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... For sure, it will take me more than one read to enjoy it in full ... and to adapt the SistersWiki to all the news and link all relevant pages to that great interview ... 
... one can only say many, many thanks to Mark Andrews, all his interviewees ... and everybody else involved ... ... ... it's a wonderful day ... ...Well, see for yourself.“There was a throwback punk kid stood in the front of Andrew,� recalls Marx, “who had some connection with a local band on the bill and had the big spiked hair and The Exploited or some such stencilled on his leather jacket.�
The punk was staring too intently or mouthed something or spat – his exact infraction had been forgotten - but as Adams began the opening heavy Motörhead-like chords of ‘Floorshow’ the punk attempted to climb up on to the stage.
Adams let go of his instrument, rushed forward and kicked him in the face. As the punk scurried off the stage, Adams carried on with ‘Floorshow’. Justice had been swift: Adams had only missed out one bar.
for a brief, like a guard dog. 
The sad aspect of that footage, and I say this as a fan of over thirty years and someone who loves the current incarnation and will be doing both London gigs, is that Doktor Avalanche sounds better there than he will at the Roundhouse tomorrow.copper wrote:Well, see for yourself.“There was a throwback punk kid stood in the front of Andrew,� recalls Marx, “who had some connection with a local band on the bill and had the big spiked hair and The Exploited or some such stencilled on his leather jacket.�
The punk was staring too intently or mouthed something or spat – his exact infraction had been forgotten - but as Adams began the opening heavy Motörhead-like chords of ‘Floorshow’ the punk attempted to climb up on to the stage.
Adams let go of his instrument, rushed forward and kicked him in the face. As the punk scurried off the stage, Adams carried on with ‘Floorshow’. Justice had been swift: Adams had only missed out one bar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJHigbmu8js#t=17m04s
Craig's Big Moment. That bass sound is ridiculously mean and after the fact, it looks like he's circling
During the same song, came the pies. Go figure.
Steve Albini cited The Sisters as one of his inspirations for Big Black, and given the sound of that era of the band, it's not hard to hear why.copper wrote: Well, see for yourself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJHigbmu8js#t=17m04s
Craig's Big Moment. That bass sound is ridiculously mean and after the fact, it looks like he's circling
During the same song, came the pies. Go figure.
Absolutely. Gary is very good at describing all that was and making things come alive ...Zacharias wrote:Best read on World Wide Web in quite some time.
Indeed!Brad wrote:Really just makes me pine for a full fledged book on the matter.
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Back then you could still survive on relatively little coming in as an "Income" and the DSS needed lots of proof before they could try and stop your benefits if you'd done some casual or infrequently paid work. Many bands even received Grants from the Benefits Office to help them start out. I think Ex-Students could still apply for Funding back then, as they could say they were taking a year out between courses?euphoria wrote:Very interesting read, and I really hope there will be a next part with Taylor-turned-Eldritch sailing far up the river
As others have said, I have learnt new things. That Gary Marx seemed to be so sober, almost ascetic and non-partying surprised me.
But, where did they get their money from before the successful singles, I mean staying up all night taking expensive speed and generally "hanging around" 24 hours a day, going to the pub daily and having instruments, recording/playing...sounds like great but, well, expensive fun
And did Andrew drive a whole roadtrip without a driver's license!? Those were the days
