At first I thought maybe Summer or War On Drugs but they weren't played till 97
what do y'all think?
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Probably the wheels really came off after _Some Girls..._, the point where Andreas had a go at Von in the pages of UTR and Von responded by "putting the band on hiatus". Then Tim decided he wanted to do something else. Of course Adam was recruited (by The Reptile House staff!) but there was no band as such at that point. All the marketing around "Under the Gun" and _...Overbombing_ was focused on Von himself and his attempt to reinvent as an Intellectual Love God (see T-shirt above).
Interesting and hadn't heard about Andreas having a go at Von. Do you know the gist of what he said? Can't find online so curious as the other interviews I've read of his re very complimentary and cautious about working with Von.H. Blackrose wrote: ↑29 Nov 2023, 22:31Probably the wheels really came off after _Some Girls..._, the point where Andreas had a go at Von in the pages of UTR and Von responded by "putting the band on hiatus".
The whole story from both sides is in Underneath the Rock 5. The above is Andreas' side. Von's side is: his view was that, since Andreas wrote a lot of Vision Thing, on the next album Tim Bricheno's songs would get first listen. There were also problems with Andreas' manager who was pushing him to start a solo career (Von considered, and as it probably proved, prematurely). There were also disagreements about Von's decisions re: band management and direction: "It's a bit weird to be told how to run a band by someone who's never been in one before" - VonFodderstompf wrote: ↑11 Jan 2024, 20:50 Bruhn gave some interviews to German „Zillo“ magazine in 1993. He said the band broke apart during the rerecording of „Temple of Love“ in 1992 when the studio sessions decended into the nightmare of the album sessions again. Then Bruhn presented Mr. Eldritch a bunch of song ideas he had written for the band and Eldritch refused to even listen to them. Bruhn furiously quit the band, got himself a solo deal and went straight into a studio and recorded the songs as his first solo album „Broon“. In 1993 he agreed to join the Sisters for their live dates as a guest musician. I like Bruhn‘s first solo album quite a lot, I definitely can imagine those songs as a possible Sisters follow-up album.
Does the "quiet period" of the Sisters Jan 1994 until summer 1996, align with this "alternative career as a producer/techno DJ " period ?H. Blackrose wrote: ↑29 Nov 2023, 22:31 I think we're extremely lucky that TSOM did reform as something resembling a band around Von and Adam in 97, and that Von's alternative career as a producer/techno DJ didn't take off
More or less; if you read UTR at the time he's talking about his head not being in Sisters space, but being interested in "techno with tunes". But of course he was doing other things as well like trying to be a rock journalist (interviewing Cohen and Bowie). I think he was exploring his life optionsOcean Moves wrote: ↑14 Jan 2024, 22:18 Does the "quiet period" of the Sisters Jan 1994 until summer 1996, align with this "alternative career as a producer/techno DJ " period ?
Is there any evidence that this "producer/techno" period actually amounted to anything at all, or was Von just doing nowt for two years?Ocean Moves wrote: ↑14 Jan 2024, 22:18Does the "quiet period" of the Sisters Jan 1994 until summer 1996, align with this "alternative career as a producer/techno DJ " period ?H. Blackrose wrote: ↑29 Nov 2023, 22:31 I think we're extremely lucky that TSOM did reform as something resembling a band around Von and Adam in 97, and that Von's alternative career as a producer/techno DJ didn't take off
In an interview, I recall when queried on why he didn't tour during that period, and I think, whether he had a bike accident at that time, Andrew simply said "not saying".