Heartland

I can't see that anyone who has turned down a £200,000 offer from the Whitby people could ever be accused of being "in it for the money".

if they are really in need of spending their 200K in whitby, then I guess they have to change the name of the festival...

Back in the day when Children on Stun played in whitby, they didn't even get paid enough to cover BnB ... they ended up sleeping in our room, hospitality is a virtue in sweden

markfiend wrote:I can't see that anyone who has turned down a £200,000 offer from the Whitby people could ever be accused of being "in it for the money".

Very true. There are alot of people who are. isn't one of them.

DeWinter wrote:"being critical of the sisters is of course "allowed" when it comes from heartlanders- but is it just me or are they some of "us" who constantly moan/whinge/slag them off? i don't know why they don't go somewhere that they do like the subject under discussion. "

If that was directed at me..
I'm perfectly willing to admit the brilliance of The Sisters,as and when they are.FALAA is almost permanently on my cd player,and I think "We are the same,Susanne" has the most addictive guitar lick since "Sweet child o' mine" by GnR.
But...
The band seem to be an almost pure "for the money" outfit these days.You may well be willing to hear the same setlist many years in a row,but I'm not!!
The band could be something special,and as is,seem to be on auto-pilot.When something happens that's worth celebrating,I'll be amongst the rest of you cheeering,but as is,I see no reason to celebrate a case of same old,same old.

so you don't think the sisters are brilliant any more (excepting your back-handed compliment of "suzanne"); so you are not willing to hear the same setlist year in year out; so you don't think the sisters are something special and that a 50 gig+ world tour is worth celebrating....well, we do. i rest my case.

More words on the current situation...

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase ... oid=328484

Can't recall if this has been posted before... If it has please forgive me...

"Different Bush, same gene pool.
This new one’s not even much of an evolution when you look at his chimpy little eyes, is it?" - Classic!!!

Love the sisters, always have, always will...

Surekill 1311 wrote:More words on the current situation...

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase ... oid=328484

Can't recall if this has been posted before... If it has please forgive me...

"Different Bush, same gene pool.
This new one’s not even much of an evolution when you look at his chimpy little eyes, is it?" - Classic!!!

Love the sisters, always have, always will...

Haven't seen it before so thanks!

Surekill 1311 wrote:More words on the current situation...

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase ... oid=328484

Can't recall if this has been posted before... If it has please forgive me...

"Different Bush, same gene pool.
This new one’s not even much of an evolution when you look at his chimpy little eyes, is it?" - Classic!!!

Love the sisters, always have, always will...

I hadn't seen it either, nice work

@ Surekill 1311 thank you and welcome

Yep, very nice indeed. I've been scouring all over the net for something cuurent like that...

As above, cheers mate and welcome.

In response to the general discussion regarding the Sister’s credibility despite low output, I certainly agree Andrew makes the mistake of shunting his fan base. Whatever… I still respect his choice to do so. However, he could bill the Sisters as “Industrial rock�, if a label were necessary… this clues a new audience into the fact that certain mechanics are involved. It sounds more appropriate than “Goth rock�. Although some of that does indeed rock!

IMO, Andy and the Nurse should get together, update Doktor Avalanche and then go completely nuts! Throw in some ripping power chords and Andy could just rant away about whatever he needs to say. Sure, it wouldn’t be ‘Floodland’… nor would it be ‘Vision Thing’ or (to say the least) ‘First and Last and Always’. I don’t expect it to be nor would I want it to be. I’d simply buy it… and probably love it!

The Sisters have three hooks: Andy, the Doktor, rock-n-roll (i.e.; guitars).

That could be four depending how you look at it. That’s the least the Sisters need to put out a good record (which I’m sure could be produced independently). It might be in Andy’s best interest to peruse the so-called Goth/Industrial labels for an audience, as much as he may not wish to do so. I’m sure a 25th anniversary live album would be well promoted!

New album or no, I love the Sisters and will be glad to see them for my first time March 10th!

