Sisters of Mercy Leader Lives for Death Rock scan

davedecay · 22 Apr 2006, 05:16

Clicky:

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presumably from the San Francisco Chronicle, circa 1991 (Vision Thing tour)

not high-res, hopefully readable (scanned @ 150 dpi, downsampled to 100 dpi then saved for web)

itnAklipse · 22 Apr 2006, 07:34

Thanks.

Badlander · 22 Apr 2006, 09:13

Andy TG · 22 Apr 2006, 15:13

Wonderful - Very Interesting Reading - Well Done!

Badlander · 22 Apr 2006, 15:59

Was the term "death rock" ever used outside of the US ? AFAIK it was first applied to Christian Death.

doc P · 22 Apr 2006, 16:20

davedecay wrote:Clicky:

Page 1
Page 2

presumably from the San Francisco Chronicle, circa 1991 (Vision Thing tour)

not high-res, hopefully readable (scanned @ 150 dpi, downsampled to 100 dpi then saved for web)

maybe these clickies should be added to the scrapbook

Ozpat · 22 Apr 2006, 22:32

Nice!

nick the stripper · 23 Apr 2006, 08:52

Why would a man who dislikes hippies consider moving to San Francisco?

Bartek · 23 Apr 2006, 09:27

san fransico, hamburg, amsterdam - sex, drugs eyc..how about this

lazarus corporation · 23 Apr 2006, 09:35

Badlander wrote:Was the term "death rock" ever used outside of the US ? AFAIK it was first applied to Christian Death.

It certainly originated in the US with Christian Death, Voodoo Church, the Superheroines etc, but the term is used internationally now.

itnAklipse · 23 Apr 2006, 09:56

the Sisters have about as much to do with music like Christian Death (a band which i happen to like quite a bit, btw, just naught in common with the Sisters) as they have with goffs in general.

Badlander · 23 Apr 2006, 10:21

Its goes without saying. Just another gross misconception.

7anthea7 · 24 Apr 2006, 00:48

nick the stripper wrote:Why would a man who dislikes hippies consider moving to San Francisco?

Comparatively few hippies in SF by that time - they'd all moved to the East Bay, where the rent's cheaper. (I was running Deadheads out of my garden at 3.00am far too often.) The City was much more a place of black leather and velvet than tiedye and beads. Still was when I left...ummm, awhile ago. But the folks I knew who were manufacturing such things as corsets and whips are still making money at it, so I'm guessing things haven't changed all that much.

Norman Hunter · 24 Apr 2006, 15:40

7anthea7 wrote:But the folks I knew who were manufacturing such things as corsets and whips are still making money at it, so I'm guessing things haven't changed all that much.

Sounds a lot better than electro-pneumatic control instrumentation that I manufacture. Do they have a branch in Leeds..?

Jaimie1980 · 27 Apr 2006, 15:03

Good article. Thanks.

davedecay · 27 Apr 2006, 15:10

glad you liked it.
feel free to add it to the scrapbook/photo gallery.

bismarck · 09 May 2006, 16:51

Um, the term "Death Rock" was the only term used to describe bands like (and including) TSOM in the early '80s in the US. We only got the word "goth" around 1985 or so. Around 1983 or 1984, in San Francisco, my friends and I were known as Death Rockers. I used to think "Death Rockers" was a specifically San Fran term. There was a big difference between Death Rockers and goths though... Death Rockers were considered tough and wore black leather and motorcycle boots, where goths were decidedly fey and wore velvet, fishnets and eyeliner. The terms were NOT interchangeable. But the term "Death Rockers" was coined by filmmaker Nick Zedd in his 1979 film "They Eat Scum," as far as I know.