THE place for your Sisters-related comments, questions and snippets of Sisters information. For those who do not know, The Sisters of Mercy are a rock'n'roll band. And a pop band. And an industrial groove machine. Or so they say. They make records. Lots of records, apparently. But not in your galaxy. They play concerts. Lots of concerts, actually. But you still cannot see them. So what's it all about, Alfie? This is one of the few tightly-moderated forums on Heartland, so please keep on-topic. All off-topic posts will either be moved or deleted. Chairman Bux is the editor and the editor's decision is final. Danke.
James Blast wrote:The Sisters and Shriekback were/are my two passions ruffers
JB - I bought Oil and Gold on the back of hearing This Big Hush on Peel decades ago, but never followed it up even though on reflection that track is probably in my top ten most played.
Recommend me a next album purchasing port of call please sir!
Bauhaus
The Chameleons
Catherine Wheel
Psychedelic Furs
Along with the Sisters, these artists make up a sizable chunk of my record collection. Seven copies of "Burning from the Inside", and it's not even a particularly good album
"And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there is a God. For me, it's a frightening thought to go nowhere".
~ Peter Steele
Oh right, it was like all of the others...I wasn't born then
But at least I'm around for the afterglow (And in fairness they are still putting stuff out, unlike certain people. Shame they haven't played the Wirral recently though )
Still giging, and the audiences are growing in numbers. Not quite the Sisters 2,000 but enough to sell out smaller venues.
Still putting out albums and ep’s with a consistency to match Trumpton Riots et al.
Even dedicated their last gig to John Peel.
Quite refreshing to see someone in the music business doing something they enjoy rather than not doing something because the fiscal reward isn't big enough. Credit where credit is due.
I quite like the Dukla Prague Away Kit. Quite fetching. Many thanks. If I could find some Joy Division Oven Gloves.....that'd be so much better
"And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there is a God. For me, it's a frightening thought to go nowhere".
~ Peter Steele
nma,siouxsie,crass,x-rayspex,dead kennedys...*as and when.
*rest of list unsubmitted due to scale of task(though not as big a task as listing all the bands who,IMHO,are not fit to breathe the same air as above)
Well I was handsome and I was strong
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
The Doors is the only band I like as much as the Sisters, but heres a list of most the bands I like.
beatles
nancy sinatre
suzanne vega
suicide
psychadelic furs
pere ubu
oasis & blur
kraftwerk
Cocteau twins
crass
patti smith
velvet underground & NICO
leonard Cohen
neu
iggy pop & the stooges
gun club
elvis
sisterhood
guns & roses
Philip glass & terry riley
faust
led zeppelin
motorhead
birthday party
chris Isaac
meat puppets
alice cooper band
captain beef heat
hawkwind
abba
genesis
violent femmes
fine young cannibals
Bauhaus
ian dury
the cure
U2
Dick Dale
beach boys
nine inch nails
twisted sister(when I'm in the mood to listen to cheese)
muddy waters
howlin wolf
roy orbison
hot chocolate
the tubes
grateful dead
the eagles
fearport convention
Arthur brown
nico
strawberry switchblade
The damned
joy division
buddy holly
Jefferson Airplane
Simon & Garfunkel(I became a fan after watching the Graduate)
Garry Glitter(rock 'n' roll prt 2 is one of the greatest pop songs ever)
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Motz wrote:Nah. Probably Eels, which is a bit odd given that they're musical light years apart from Messrs Eldritch and Avalanche.
Good f'kin call that man, and although musically not exactly the Sisters, imho they have a similar inegrity and intensity, and whilst the references are different the lyrical sharpness is a good match
Novacaine for the Soul from Beautiful Freak wrote:Jesus and his lawyer, are coming back...
Cindytalk
Duran Duran
Psychedelic Furs
Bauhaus
Simple Minds before the heart and soul (Mick MacNeil) left
Elvis Presley
Randy Newman
Diamanda Galas
March Violets
.... and on it goes.
Dunno if anyone here is familiar with the beautiful ambient/gothic experi-noise of Gordon Sharp's Cindytalk band. (He also did some vocals for 4AD's 'houseband', This Mortal Coil.)
Last time I heard from Gordon, via e-mail, he was living in Southern California. I can't recall exactly where, Perris I think, which is a dusty Outback type of town where an actor I know (Lance Kerwin - big in the 70s) ended up to dry out when he became Born Again. Anyway, turns out Gordon was once offered to front Duran Duran, but he turned them down. His bank balance is probably still hurting...
.... there is no semblance of rock 'n roll around here!
I use to have the Cindytalk albums on vinyl. I sold them and never quite got around to replacing them in CD format.
The last time I spoke to Gordon he seemed fairly mobile, moving around the US, and he didn't have any copies of his own CDs and therefore couldn't send me any.
But I got the first album, from 1984, on CD from eBay. It's called Camouflage Heart. It was originally a vinyl album on the Midnight Music label from Watford in England. Later, Cindytalk albums were re-issued (on CD) by the World Serpent label.
The second and third albums had the same title, In This World. Both album covers were similar, the album titles were the same, both were launched at the same time, but the music was different. (When they were re-released on CD I think the two albums had been combined.)
Those would be my first suggestions if you were looking to buy some Cindytalk. The other popular ones were the mini-album, Secrets And Falling, or a later work called Wappinschaw. All of these show up on eBay in small amounts. Camouflage Heart is probably the best place to start.
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.... there is no semblance of rock 'n roll around here!
or mmmmm
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(And in fairness they are still putting stuff out, unlike certain people. Shame they haven't played the Wirral recently though 
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