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.
If you come to the "Yorkshire Music Brain" event at the Faversham, Leeds, next Monday the 22nd at 7pm, not only do you get to watch Stateless, Middleman and Micky Kerr and Jon Gomm, you could also win one of the following prizes.....
- A Les Paul guitar used extensively by The Sisters of Mercy, smashed onstage in Brazil, and signed by all members of the band
- A British Rail jacket, as worn on stage by iLikeTrains (being flown back from the US on monday!)
- A signed Kaiser Chiefs backstage pass, a signed MASSIVE poster, and one of Peanut's own legendary hats as worn onstage!!!
- A private guitar lesson with Leeds' own guitar hero Jon Gomm
- Original hand-written lyrics and notes created and used by Forward Russia when making their latest album, Life Processes. (It's not even out yet!) This prize will one day be worth a f*cking fortune.
- An original Ramones Set List handwritten by Marky Ramone
- the Leeds Golden Ticket, which will get you and a mate into almost every event for free at either the Fav or HiFi (including TTS) for a WHOLE YEAR!
- a load of signed Stateless stuff and DJ Shadow stuff
- a box of musical treasures from WRATH RECORDS
- a bunch of Gold Blade CDs
A few tickets are left - £6 each or £20 for four. Every penny to Oxfam.
I know Chris pretty well, and I'm pretty sure he's not the kind of guy who would smash up instruments routinely out of respect for the instrument, and because he knows what it's like to be a kid who can't afford to buy guitars! So at an "educated guess" I'd say it probably suffered a heinous injury onstage, at which point you might as well go the whole hog and smash the f*ck out of it!!
paul wrote:just noticed, the guitar will be hard to play without pick-ups and most important: WITHOUT NECK !!!
Considering it's a Les Paul where the neck is _glued in_ (not just fixed with screws and hence replacable), the "guitar" is probably irreparably destroyed.
The pickups should still be under the metal covers, btw.
performingchimp wrote:Well, this is tonight! If anyone off here comes, please come say hi to me. I'm always up for meeting weirdos off the internet, being one myself.
Thanks for being so nice and letting me "spam" your forum, it's a lovely place! In a scary goth way, of course.
Jon
you're most welcome
thanks for the heads-up
What’s the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
performingchimp wrote:Well, this is tonight! If anyone off here comes, please come say hi to me. I'm always up for meeting weirdos off the internet, being one myself.
Thanks for being so nice and letting me "spam" your forum, it's a lovely place! In a scary goth way, of course.
Jon
I just returned home from England. So I can say 'hi' only virtually...
paul wrote:just noticed, the guitar will be hard to play without pick-ups and most important: WITHOUT NECK !!!
Considering it's a Les Paul where the neck is _glued in_ (not just fixed with screws and hence replacable), the "guitar" is probably irreparably destroyed.
The pickups should still be under the metal covers, btw.
First of all...not all Les Pauls have a neck that's glued on..some of them are bolt-on. We don't even know if this is a Gibson or an Epiphone..or some other dodgy brand. The metal covers ARE the pu's.. More interesting to me is the 4th autograph on the guitar....never seen Nurse sign anything before..but then that could be just me.. However....playing this baby without a neck and bridge would be pretty tricky indeed. ;-0
Where are his shades 
That was downright horrid, performingchimp! 
If I wasn't so utterly strapped, I'd pop over myself.
