Heartland

Planet Dave wrote: ↑13 Nov 2020, 16:41

mh wrote: ↑12 Nov 2020, 15:33 From the F club to Go4 to proto Goth : Post punk Leeds : and in depth look at how punk impacted on the city.

Another fantastic Louder than War article, more of a focus on the broader Leeds post-punk scene, but also delving into some deep Sisters history (including one or two items that were new to me, such as recollections of how Von first met Gary, for inst).

This one's worth taking some time to read in more careful detail.

Magnificent read, cheers for the link Michael

Swinnow wrote: ↑27 Nov 2020, 10:34 Excitingly, I caught up with an old episode (series 6 episode 8 ) of the UK spy drama Spooks last night. The episode revolved around an 'Operation Floodland' which was to deal a devastating blow to a certain western superpower.

The final episode of BBC drama Spooks' seventh series references this album. The Russian code broadcast on a Cold War number station is "2.5.0.0.2.5. Finland Red, Egypt White. It is twice blest. It is twice blest. Rain from Heaven". This code activates a Russian sleeper agent in Faversham (also a reference to the Sisters of Mercy as the Faversham is a pub in Leeds that "was where goth's dark lords, the Sisters of Mercy, would hold court"), Kent to collect a hidden portable nuclear weapon to be taken to Grosvenor Square in London and detonated at 15:00hrs. Also, while trying to get to London Bridge through an unused underground tube tunnel, Lucas North says the sentence "What is lost can never be found"; a line from the "Giving Ground" track.

mh wrote: ↑27 Nov 2020, 11:15

Swinnow wrote: ↑27 Nov 2020, 10:34 Excitingly, I caught up with an old episode (series 6 episode 8 ) of the UK spy drama Spooks last night. The episode revolved around an 'Operation Floodland' which was to deal a devastating blow to a certain western superpower.

The writers are obviously Sisters fans, there were references to Gift in another episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Siste ... bum_trivia

The final episode of BBC drama Spooks' seventh series references this album. The Russian code broadcast on a Cold War number station is "2.5.0.0.2.5. Finland Red, Egypt White. It is twice blest. It is twice blest. Rain from Heaven". This code activates a Russian sleeper agent in Faversham (also a reference to the Sisters of Mercy as the Faversham is a pub in Leeds that "was where goth's dark lords, the Sisters of Mercy, would hold court"), Kent to collect a hidden portable nuclear weapon to be taken to Grosvenor Square in London and detonated at 15:00hrs. Also, while trying to get to London Bridge through an unused underground tube tunnel, Lucas North says the sentence "What is lost can never be found"; a line from the "Giving Ground" track.

elamanamou wrote: ↑26 Dec 2020, 16:35 Not quite Sisters spotting, I never found Eldritch in my handbag . I'm having a clear out and at the bottom of my handbag I spotted a ticket from the Sisters, The Forum 2003! Strange feeling that it is a very long time ago now!

road_kill wrote: ↑13 Mar 2021, 00:32 Look who's on Top of the Pops...

... it's only Bruno f**king Brookes!!

(Oh yeah, and the Sisters)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m ... s-11101990

iesus wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 18:59
Amiga ripped off shamelesly Sisters music

m1ckey wrote: ↑28 Mar 2021, 10:03 However, I´m pretty sure Andy is well aware of this, since he was an Amiga gamer back in the day.

Dan wrote: ↑28 Mar 2021, 02:59 What song is it supposed to sound like?

Bartek wrote: ↑25 Nov 2020, 12:28
Some Bay Area based black methal band named Wolf King.

alanm wrote: ↑28 Mar 2021, 06:29 Honestly i think i prefer that rendition of Body Electric to most of the Sisters renditions.