Vive Le Rock

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.
Post Reply
User avatar
Swinnow
Overbomber
Posts: 3551
Joined: 15 Mar 2005, 08:51
Location: In the Gazebo Of Badness, just outside BD3

Ooo'errrrr a Santa clad in black.....
....if I have to explain, then you'll never understand....
Top
User avatar
EmmaPeelWannaBe
Slight Overbomber
Posts: 1610
Joined: 10 Jul 2015, 21:55
Location: San Francisco

In my fantasy Santa Andy is clad in a black Santa costume. but would he wear a fat suit? :innocent:
My life is one long week of stupid clothing benders.
Top
Dust Witch
Amphetamine Filth
Posts: 149
Joined: 18 Aug 2015, 13:01
Location: lost in the drift

No fat suit, just a cat in a sling
Top
User avatar
million voices
Slight Overbomber
Posts: 1005
Joined: 10 May 2006, 22:31
Location: The Ballrooms Of Mars

Does he come but once a year?
Well you must know something
'Cos we're dying of admiration here
Mastering obscure alternatives
Top
User avatar
Aazhyd
Amphetamine Filth
Posts: 229
Joined: 29 Apr 2009, 07:48
Location: The low damp ground
Contact:
Contact Aazhyd

Mav787 wrote:That quote was from the editor of VLR. Its his job to sell magazines.
Then why on earth does he run an interview with the Sisters of Mercy?

And who is this "Von" guy everybody seems to be talking about?
Only the Americans could have built a place like this in the middle of a jungle.
Top
User avatar
Mav787
One life, all I need
Posts: 648
Joined: 19 Feb 2011, 17:02
Location: Liverpool

The by line from the last time the Sisters were in VLR (with a 1985 era photo of Von on the front):

“We're banging tracks down.�
Andrew Eldritch on strikes, strife and new albums...

:lol:
Top
User avatar
Being645
Wiki Wizard
Posts: 15271
Joined: 09 Apr 2009, 12:54
Location: reconstruction status: whatever the f**k

Norman Hunter wrote:Interview in next edition, apparently.
Lovely ... hopefully someone will let us know the content ... :) ...
Top
User avatar
Norman Hunter
Slight Overbomber
Posts: 1870
Joined: 29 Sep 2004, 12:41
Location: Leeds
Contact:
Contact Norman Hunter

Being645 wrote:
Norman Hunter wrote:Interview in next edition, apparently.
Lovely ... hopefully someone will let us know the content ... :) ...
I banged scans up on Facebook of the last VLR interview - expect the same this time around.
Four strings good, six strings bad
Top
User avatar
Being645
Wiki Wizard
Posts: 15271
Joined: 09 Apr 2009, 12:54
Location: reconstruction status: whatever the f**k

Norman Hunter wrote:
Being645 wrote:
Norman Hunter wrote:Interview in next edition, apparently.
Lovely ... hopefully someone will let us know the content ... :) ...
I banged scans up on Facebook of the last VLR interview - expect the same this time around.
Kind enough ... :) ... only I'm not on FB ...
Top
User avatar
ribbons69
Slight Overbomber
Posts: 1652
Joined: 24 Jan 2009, 12:57
Location: Somewhere, terrified of dying.

Being645 wrote:
Norman Hunter wrote:
Being645 wrote: Lovely ... hopefully someone will let us know the content ... :) ...
I banged scans up on Facebook of the last VLR interview - expect the same this time around.
Kind enough ... :) ... only I'm not on FB ...
Once I've read the magazine I will send you my copy Sabine.
"I've seen Andrew Eldritch in an ice hockey shirt onstage, and I've given him the benefit of the doubt"
Tom G Warrior of Celtic Frost




we fall to rise
Top
User avatar
Being645
Wiki Wizard
Posts: 15271
Joined: 09 Apr 2009, 12:54
Location: reconstruction status: whatever the f**k

ribbons69 wrote:
Being645 wrote:
Norman Hunter wrote: I banged scans up on Facebook of the last VLR interview - expect the same this time around.
Kind enough ... :) ... only I'm not on FB ...
Once I've read the magazine I will send you my copy Sabine.
You're a treasure, Dave! ... :D ;D :kiss: ...
I had suscribed to it, when they started. But the issues arrived here only months after release or even not at all, and so I didn't renew it ... :wink: ...
Top
User avatar
Nikolas Vitus Lagartija
Overbomber
Posts: 2485
Joined: 04 Aug 2011, 23:35
Location: Scotland
Contact:
Contact Nikolas Vitus Lagartija

According to the VLR FB page, there was a member of TSOM at the Louder Than War magazine launch party last night. Ben ?
Top
Dust Witch
Amphetamine Filth
Posts: 149
Joined: 18 Aug 2015, 13:01
Location: lost in the drift

Ben "Likes" the post, so I'd guess so.
Top
User avatar
Mav787
One life, all I need
Posts: 648
Joined: 19 Feb 2011, 17:02
Location: Liverpool

Ben was there with Christian Riou who was the singer in Claytown Troupe. They've been friends since the late '80s in Bristol.

