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no 1. Sisters cross-dressed gig?
I remember i saw some thingy about this somewhere on the net...But don't know for certain.
It was really happened??

no 2. Father Von Eldritch??? :eek:
Always been suspected that he was a catholic boy, But Is it true his mother wants to makes him a *real* catholic boy?
I mean, erm, the priest!!!

Both are very unimaginable scene. :urff:
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The Sisters performed in drag at the Hacienda in Manchester in 1983. There is an audio bootleg of this floating around but there ain't a video (thank god!) :urff: :wink:

Catholic boy??? Never heard this one before. :urff:
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Scardwel wrote:The Sisters performed in drag at the Hacienda in Manchester in 1983. There is an audio bootleg of this floating around but there ain't a video (thank god!) :urff: :wink:
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one of these?

07 Oct 1982 Manchester, England Hacienda
27 Mar 1983 Manchester, England Gallery
20 Apr 1983 Manchester, England Hacienda
22 Sep 1983 Manchester, England Hacienda
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It was the April '83 one. :D
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Quiff Boy wrote:
Scardwel wrote:The Sisters performed in drag at the Hacienda in Manchester in 1983. There is an audio bootleg of this floating around but there ain't a video (thank god!) :urff: :wink:
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AFAIK that gig didn't take place :?:

the cross dress gig was much earlier in the year, I think the Sheffield ( from memory gig? ) mentions something along the lines "thanks to all those who came to see us in dresses last night " . I also have a review of the gig somewhere which dates it accuratly, will try to find.


as for Catholic, still haven't confirmeed this, though strangely was reading a clipping last night where he was banging on about his Grandmother telling him their was only one God and the others were all fake. He alledges he was about 4 or something, and that is waht turned him off religion

sorry for typo's bit busy at the mo' :cry: no time to check what i've typed :lol:
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khepri II wrote: AFAIK that gig didn't take place :?:

the cross dress gig was much earlier in the year, I think the Sheffield ( from memory gig? ) mentions something along the lines "thanks to all those who came to see us in dresses last night "
Von said that at the Norwich gig (21/4/83) and they played in Manchester the night before.
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ahhhhh. thanks. :)
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There is a Canadian interview from 1990 where Andrew states that his mother always thought he'd be a bishop and that it was a shame he wasn't born catholic because he wanted to be a cardinal since the clothes were much better.
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Scardwel wrote:Catholic boy??? Never heard this one before. :urff:
That theory is just my own inference. :wink:

still ignorant anything about sisters....... :|
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Andrew's family were High Anglicans, which is sort of midway between Catholic and Protestant - nice pretty churches with statues etc but no allegiance to the Pope.

There you go- 500 years of theological argument dismissed in one sentence. It's a lot more complicated than that really but you get the idea.

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Eldritch would make a good catholic cardinal.
Notice the red and black clothing, the silver jewelry. These guys look cool as hell, even better than satanists. If it wasn't for that chastity vow thing i would be a cardinal too.
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On High Anglicans - protestants trying to regain some of the mysticism and intense spirituality of Catholicism (again, twenty heresies probably contained in that sentence, but you get the gist) - their most famous convert, perhaps, was T S Eliot. Who got all religious around the time of the Four Quartets (Von's favourite poems) onwards. Small world.
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Scardwel wrote:The Sisters performed in drag at the Hacienda in Manchester in 1983. There is an audio bootleg of this floating around but there ain't a video (thank god!) :urff: :wink:
I'd pay to see that. In my age you don't get as much excitment anymore. (That's because friends are very, very dull?
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Catholic boy??? Never heard this one before. :urff:
Another one to go to "what question would you ask Eldritch". Nowadays I don't believe a word that doesn't come from his mouth and I prefer to hear the recording to check it's not irony. :!:
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zigeunerweisen wrote:
Eldritch would make a good catholic cardinal.
Notice the red and black clothing, the silver jewelry. These guys look cool as hell
Nah! Too goth! :von:
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There's a photo of the drag gig in the old italian lyric book.
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Also, there's one in the Sisters of Mercy scrapbook, which can often be found on Ebay (see 'Trading').
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mh wrote:There's a photo of the drag gig in the old italian lyric book.
:?: Which page? There's nothing in mine!

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mh wrote:There's a photo of the drag gig in the old italian lyric book.
Also, there's one in the Sisters of Mercy scrapbook, which can often be found on Ebay (see 'Trading').
I'll be very appreciate if somebody get me(us) scan of that.
I'm desperarte need for some laughs...... :innocent:
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Big Si wrote:
mh wrote:There's a photo of the drag gig in the old italian lyric book.
:?: Which page? There's nothing in mine!
Yeh, that's the one. Somewhere towards the end, you've got Von with a beard and a dress.
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mh wrote:
Big Si wrote:
mh wrote:There's a photo of the drag gig in the old italian lyric book.
:?: Which page? There's nothing in mine!
Yeh, that's the one. Somewhere towards the end, you've got Von with a beard and a dress.
That's not a dress, it's a t-shirt with the arms and sides ripped open. I've seen a bigger and better pic before in Andrew Pinnel's Heartland Vol. 1
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Big Si wrote:
mh wrote:
Big Si wrote: :?: Which page? There's nothing in mine!
Yeh, that's the one. Somewhere towards the end, you've got Von with a beard and a dress.
That's not a dress, it's a t-shirt with the arms and sides ripped open. I've seen a bigger and better pic before in Andrew Pinnel's Heartland Vol. 1
Ah, my mistake. Sorry.
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MUGABE, That painting is from Francis Bacon, right???
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Or should i get back to the art school again, to learn more? :roll: :roll: :roll:
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mh wrote:
Big Si wrote:
mh wrote: Yeh, that's the one. Somewhere towards the end, you've got Von with a beard and a dress.
That's not a dress, it's a t-shirt with the arms and sides ripped open. I've seen a bigger and better pic before in Andrew Pinnel's Heartland Vol. 1
Ah, my mistake. Sorry.
Nae problem, pal! :D

He does look slightly tranny, what with all the bangles and baubles around his arms!

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