Who are the best Sisters substitute?

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Drenchrom wrote:
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Elystan wrote: Edit: just read the last page. To me, the Editors are to Interpol as say, Fields of the Nephilim are to the Sisters. Make of that what you will.
I defy anyone to tell me Vision Thing is superior to Elyzium with a straight face..but then again FALAA slaps The Nephilim around the face with it's glans.
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I actually didn't mind The Merry Thoughts cover of Hazel O' Connor's "Will You?". If I didn't know better I'd have said it was Old Sarky Sourpuss Misanthropy himself dusting off the vocal chords on it. My beloved Neffs have a similar complete rip-off band called Garden of Delight who don't have an original bone in their body. I wonder if there's a Mish clone band?
Yes they do, the main one was Funhouse from Sweden i think.
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Drenchrom wrote: Yes they do, the main one was Funhouse from Sweden i think.
Not the one with Pat Sharpe then?
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centurionofprix wrote:Obvious, but the Die Krupps remix wasn't mentioned so far.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh41RQj1z9k

Are there any other known remixes by Eldritch? (or other Sisters)
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Substitute? definetly The Merry Thoughts, they are a cynical copycat band but their songs are cool, many of them sound like "lost" Sisters songs
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The Swedish band Kent. Turns out they're groovy as hell. Not just as a Sisters substitute, either, but there is some common sensibility.

"Ingenting" (brilliant video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IdPdQTwSDA
"Dom Andra": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWxUr_vDwwE

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcrkBCvYZKg
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centurionofprix wrote:The Swedish band Kent. Turns out they're groovy as hell. Not just as a Sisters substitute, either, but there is some common sensibility.

"Ingenting" (brilliant video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IdPdQTwSDA
"Dom Andra": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWxUr_vDwwE

Live:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcrkBCvYZKg
Sounds a bit like Heroes Del Silencio in Swedish to me :roll:
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Ha ha, well. I like them. :oops:

On second thought, it is a lot lighter musically than the Sisters so maybe not to the tastes here, but I think there's something similar about it.
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...so my favourite substitutes where Ghost Dance and "1995 And Nowhere". I even like "Pretty Black Dots" even though or maybe because it´s different. Gary Marx IS my favourite songwriter.
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Some stuff by R.E.M. hits the Sisters spot, as well.
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not substitutes really, but supplements...

Passion Play (UK, Germany)
The Beauty of Gemina (Switzerland)
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Have a listen to anything by Insight of Trinity if you can find it. Awesome lyrics.
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