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Unknown songs and demos, who wrote what, who sang what, the usual biographies, discography gubbins, photos of Eldritch with no sunglasses, etc, etc, etc, yadda, yadda, yadda....
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why did Andrew choose his Eldritch name?
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  1. eldritch \EL-drich\, adjective:
    Strange; unearthly; weird; eerie.
  2. To carry on claiming benefit money from the government under his real name while earning money from The Sisters
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markfiend wrote:To carry on claiming benefit money from the government under his real name while earning money from The Sister
...which is a naughty thing to do :wink:
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markfiend wrote:
  1. eldritch \EL-drich\, adjective:
    Strange; unearthly; weird; eerie.
  2. To carry on claiming benefit money from the government under his real name while earning money from The Sisters
aye.

the band were all claiming unemployment benefits when the sisters started

they were due to be interviewed by NME/Sounds/Melody Maker or somesuch music paper

however, they realised that Gang of Four had recently been interviewed in one of the music papers and had used their real names. GoF got busted by the DHSS as a result because they were claiming benefits!!

so the sisters decided to adopt aliases ;) :lol:

or at least thats the popular story. marx and eldritch have both told the same tail independently of each other, so there's a good chance that this particular piece of sisters mythology is actually true :lol:

adams was called "lurch" in early interviews because they hadnt had chance to think of an alias for him, and "lurch" was his nickname at school

marx's alias comes from an old joke between gary, eldritch and claire (eldricth's girlfriend at the time)

apparently when they first met she was always forgetting his name and seemed to think he was called gary. they were always correcting her. i assume the phrase "gary? mark!" came about as a result of that... i seem to recall gary telling me it was actually decided on the way back from a Slade gig ;D
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Joe Strummer used to tell a similar story. One of his bands before The Clash were called the London SS... because they were all on Social Security. ;D
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markfiend wrote:
  1. eldritch \EL-drich\, adjective:
    Strange; unearthly; weird; eerie.
my vocabulary says that means "natural" ("normal"/"usual") :innocent:
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Badlander wrote:Joe Strummer used to tell a similar story. One of his bands before The Clash were called the London SS... because they were all on Social Security. ;D
Top notch :D :notworthy:
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what's with Ben Gunn?
why did Craig and Wayne (or was it Jerry Lovelock's alias? :lol: ) keep their names?
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ormfdmrush wrote:what's with Ben Gunn?
why did Craig and Wayne (or was it Jerry Lovelock's alias? :lol: ) keep their names?
They probably weren't on social security.... :lol:
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yeah, and why exactly Eldritch?
not Andrew The Gothic Socks or something else
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ormfdmrush wrote:what's with Ben Gunn?
Apparently another pun (Bren gun). Can't remember what his real name is tho.
Craig used the nickname Lurch (or was it Lerch ?) in the early days. See QB's post above.
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Badlander wrote:Apparently another pun (Bren gun).
Really? :? Ben Gunn is a character in 'Treasure Island'.

Also the name of the seagull in 'Cockleshell Bay' ;D
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Badlander wrote:Craig used the nickname Lurch (or was it Lerch ?) in the early days. See QB's post above.
yeah, i've noticed that
but he stopped using that nickname much before he quit Sisters, right?
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smiscandlon wrote: Really? :? Ben Gunn is a character in 'Treasure Island'.

Also the name of the seagull in 'Cockleshell Bay' ;D
Sorry but I can't remember where I read it. It might just as well be another of those urban myths. :wink:

@ ormfdmrush : I guess Craig didn't like the nickname and just dropped it as soon as he could.

Edit : the only mention I have of the name Lerch is in some early band photo (I'd say 82). Ben and Craig's names are swapped (Ben's called Lerch and vice versa).
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OK...

but, so WHY Eldritch?
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ormfdmrush wrote:OK...

but, so WHY Eldritch?
coz he's goffix ;)
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Quiff Boy wrote:
ormfdmrush wrote:OK...

but, so WHY Eldritch?
coz he's goffix ;)
:? :?:

maybe, Chairman $$$ knows the answer?
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ormfdmrush wrote:
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ormfdmrush wrote:OK...

but, so WHY Eldritch?
coz he's goffix ;)
:? :?:

maybe, Chairman $$$ knows the answer?
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ormfdmrush wrote:what's with Ben Gunn?
Maybe he ate a lot of cheese.
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ormfdmrush wrote: but, so WHY Eldritch?
And why not ?
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Nic wrote:
Badlander wrote:Joe Strummer used to tell a similar story. One of his bands before The Clash were called the London SS... because they were all on Social Security. ;D
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James Blast wrote:
Nic wrote:
Badlander wrote:Joe Strummer used to tell a similar story. One of his bands before The Clash were called the London SS... because they were all on Social Security. ;D
Top notch :D :notworthy:
I was sure the erstwhile John Mellor wasn't in The London SS, I now have proof!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_SS
Oops... So that was the other geetarist/singer/songwriter. :wink:
Joe was in the 101ers IIRC.
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ormfdmrush wrote:OK...

but, so WHY Eldritch?
He probably read a lot of H.P. Lovecraft.


As for the Hussey/Lovelock thing? I'm pretty sure Hussey is his real name and the Lovelock name was made up in a jokey/fictitious biography in the Eskimo fanzine.
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Dan wrote:
ormfdmrush wrote:OK...

but, so WHY Eldritch?
He probably read a lot of H.P. Lovecraft.
That's pretty much what I would have guessed too. There's normally never a deep meaning behind these things - he'd probably just read something like At the Mountains of Madness or whatever shortly before, and if there's one thing that most people remember from Lovecraft it's his use of the word "eldritch".
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