I was told that when Ben was 15 he was such a good guitarist that he would have played in CTT except he was too young to go on tour.
Top
User avatar
Nikolas Vitus Lagartija
Overbomber
Posts: 2485
Joined: 04 Aug 2011, 23:35
Location: Scotland
Contact:
Contact Nikolas Vitus Lagartija

Thanks for the info. VLR out this Friday, KJ on the cover, features a free Lemmy print and cover also mentions All About Eve and Iggy Pop. Sisters strap line is "Eldritch Opens Up".
Top
User avatar
Eye of Ra
Road Kill
Posts: 37
Joined: 08 May 2015, 21:05
Location: Elsewhere

Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:Thanks for the info. VLR out this Friday, KJ on the cover, features a free Lemmy print and cover also mentions All About Eve and Iggy Pop. Sisters strap line is "Eldritch Opens Up".
:notworthy: Can't wait, even if the interview does turn out to be more of the same.
Top
User avatar
Phil
Amphetamine Filth
Posts: 172
Joined: 06 Jun 2014, 13:18
Location: Flying Swan, Brentford

Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote: Sisters strap line is "Eldritch Opens Up".
Sounds promising at least.
Anger Is An Energy
Top
User avatar
EmmaPeelWannaBe
Slight Overbomber
Posts: 1610
Joined: 10 Jul 2015, 21:55
Location: San Francisco

well not completely the same apparently.... :von: has a pet poodle.

Didn't see that coming.
My life is one long week of stupid clothing benders.
Top
User avatar
Eye of Ra
Road Kill
Posts: 37
Joined: 08 May 2015, 21:05
Location: Elsewhere

EmmaPeelWannaBe wrote:well not completely the same apparently.... I've been told that Von has a poodle.

Didn't see that coming.

...That is...pretty strange actually. Anything else interesting you'd be willing to share? The shops around here don't have the new issue in yet.
Top
User avatar
EmmaPeelWannaBe
Slight Overbomber
Posts: 1610
Joined: 10 Jul 2015, 21:55
Location: San Francisco

Not much new (no mention of a new album)....just the usual history of the band that eats up a lot of space. He does seem happy tho.

Someone kindly scanned it and put it up on the RIBBONS - (Art)-Gallery facebook page.
My life is one long week of stupid clothing benders.
Top
User avatar
Joy
Utterly Bastard Groovy Amphetamine Filth
Posts: 636
Joined: 10 Oct 2013, 18:50

Just some briefing...

Eldritch clearly takes great pleasure from entertaining audiences and his loyal fan base, an experience that has been bolstered by fresh personnel, including guitarist Chris Catalist: "That man has learnt more in his many fewer years onstage that I have in my lifetime."

About FALAA: "Unfortunately it wasn't a perfect choice of producer (David Allen), but than again we didn't have any choice of producer...I wouldn't recommend the album to anyone because I don't think the songs was well performed or recorded."

About Floodland: "I listened to it six month ago, and I'm very proud of that album."

About Vision Thing: "I actually tried with that album, because "Floodland" was so layered, to create something that was really, 'cartoon rock', however when I listen to that album now, I realise I utterly failed because they're things happening in the soundscape that still astound me."

About Marx, Hussey and Adams leaving: "I stressed they departed I didn't fire anyone." As with the details surrounding Marx's exit , Eldritch is respectfully reluctant to discuss why Hussey and Adams left, mostly because he feels it's a distinctly disinteresting topic. " If anyone still cares about it, I find they're being a bit too nostalgic. I don't mind answering questions about it, but it's not about something I would stay up at night thinking about."

About music industry: "The odds against my band or any band have always been stacked, they've been times we've been dependent on it (the music industry) and times we haven't, now we have nothing but utter contempt for it."
"Music is there to enrich your life and make you aware of things in a slightly different way."
Top
SmileySister
Utterly Bastard Groovy Amphetamine Filth
Posts: 683
Joined: 27 May 2015, 20:46

I scanned it for Ribbons - I am the mad Poodle lady - hello :)
Top
User avatar
Joy
Utterly Bastard Groovy Amphetamine Filth
Posts: 636
Joined: 10 Oct 2013, 18:50

:wink: I'm glad that he is happy. What about the cats now he's got a dog. :twisted:

Eldritch is having a splendid time chilling out, spending quality time with his girlfriend, listening to dub into wee hours and enjoying the company of his pet poodle. "I like doing interviews when I'm on holiday and my mind is free, so I don't have to think about changing a guitar chord or buying niblets for the tour bus."
"Music is there to enrich your life and make you aware of things in a slightly different way."
Top
SmileySister
Utterly Bastard Groovy Amphetamine Filth
Posts: 683
Joined: 27 May 2015, 20:46

The man's got taste

:von:


I scanned it for the other FB Sisters group as well :)
Top
Cronge
Road Kill
Posts: 12
Joined: 19 Aug 2012, 09:05

Will you be so kind to give a link? I can't find it.
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Sisters Chat”