routines in the footsteps of T.S. Eliot. And a...

Nice band pic :eek: A throwaway read-into-it - Ben looks calm (steady profile). Davey's a tad intense (avert gaze, clenched hands). Dylan's defiant (look at that chin). Von leans sideways like he's curious about the camera lens. The guy's spent half his life NOT releasing the next Sisters album. May...

I would love to think that Andrew has somehow seen it and approves, that would make me so happy! Find out in March when you ask him :D :notworthy: That's when he goes, 'We'd like you to stitch us up an album cover' and poor Charlie faints. Jokes aside, they're lovely. The Head and Star is bang-on. ...

Gibson? Unlikely. He's decidedly a more off-line chap. Alexa Williamson: Getting back to the part of that Mojo quote, "locked in with my computer", how much have you used the Internet? You stated on the phone that you are not an "avid" Internet user. Is this because you're jaded by it? What is your ...

Line up change for 2006 and we get to the current sound - it really hasn't changed a great deal since then. They're not as loud and cos they're not as loud so all the issues with their live sound are more obvious - lack of vocal range and power, thin lead guitar sound and some truly odd choices wit...

In the morning Mike respects BABES Mary says "I hope you choke on a crust of bread." Denice says "Are we going to be bad?" Official Sisters site The song name is an anecdote Mike shared with :von:. Could it be simple as that; while bromancing with Dylan, :von: reached out to his drawer and pulled o...

Just putting the Ozzie interviews here. We recently got a new guitar player in the band – an Australian named Dylan. He lives quite close to where I live with my girlfriend in Belgium, and the very fact that we can be in the same room together has suddenly generated a massive amount of new materia...

Factor in that there is an album's worth of songs from '97-'98. Creative itch was satiated by working out those numbers, followed by deflation and frustration due to a non-release. Whatever the reason behind it, such a situation is a nightmare for a band. The hope died in :von:'s case around 2003ish...

About those writing credits. LTW: Do you prefer being in a band to working in isolation? Eldritch: Being in the Sisters I can do both. I can work for 6 weeks on three minutes of music and give it to the lads and say what are we going to do with it. I’m not sat at the back like a stupid drummer! Wh...

Nothing we've heard from this new batch is as good as the 97-98 stuff or the early noughties songs. I would have to agree. Where are the wonderful basslines and drums patterns? Or lyrics that you can't fit on a postcard? Pretty much everything he said three years ago jives with the new songs. Spars...

Adding to the maybe uncalled for excitement :wink: it's interesting to note that the band (well, don't know about Andrew) spent a whole week in Antwerpen before Hellfest, and another few days before Wacken. That's not normal Sisters procedure as we know it from the last decade? And apparently rushi...

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:he probably just uses Cuebase to programme the Doktor. no evidence or likelihood of anything else.

Infinitely likelier, yes.

Depprocksfarfar wrote:On live page "equipment"(with new pictures and lnks) have been updated aswell. Scroll down!
http://www.the-sisters-of-mercy.com/news/livenews.html

Cubase.

The cheeky sod gets on with recording the minute Chris leaves

And just to say... The main problem with a new album is that I don’t want to blackmail my band into doing it for free... Add to that the fact that I haven’t spoken to the label in years and vice versa. Thee label exists, apparently, as a legally binding entity in :von:'s world. Suggests they "do...

Might there be a Near Meth show in Leeds before Hellfest?

Safe hands... Again, would love Marx, but likeliest is some Leeds-based (un)known guitarist, without a history with the band. Or one of the roadies.

Gary Marx would be fitting at this stage of the game.

He surely won't be the one, tho.