centurionofprix wrote:How is Eldritch's continuing to use the name of a band in which he was a founding member -after the other founding member chose to resign himself from the band, leaving it to Eldritch, and after the other members also left- the same as Hussey splitting from the Sisters after a year in the band but still trying to profit off the name? Without even judging Wayne's actions around his departure, it's ridiculous to consider Eldritch to have stolen the name. Eldritch didn't join Gary and Wayne's group, leave it, and then keep leeching off the name.
PS. The lyrics to Gift kick, anyway, and the baseless soap opera speculation is kind of sad though rather funny.
I give you right concerning the name.
What I meant was that I find it somewhat sad to keep the name after the band is gone and all members (except the singer) are gone. The band was not put on hold, I still have cuttings about the split. The band was over, according to Andrew.
Nevertheless, it was a completely new band that did Vision Thing. New members, rather new sound. But in order to sell record and/or maybe for contractual reasons they were called The Sisters Of Mercy. Also the more or less solorecord Floodland was labelled as The Sisters Of Mercy.
I don´t know if you remember what made Sisters as popular as they became. It was the sound, the special way the guitars were played, one guitarist often played very clever melodies all over the songs, the sound of the guitars and bass became a trademark and you could hear a song instrumental and you knew it was the Sisters.
It was very influental on many bands that followed
Today that sound is gone, the trademark guitars are gone, the bass is gone (!), the melodies are gone.
Songs like Crash And Burn may be a good song, but very very few, most likely none, would guess that it was the Sisters, hearing it instrumental.
The sound is hardly new and the songs hardly as classical (if they were, there would be a lot of big record companies that would give Andrew the amount of money he craves for).
As said, a lot of bands copied the old sound and it is a fact that the Sisters sound was important. I wonder how a band that copied todays Sisters would sound like. Most of all I would wonder why anyone would want to do it...
Still, it is only tunes, music is music, taste is taste. And I can still enjoy going to a gig and listen to some old classics, performed by the man who sang the songs on the records. And two lads on guitar that celebrated their 10th birthday when Andrew released his latest album.
I still enjoy it. I can live with fact that it still says The Sisters Of Mercy on the posters and on the ticket. Of course I know it´s not. Some want it to be The Sisters Of Mercy. And with the lights and the smoke it is ok to living the dream.
"In illusion comfort lies"
One more thing... which of the lyrics on Gift kicks?
in the lyrics:
normal people don't keep it longer then for next s**t 
good god 
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