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we all know von's love of classic 70s rock - and the fact that the sisters' some-time alter ago "the speed kings" took the name from a deep purple track - but what about this one?
ignoring the obvious 9/11 references (:o), do we think that von might have borrowed the title for the sisters' black october tour from hawkwind's lyric?
Back in Black - AC/DC
Paint it Black - The Rolling Stones
Black Math - The White Stripes
Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
Fear of a Black Planet - Pubic Enema
Black Star - Radiohead
At the end of the great white pier
I see a Black
Black planet
Black
Black world
Everybody is doin' the Goth
F*ck all to do with your thread Herr Quiff just thought I'd ramble on....
‎"We will wear some very loud shirts. We will wear some very wrong trousers."
didnt mr adams once fess up to pinching several of the early sisters basslines from uriah heap tunes?
i also recall that the 'circle with a circle cut out of it ' logo from the black october tour was also 'borrowed' from the design on the badges worn by bus conductors in the leeds municipal area at the time.
Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Hawkwind all good stuff must try and shoehorn some early Genesis in there, howzabout White Mountain offa Tresspass?
"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
Back in Black - AC/DC
Paint it Black - The Rolling Stones
Black Math - The White Stripes
Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
Fear of a Black Planet - Pubic Enema
Black Star - Radiohead
At the end of the great white pier
I see a Black
Black planet
Black
Black world
Everybody is doin' the Goth
F*ck all to do with your thread Herr Quiff just thought I'd ramble on....
'Black! Black! You lock me in the cellar and feed me pins!
The Black September Organization (BSO) was a Palestinian terror group, founded in 1970. The group's name came from the conflict known as Black September...The BSO is best known for the kidnap and murder of 11 Israeli athletes, and the murder of a German police officer, during the September 1972 attack on the Olympic Village in Munich, Germany, which became known as the Munich massacre.
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September 1970 is known as the Black September in Arab history and sometimes is referred to as the "era of regrettable events". It was a month when Hashemite King Hussein of Jordan moved to quash an attempt by Palestinian organizations to overthrow his monarchy. The violence resulted in heavy civilian Palestinian casualties. Armed conflict lasted until July 1971 with the expulsion of the PLO and thousands of Palestinians to Lebanon.
What’s the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
Back in Black - AC/DC
Paint it Black - The Rolling Stones
Black Math - The White Stripes
Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
Fear of a Black Planet - Pubic Enema
Black Star - Radiohead
At the end of the great white pier
I see a Black
Black planet
Black
Black world
Everybody is doin' the Goth
F*ck all to do with your thread Herr Quiff just thought I'd ramble on....
'Black! Black! You lock me in the cellar and feed me pins!
I was just listening to In Search Of Space, and having a look through The Hawkwind Log (even barmier than the booklet that comes with Space Ritual!) when I saw a drawing that looks suspiciously like the cover of the Return To Arkham bootleg.
As soon as I get my scanner working again, y'know.
If I told them once, I told them a hundred times to put 'Spinal Tap' first and 'Puppet Show' last.
I think Calvert was likening the 70's Black September movement with the ancient muslim sect "The Hashashin".Pretty prophetic stuff in the light of 11th September 2001.
The photographs of God I bought have almost faded away
Grison wrote:Nice to see some fellow Hawkfans here too
I, Blood Brother Be!
"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
October is usually associated with Black History month - the blacks where an oppressed race, so where the Goths. Goths traditionally wear black - it's dark at night , almost Black. It all makes sense. The tour was called Black October 'cos it where Black History month!! So maybe underneath all that hair n glasses persona, Eldritch is actually an African-American called Leroy Umbongo -Katanga from 162nd Street Harlem, New York..Yo !!
"It was great that Kurt Cobain shot himself when he did..cos without that ,we'd have no Foo Fighters today" :Ramone, Little Lebowski Urban Achiever. November 2008
Bollocks! Ramone
It is all about the Black September movement, I never thought to mention it as I thought it was common knowledge, seems not.
"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
Ramone wrote:So maybe underneath all that hair n glasses persona, Eldritch is actually an African-American called Leroy Umbongo -Katanga from 162nd Street Harlem, New York..Yo !!
I love it when you lot take life so seriously ... One was joking about Black History month and Eldritch being a brother:) and as for Racially stereotyping people.. your taking the p*ss right?
"It was great that Kurt Cobain shot himself when he did..cos without that ,we'd have no Foo Fighters today" :Ramone, Little Lebowski Urban Achiever. November 2008
Ramone wrote:I love it when you lot take life so seriously ... One was joking about Black History month and Eldritch being a brother:) and as for Racially stereotyping people.. your taking the p*ss right?
I like this Coleone fella, we kinda think alike, when I die he can have all my Sisters stuff - and to prove I really like him ; My Mishun stuff too ( sorry that may not sound as appealing as it sounds) Yo !
"It was great that Kurt Cobain shot himself when he did..cos without that ,we'd have no Foo Fighters today" :Ramone, Little Lebowski Urban Achiever. November 2008
Ramone wrote:I like this Coleone fella, we kinda think alike, when I die he can have all my Sisters stuff - and to prove I really like him ; My Mishun stuff too ( sorry that may not sound as appealing as it sounds) Yo !
I love you Ramone and I want your children.
However, please don't make me have the back catalogue of famous Chinese singer songwriter That Guitarist. It just ain't my bag of rice.
Life? Serious? Me? 