DrG

P.S.: I’ll see some of you at the Kool Haus in Toronto, Canada!

Cheers nice to feel welcome...

Been trawling round the net to see what else i could drag up and came across this...

http://vegasblog.latimes.com/vegas/2006 ... _merc.html

The general feel of the review is pretty... lets say sh*t. But one of the replies is more interesting... x-whatever... Someone sticking up for the moral majority and going on the post may have connections with the man upstairs... If nothing else someone setting the general mass media straight... Can't be all bad... Can't stand people that report the facts and don't do their homework... Which seem's to be the norm on the net postings about the current tour...

Oh well nevermind...

Hello, just found this:

http://www.hour.ca/music/music.aspx?iIDArticle=8567

They nicked the picture of tours.tsom.org and put someone else's name underneath

http://tours.tsom.org/2005/ wrote:pictures © Nigel Kurt

http://www.hour.ca/music/music.aspx?iIDArticle=8567 wrote:Eldritch: King of the nutters
photo: Joseph Yarmush

Thanks for the link though

Electrochrome wrote:Hello, just found this:

http://www.hour.ca/music/music.aspx?iIDArticle=8567

So far, the band's current setlist contains such all-time favourites as Dominion/Mother Russia, Vision Thing and Ribbons. But This Corrosion is glaringly missing. "We haven't played it so far, but we might. Depends if we think the audience needs to be punished. It's all punishment - it's just what kind we choose to deliver that day."

When it comes to goths and goth rock, Eldritch quickly dismisses the topic. These days the 46-year-old singer sports a clean-shaven head, wears yellow shirts and is far from the perfect goth poster boy he once was. "I don't really know why they ever bothered to attach themselves to us. You can't pick your disciples, and one way or the other you always end up with a bunch of nutters. They represent a certain section of our audience. And they are welcomed to buy tickets and come, I just hope they don't stop anyone else from coming."

Nicest thing he's said so far.

The mention of him being dubbed the "king" or "godfather" of goth elicits a groan. "There's no point in suing them is there? And apparently you can't kill them."

Always with the lawyers. And you can't kill what is already dead.

Dark wrote:
Always with the lawyers. And you can't kill what is already dead.

Try removing the head.
...
Oops ! Sorry, too many z-movies.

Dark wrote:

When it comes to goths and goth rock, Eldritch quickly dismisses the topic. These days the 46-year-old singer sports a clean-shaven head, wears yellow shirts and is far from the perfect goth poster boy he once was. "I don't really know why they ever bothered to attach themselves to us. You can't pick your disciples, and one way or the other you always end up with a bunch of nutters. They represent a certain section of our audience. And they are welcomed to buy tickets and come, I just hope they don't stop anyone else from coming."

Nicest thing he's said so far.

The mention of him being dubbed the "king" or "godfather" of goth elicits a groan. "There's no point in suing them is there? And apparently you can't kill them."

Always with the lawyers. And you can't kill what is already dead.

You know.....the guy DID change his name to 'Andrew Eldritch'. He DID have a rather g***ic looking Patsy in the band. He does love Caslon Old Antique font, and the artwork on the old singles and albums is not exactly of the hippy variety...

But yes, the comment about hoping it doesn't stop others coming approaches the nicest thing he's said about the crowd in a while.

Electrochrome wrote:Hello, just found this:

http://www.hour.ca/music/music.aspx?iIDArticle=8567

Nice link, cheers.

I guess the reason he's welcoming the g*ths is that if they didn't show up there'd only be a coupla hundred people per show. Ouch.

Planet Dave wrote:

Electrochrome wrote:Hello, just found this:

http://www.hour.ca/music/music.aspx?iIDArticle=8567

Nice link, cheers.

I guess the reason he's welcoming the g*ths is that if they didn't show up there'd only be a coupla hundred people per show. Ouch.

Aint that the truth..... He should be grateful if one man and his dog turn up to see the Gollum looking freak, seeing as they have done sweet FA in the way of product for so long.