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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.
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Having read about people's stories about the Albert hall 85--was/is there anybody here that was at any of the 81 gigs, notably the first gig with The Thompson twins headlining (yeah, I know,The Thompson Twins and the word headlining in the same sentence is odd!)
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Never actually knew that the sisters supported the Thompson twins - the first single I ever bought was 'hold me now' by TT (not something that fills me with pride).....
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There are a few who were at the RAH gig - haven't heard of anyone being at the first gigs.
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Ah the TTs started out as a quite experimental outfit. Always had a soft spot for them. And always quite liked their Sister of Mercy single! Without shame! ;D
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Maisey wrote:There are a few who were at the RAH gig - haven't heard of anyone being at the first gigs.
I suppose that even if they're still alive they don't give a f**k anymore. The Sisters last, their fans come and go, that's the way it is. :)
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The who?
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sam1 wrote:Having read about people's stories about the Albert hall 85--was/is there anybody here that was at any of the 81 gigs, notably the first gig with The Thompson twins headlining (yeah, I know,The Thompson Twins and the word headlining in the same sentence is odd!)
just intrested to know
My first Sisters gig was at Night Moves, Glasgow in 83...knew nothing about them until I bought Alice after hearing it on Peel in early 83...and there, it started
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A friend of mine was at the infamous Birthday Party/Sisters gig. He didn't realise it was the Sisters supporting them though he managed to get into a fight with Tracey Pew! ;D
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is it okay if I just saw the Bidet Party?

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aye, Nick's expression says it all :|
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Yeah! There's a good bit in the Nick Cave biography about that gig. The Sisters asked what Mr Cave thought of them. As you can imagine the answer wasn't entirely positive...
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Being645 wrote:The who?
No, the Stones. Different band.
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abridged wrote:Yeah! There's a good bit in the Nick Cave biography about that gig. The Sisters asked what Mr Cave thought of them. As you can imagine the answer wasn't entirely positive...
what drugged australian can know? :eek:
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Why would it not be entirely positive?!? :eek:
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Wasn't it something like "the worst band who ever supported us"?
If I told them once, I told them a hundred times to put 'Spinal Tap' first and 'Puppet Show' last.
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James Blast wrote:Image
Fantastic picture. :notworthy:
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lachert wrote:
abridged wrote:Yeah! There's a good bit in the Nick Cave biography about that gig. The Sisters asked what Mr Cave thought of them. As you can imagine the answer wasn't entirely positive...
what drugged australian can know? :eek:
Just to say that Kylie Minogue supported him.
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Yeah, it was along the lines of 'you're the worst band ever, give up'. Apparently :von: and the guys said thanks for advice but we've decided to continue! Maybe it wasn't the thing to ask the Birthday Party what they thought... ;D
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better to be "worst band ever" then "quite good" or "not so bad", me thinks 8)
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Always liked what Eldritch said at a gig in York. Something like " we played our first gig in York supporting The Thompson Twins when they were good and now they're not so we dont play with them anymore" :)
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my signature says it all
we're better than the birthday party, but not as good as motorhead, that makes us pretty damn good!!!!
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