Heartland

there is a book, 'the philosophy of james bond' or similar, which will put you right. All the usual suspects are in there. not too surprising, but yeah i guess you're right

I must admit not to have read the novel of Casino Royale although I have read others of the Bond series (and the novel of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang incidentally). I don't suppose it's completely out of the question that Fleming knew some Marlowe.

One day I drove home and they played Lucretia in the radio. When I came home I listened to it again and again and again, milion times. Then I listened to Corrosion and other songs. Ever since I couldn't stop. It's like some kind of drug in his voice.

1987 Thrasher magazine. At the back they would have these ads for rock t shirts and i always was attracted to the Sisters t shirts. Then i bought floodland and never looked back again. Yep,...next.

I found Floodland in a dollar bin and bought it just 'cause it looked interesting.

Hm.
I'm not quite sure.
Ahhh yes.
A friend of mine bought a watch with the logo on it, I thought that it looked interesting, asked about it, and the rest is history

In 1996 a friend from the 5-th floor asked me to give him trainspotting on vhs.I asked for some other vhs in return so i can
waste some time infront of the screen.He gave me Sisters 1985 live in Royal A. Hall.
That was my initiation and ever since there is hardly a day without a sisters' song.

damagedone wrote:In 1996 a friend from the 5-th floor asked me to give him trainspotting on vhs.I asked for some other vhs in return so i can
waste some time infront of the screen.He gave me Sisters 1985 live in Royal A. Hall.
That was my initiation and ever since there is hardly a day without a sisters' song.

Good one

An old mate was practically begging this trainspotter we vaguely knew to lend him "Damage Done" as none of us had heard it. I'd never even heard OF it. The trainspotter refused knowing full well he wouldn't get it back but he added "Anyway you wont like it, it's s**t" or words to that effect. I knew the trainspotter was a collector of all things "Factory" so I didn't pay too much attention as I knew the only decent stuff they put out at the time was Joy Division..... f**k all that Durutti Column/ACR s**t right? A few months later we were all flapping our arms like chickens on speed to the strains of "Body Electric" at our local hop. Then "Alice" was released and you couldn't even get onto the dancefloor. Turned out the trainspotter was right about "Damage Done" though

The Fat One wrote:An old mate was practically begging this trainspotter we vaguely knew to lend him "Damage Done" as none of us had heard it. I'd never even heard OF it. The trainspotter refused knowing full well he wouldn't get it back but he added "Anyway you wont like it, it's s**t" or words to that effect. I knew the trainspotter was a collector of all things "Factory" so I didn't pay too much attention as I knew the only decent stuff they put out at the time was Joy Division..... f**k all that Durutti Column/ACR s**t right? A few months later we were all flapping our arms like chickens on speed to the strains of "Body Electric" at our local hop. Then "Alice" was released and you couldn't even get onto the dancefloor. Turned out the trainspotter was right about "Damage Done" though

The Fat One wrote:f**k all that Durutti Column/ACR s**t right?

euhm... nope, certainly not right. I love Durutti

It was definitely when This Corrosion appeared on the radio 1987. I was a pupil and had spent most of my afternoons recording pop music from the radio for two years, when the moderator announced a sensational comeback and the imposant and futuristic sound of the song made me instantly feel that this was what I had been waiting for a long time, although I must admit I also found it rather gloomy.

The name of the band had not been unknown to me before however, from small articles in a teenage newspaper magazine (mostly about the m*****n), and because I used to spend my holidays visting my grandma in the small german town of Detmold, where someone had decorated the interior of public buses with the bands name, probably in the aftermath of the 1984 concerts there.

markfiend wrote:I must admit not to have read the novel of Casino Royale although I have read others of the Bond series (and the novel of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang incidentally). I don't suppose it's completely out of the question that Fleming knew some Marlowe.

Many years later and I'm reading Thrilling Cities. In Berlin, of all places,
Fleming provides an insight into how widely read he was.

rol wrote:It was definitely when This Corrosion appeared on the radio 1987. I was a pupil and had spent most of my afternoons recording pop music from the radio for two years, when the moderator announced a sensational comeback and the imposant and futuristic sound of the song made me instantly feel that this was what I had been waiting for a long time, although I must admit I also found it rather gloomy.

The name of the band had not been unknown to me before however, from small articles in a teenage newspaper magazine (mostly about the m*****n), and because I used to spend my holidays visting my grandma in the small german town of Detmold, where someone had decorated the interior of public buses with the bands name, probably in the aftermath of the 1984 concerts there.

