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Does exactly what it says on the tin. Some of the nonsense contained herein may be very loosely related to The Sisters of Mercy, but I wouldn't bet your PayPal account on it. In keeping with the internet's general theme nothing written here should be taken as Gospel: over three quarters of it is utter gibberish, and most of the forum's denizens haven't spoken to another human being face-to-face for decades. Don't worry your pretty little heads about it. Above all else, remember this: You don't have to stay forever. I will understand.
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I m thinking of subscribing to that one , but is it worth it?
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Content looks good, but I haven't read any articles yet.
Might be worth dipping your elbow in via their FB page or twitter feed to see what they're about though
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Cheers Steve :D
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I had subscribed to it for a year, but after all I didn't find it all that interesting. Apart from the fact that it often took quite long to arrive here.

Insofar, I'd recommend you follow Steve's suggestion and have a look at their internet appearance to check what their subjects basically are...
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With the demise of Dominion, there's no UK mag that caters for the g-word crowd but VLR is good on the punk and post punk era. I tend to buy it now and again rather than every month though.
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My sentiments are roughly the same. Fine reading, but after one year of subscription I didn't renew it. There are some things I found very interesting in the mag, but more stuff that wasn't...
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Ok, thank you all for the info :)
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New issue out now has a nice Cramps retrospective and a rather mundane Peter Murphy interview.
Also at UK newsagents. A Nick Cave special (a mere seven quid)? And Metal Hammer's Golden Gods issue which is mainly about Lemmy.
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Great article on the reformed UK Decay and an interesting band history in the latest Record Collector of all places. Their indie chart hits of the early 80 s all shifted over 40,000 copies. The Sisters must have sold even more of the MR "golden run" of singles. Hard to see a new band persuading so many people to part with their cash in the current market.
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Haven't been on a for while so missed this at the time.....

I've subscribed to this twice and on each occasion they don't remind you when your subscription expires. So you think it's just a long time coming and it never arrives. This time I've not renewed.

They must sell so many in newsagents that they don't need to manage their subscribers :lol:

Lately they had strayed away from the scenes they initially covered and there was less and less that I was interested in.
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