Posted: 08 Jun 2010, 19:08
didn't Gary Marx write music for Heartland 
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Posted: 08 Jun 2010, 19:55
Correct, he did, so it must be him on guitar then.
Posted: 09 Jun 2010, 09:24
Whoops! Misunderstood youmh wrote: Dunno about Heartland, I meant the song ToL itself (confirmed in an interview that the intro is him) rather than all the tracks on the single.
Posted: 09 Jun 2010, 13:02
Has anyone actually seen Von play guitar?
I don't understand why some of you rate BenJovi as a good guitarist for the Sisters, he adds nothing to the sound and his own band are utter crap. I would hate to think he may be involved in writing any new Sisters material.
I don't understand why some of you rate BenJovi as a good guitarist for the Sisters, he adds nothing to the sound and his own band are utter crap. I would hate to think he may be involved in writing any new Sisters material.
Posted: 09 Jun 2010, 13:03
I'm not a huge fan either.moses wrote:I don't understand why some of you rate BenJovi as a good guitarist for the Sisters, he adds nothing to the sound and his own band are utter crap.
Posted: 09 Jun 2010, 13:18
ishmoses wrote:Has anyone actually seen Von play guitar?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHlUE6kLBng
Posted: 09 Jun 2010, 14:44
Yes, though I seem to recall he has commented that he has difficulty playing guitar and standing up (let alone playing and singing at the same time).
Posted: 09 Jun 2010, 18:26
I remember that as wellsultan2075 wrote:Yes, though I seem to recall he has commented that he has difficulty playing guitar and standing up (let alone playing and singing at the same time).
Posted: 09 Jun 2010, 21:03
Yes, and bass (St Pauli Benefit with Justin Sullivan and friends)moses wrote:Has anyone actually seen Von play guitar?
Posted: 09 Jun 2010, 21:17
Where and when did you see him playing guitar (not the bass)?paul wrote:Yes, and bass (St Pauli Benefit with Justin Sullivan and friends)moses wrote:Has anyone actually seen Von play guitar?
Posted: 09 Jun 2010, 23:11
Marx/Gunn (which seems to also include by default!)
Having said that, I've seen the current line up a few times & always found them a top nite out...! (except the astoria stop over on the silver bullet express )
by default!)Having said that, I've seen the current line up a few times & always found them a top nite out...! (except the astoria stop over on the silver bullet express
)Posted: 10 Jun 2010, 13:02
Bricheno, Bruhn & James Reading '91
However Ben & Chris are great but the Sisters need a Bass player !
However Ben & Chris are great but the Sisters need a Bass player !
Posted: 10 Jun 2010, 16:50
Could not agree more. All the guitar players have been good and added their personality to the songs, but the big thing has ALWAYS been the bass and since the bass got dropped, something died in Sisters.antvic wrote: However Ben & Chris are great but the Sisters need a Bass player !
But all in all, Chris is the best!
Posted: 10 Jun 2010, 18:36
Thanks my friend.
The Sisters are a bass driven machine and always
will be like ''The Fall'' I guess?
When I hear C Adams & T James playing in the Sisters it really added something and it got me into playing Bass also.
Nuff said.
The Sisters are a bass driven machine and always
will be like ''The Fall'' I guess?
When I hear C Adams & T James playing in the Sisters it really added something and it got me into playing Bass also.
Nuff said.
Posted: 11 Jun 2010, 01:22
And John Perry.Quiff Boy wrote:surprised people are crediting von with doing that much guitar on VT. its not something i'd ever considered (and still don't).
why do we think bruhn "didn't do as much as one might think"? i'd always thought most of the VT guitar sound/playing was down to him
So just that riff then. Presumably Gary did the rest. (Can't remember whether Ben was still around at that stage.)mh wrote: Presumably however a good proportion of the studio guitar was actually done by Eldritch. We already know that Reptile House and ToL were Eldritch playing
Posted: 14 Jun 2010, 07:02
Agreed. The guitar/bass interplay is a huge part of what I think of as The Sisters' Sound. Big riffs, for sure, but the grinding bass guitar underneath makes it so much more.il duce wrote:Could not agree more. All the guitar players have been good and added their personality to the songs, but the big thing has ALWAYS been the bass and since the bass got dropped, something died in Sisters.antvic wrote: However Ben & Chris are great but the Sisters need a Bass player !
Posted: 16 Jun 2010, 09:01
to all the Sisters "elite" (if there really is one) I'm sorry? That Guitarist (notice no caps?)Posted: 16 Jun 2010, 09:04
Sorry bout the off topic. obviously I did not read. I'm falling off the wagon......you see? Bye!!!!!Posted: 16 Jun 2010, 12:30
On topic: JoeBar5th 
Posted: 17 Jun 2010, 22:19
Thanks for the link.Purple Light wrote:Me.
Aisde from that unlikely situation, its Adam Pearson any day for me.
Poor guy doesn't even have his own Wiki page!
Not too sure he'd appreciate being called Adam Pearsom though.
Quick thumbs up for Starling. Didn't mention it earlier. Damn fine. Astoria 2003 both nights were great. He looked the part and he did the part.
Stop fishing or whatever your doing Chris and rock.
Posted: 17 Jun 2010, 23:35
Purple Light wrote:Thanks for the link.Purple Light wrote:Me.
Aisde from that unlikely situation, its Adam Pearson any day for me.
Poor guy doesn't even have his own Wiki page!
Not too sure he'd appreciate being called Adam Pearsom though.
... good heavens, never noticed that ... 
...However, corrected by now ...
...Posted: 18 Jun 2010, 10:02
i mentioned this to chris catalyst, as i recall him saying he had been to the studio on more than one occaission, and he was kind enough to enlighten me with the following factoids:
thanks for the info, chris
so there you go.That nice Mr Catalyst wrote:Adam's studio is no longer Adam's studio.
The house was bought by (superstar DJ, Leeds legend and former Sisters roadie) Dave Beer about four or five years ago. The studio bit is now known as Cottage Road Studios and it's where Eureka Machines recorded the drums for the Do Or Die album, as well as the new album which I'm finishing now. It's run by Andy Hawkins (who used to play bass for Midget, and The Damned, for a bit) and Matt Peel (who used to work at Joseph's Well with me). Both fine gentlemen and fine artists in their own right.
In fact the first time I met Andrew was there when it was still Pravda studios. I was doing some session singing for a project with Adam and Dave Creffield (who has, over the years, been Nurse to the Doktor, soundman, and guitar tech for the Sisters, along with being producer to the stars - Embrace, Kaiser Chiefs etc) in about 2003 and Andrew and Chris Starling were knocking about, pre-Smoke And Mirrors tour.
(And my favourite Sisters guitarist? Now that would be telling.)
thanks for the info, chris
Posted: 21 Jun 2010, 18:15
In 2021 the Sisters guitar duties will be handled by Doktor Avalanche, when he gets updated to a new, mobile, robotic form. Ben is kept to attract female audience. In 2031 Doktor takes over the band, releases a new album, and goes on a tour to end all tours.
Posted: 04 Jul 2010, 21:02
Adam Pearson is the man,he definitely got that Sisters sound.
Posted: 04 Jul 2010, 21:14
I could agree as I did chose him together with Gary, too. However thinking about it now, I wonder if it's only the sound - or - the spirit that made the memorable (early/80ies) Sisters sound? The music/sound at that time wasn't always brilliant but the spirit wasdamagedone wrote:Adam Pearson is the man,he definitely got that Sisters sound.