Black EDDING 3000 graffiti, I guess ... ...

Anyway, welcome here, rol ... ...

Maybe you want to let us know your opinion on the inevitable YCBTO ? ... ...

Welcome, @rol.
Detmold, eh ? Not the most promising looking venue, but appearances can be deceptive.

Good question! First single I bought was Alice, from Manchester Underground records, and the bass line still blows me away 30+ years later. Saw them in live from '83 - have recollections of one gig in particular , at the University. Chelsea had played at City at Maine Road the same Friday evening, I had gone to the game, it was in the bad old days of football hooligans etc, anyway, my trusty Sisters style winkle pickers came in handy, as some Chelsea 'thugs' were having a go at City fans outside the ground, I'm convinced my shoes saved me that night lol! Anyway, having safely negotiated my way back to the venue after the match, it soon became clear I wasnt the only one who had seen some action at the game, as fans with of the band turned up, some with cuts and bruises, wrong place wrong time outside the ground etc, but on a happier note, we spoke to some London based Sisters fans who had travelled up to Manchester to watch Chelsea, then go to the gig, as we had done. Some good friends made that night, showing that music bridges the gap and petty rivalries put to one one side. As for Eldritch and co, well need I say more, the place was absolutely rocking, and its great to know they are back on the road again! What other band can go two decades without a new release and still retain the level of interest in the band? Not many I'll bet. Look forward to seeing all you old school Sisters fans at a gig in the near future, and at the same time, welcome the younger generation with open arms, after all, Jesus loves the Sisters..........

I was a fan in the 80's, particularly Floodland era, but TBH lost interest a bit when the whole M*****n vs Sisters thing was starting to get a bit silly in the music press. This didn't stop me naming my foob Lucretia though. Then about a year ago, I was having a health scare which I thought was cancer come back in my lungs, and was copying a whole load of old CDs onto my phone in anticipation of a long stay in hospital. One of these was Floodland and I had one of those "Hell, yeah" moments. The health scare turned out to be whooping cough, so I am still here. I hadn't even realised the Sisters were still going until I found this forum and their website.

A mate took me to see some band in about 84 and I thought they were rather good, local record del ears did not have any disks and then forgot about it. A few years latter I was in an exes bedroom and she puts on this band saying this was the band but was too young when they were playing could have been 87 I just kept quiet and borrowed her disks low and behold shops had them to buy then so everyone was bought.

*rather good= excellent.

I guess this thread's is as good as any to make my first post:

It was about 2002 or so when I first started listening, I think. I met someone from Manchester at a party - who would go on to become a very good friend over the years. The first thing she said to me was "Take off those shades, you f**king goth!" (this was a party largely comprised of those, mind). Then we got to chatting about music, and she recommended Floodland - clearly, she believed I was already a fan. It went from there.

Welcome to the madhouse. You'll regret it, but it's too late to escape now.

Welcome Shadaloo.
Have a ball

I'm a pretty new fan of the Sisters.

How I got into them was, I was watching a YouTube video (This was August of last year) about Everquest (an old 90's MMO) in which the video maker mentioned the Sisters, claiming he was "really into the whole goth thing when he was a kid." So me, being 15, thought "I should check this out, if only to have a laugh at all the whiny lyrics." Since then, I've started a vinyl collection (originally launched by the desire to own a copy of The Reptile House), that I've sunk a shameful amount of money into, 100 pounds of which was spent on a first edition Body Electric single, and have the Merciful Release logo painted on my wall right above my bed. The Sisters are definitely a favorite of mine.

Floodland in '87. My pal Andy bought it after seeing the This Corrosion video. I was already a huge Bowie fan and this sounded like the kind
of record Bowie should have been making rather than, erm, Never Let Me Down.

My favourite album at the time (and possibly still is) Simple Minds' New Gold Dream. For me, listening to Floodland for the first time was like listening to a Bowie New Gold Dream - truly a dream come true. The rest is history.


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Wakefield

I feel a little out of place here since most of the fans know them from the 80s-90s. I heard Neverland as a soundtrack to American Horror Story; after that I came across This Corrosion which grabbed my attention and Dominion/Mother Russia which was enough to make me fall inlove with the music and AE. I've been utterly fascinated by the entire Gift/Floodland era, I read all the articles and interviews I could get about the Sisters. I can only feel sad about not being born during their peak...