Sisterhood Violence

[6FeetOver]

a band that allas escaped me, I don't think I wanted to like them, they were too ugly, sorry

You don't have to look at their picture to listen their cd

Aye! If that were a requirement, I'd own no music at all (well, apart from some Duran Duran stuff, circa 1983, of course. Oh, and some old stuff by that Iva Davies chap. Hmm. Maybe a couple of others, too, to be fair, but you ken what ah mean. )!

[Big Si]

Strangely, every Sisters gig I've been to (nec 92', b'ham academy 01 & wolvo, 03)
there's been a large (fat) bloke shouting 'Wan*er' at Eldritch for the first few songs,
until he gets 'escorted from the premises', the cries of 'Wan*er' echoing into the distance.
And no, it was'nt Hussey.

If i'm right, that'll be the bloke who tried to set up and promote a gig at the NEC, but pulled the plug as the guy didn't keep to his part of the contract, leaving one very p***ed off businessman. There's a thread on here somewhere all about it

Why would the guy (Paul Storm?) shout wanker at Eldritch 5 years before he pulled the infamous NEC gig in 1997 if he was the promoter

2001 & 2003

1992

[eastmidswhizzkid]

I saw the Sisters a couple of times, once supporting the Virgin Prunes at the Electric Ballroom, London in August 1983 and the other in Brighton in 1985 (April?) where I had the unfortunate experience of being beaten up by the Sisters following! (Sisterhood?).

While most gigs the moshing/chicken dancing or whatever you want to call it was usually a mass of people having a good time (well most of the time there was often the odd cretin), the Sisterhood were very territorial that night. I had dared to encroach in their circle and was violently shoved out by one guy who had been an idiot all night. I had the audacity to shove him back and was promptly set upon by a few of them pushed to the ground and kicked in the face - lovely! It ruined the gig for me.

I think most of the following were from Yorkshire (Wakefield?), though I could have been confusing that following with the Ghost Dance one who between Ghost Dance songs would chant 'Wakefield, Wakefield' when they played the Art College Basement.

I did have some satisfaction in seeing the Eskimos getting their comeuppance when they get attacked by the Horsham Scooter Boys at a m*****n gig at Brighton Top Rank.

Did anyone else have any similar experiences? Do you any of the Sisterhood post on this board!

as one of the people who stood with the people generally called "the Militia" at various new model army gigs circa '89-91, i'd like to say that the circle existed to allow hardcore fans to see the band close up and for the (mostly) WAGs to dance without getting stomped/crushed by people moshing (the metal word for wrecking/slam-dancing; a practice valueless unless undertaken at the meteors/cramps/stingrays/demented are go gig).
i was once stood behind their circle and upon removing my t-shirt realised that those behind me had retreated the same distance asthey were giving the militia. as this meant more room for me and my missus i stood in the same place, stripped to the waist, whenever i saw them. at maybe the next one my missus was cancing with the other women and i was being passed spliffs,hip-flasks etc.

my point- encroaching the circle was never going to be a good idea, was it? perhaps the "idiot" was an idiot but the reason you got stomped was for shoving him back. like all tribal groups, the militia operate(d) an allfor one policy -though IMO sticking the boot in with or without clogs is excessive.

[undertow]

Rainbow Wembley Arena Feb 1980

Richie Blackmore played a 'compact' 54 minutes and refused to come back on for an encore.
That didn't go down very well with the massed denim and leather.

My 15 year old incarnation (wearing an alluring blue velour top if I remember rightly) watched, eyes popping, as lots of hairy men ripped up their seats and started hurling them at the stage. Cozy Powell's drum kit didn't last very long.
Hastily making an exit I was nearly crushed by a police van as it hurtled past. It then screeched to a stop as the back doors flew open and another hairy man in blue denim came flying out, rolled down the road and sprinted off , hotly pursued by a number of constables who 'd also appeared from rear of said van.
I Have unfortunately been in the middle of many other 'incidents' since, none I hasten to add , of my own doing.
But you never forget your first time!

[biggy]

Rainbow Wembley Arena Feb 1980

Richie Blackmore played a 'compact' 54 minutes and refused to come back on for an encore.
That didn't go down very well with the massed denim and leather.

My 15 year old incarnation (wearing an alluring blue velour top if I remember rightly) watched, eyes popping, as lots of hairy men ripped up their seats and started hurling them at the stage. Cozy Powell's drum kit didn't last very long.
Hastily making an exit I was nearly crushed by a police van as it hurtled past. It then screeched to a stop as the back doors flew open and another hairy man in blue denim came flying out, rolled down the road and sprinted off , hotly pursued by a number of constables who 'd also appeared from rear of said van.
I Have unfortunately been in the middle of many other 'incidents' since, none I hasten to add , of my own doing.
But you never forget your first time!

Ahhh, first times.....

Mine would be my first ever gig which was the Specials at Herringthorpe playing fields in Rotherham. It was free & had various genre of band on.
So you had the skinheads/rude boys/ two tone lot for the specials & then you had the rocker element for (I think) Saxon.... etc
Then split it up even further into gangs from Sheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster & Rotherham .............. There were so many splinter groups, It ended up being hard to work out who was fighting who.