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I just played the Festival Mares Vivas in Portugal last Thursday with Peter Murphy, the Sisters were onstage right before us.. I know Ben Christo (guitar player) so ended up hanging with Ben and Eldritch in the hotel bar the night before the show (I met Eldritch once before back in 1993 at the Mish/Utah Saints Leeds Benefit gig).

I had a fascinating & lengthy chat with Andrew about the Sisters & m*****n past, present and future... and the state of the music industry in general.. he was a thoroughly interesting person to talk to and extremely sharp witted... the Sisters put on a good show with all the classics in there. Despite the rumoured rivalry between Eldtrich and Wayne over the years, I know Wayne is proud of his work on FALAA. It stands up all these years later as a great collection of songs.

I think the direction the Sisters went in and the direction Wayne took the m*****n in are completely different and it seems pointless to compare the bands twenty years on... but I do agree that the FALAA lineup was undoubtedly the best Sisters lineup.

let the controversy begin! lol

MGT

http://www.festivalmaresvivas.com/pt.htm

Indeed

this whole "Mision Thing" bothers me the least.

This attracts me more...:

"and the state of the music industry in general"

Who's MGT anyway?

Mark Gemini Thwaite current mish geetarist.

Nice piece!

the-happening wrote:Mark Gemini Thwaite current mish geetarist.

Current mish

Gollum's Cock wrote:

the-happening wrote:Mark Gemini Thwaite current mish geetarist.

Current mish

OK when they reform he'll probably be their geetarist.

i agree with MarkTG...the 85 Sisters line-up was the best ever

Arg... 25 discussions in the thread next door.

My live fav is still Mike Varjak & Mister Whammy or Sheehan / Whammy.

My rec fav is the whole VT line up.

Who's Husky?

Anyone tea?

@ Dinky Daisy...have to agree with you on the VT recording line up! Loved Tony on the bass. Also thought he & made a cute little couple! Don't get me wrong, FALAA is a great record also but I never cared for WH. If I had to pick only 1 side to listen to, I'd take side 2. bte, you're avatar is a hoot!!

As for the tea...2 lumps, milk and lots of honey, please!

Agh, poop. I know its religion, but nobody's ever come close to playing the pre-Foodland songs the way WH did. Even Eldritch will tell you as much after a few low-sugar drinkies.

The guy may not be able to write lyrics for toffee, but he sure as hell could play a sisters tune live, even if he didn't write it.

[quote="dinky daisy"]
My live fav is still Mike Varjak & Mister Whammy or Sheehan / Whammy.

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seconded that!!

Much anger holds that thread.

I'm sure I read in some dodgy music mag in the early 90's that AE considered WH one of the best the band had.

zero01 wrote:I'm sure I read in some dodgy music mag in the early 90's that AE considered WH one of the best the band had.

no. no. that's not true. that's impossible!!!

zero01 wrote:I'm sure I read in some dodgy music mag in the early 90's that AE considered WH one of the best the band had.

Ah, probably Muziekkrant Oor. Those wankers once took Tim Bricheno for Hussey, so you know it.

When it comes to Sisters guitarists....the boy from Bristol is GOD

Spiggy's hat wrote:When it comes to Sisters guitarists....the boy from Bristol is GOD

Have to agree. Whatever you think of The Mish, you can't argue his talent on the guitar. Just listen to those gigs from 1985 without Marx, Hussey does a great job. If you can bear it, go see him solo, his work on the acoustic is great. Plus he does requests.
And he had a hand in (so to speak) Marian. For which i can forgive him many things. And didn't Von say this to Wayne at the Wembley gigs back in 1990?
If old members were to come back i think more headlines/cash/income would be from Eldritch and Hussey reuniting than it wold from Gary (Mark) or Craig...not that it'll happen.

matt..

lachert wrote:

zero01 wrote:I'm sure I read in some dodgy music mag in the early 90's that AE considered WH one of the best the band had.

no. no. that's not true. that's impossible!!!

Von's exact words were: "I mean character issues aside, I still think Wayne's a very, very good guitarist."

Which he is.

But the best The Sisters have ever had? Well, that's subjective.

So, to hijack the thread slightly, anyone want to volunteer their (Will I?) Dream Sisters Lineup?

Since I'm undecided, I'll volunteer Korin's instead:

Vocals and £3 amp - Gary Marx
Dropping the drum sticks - Andrew Taylor
Peeing on the tape deck - Spiggy

zero01 wrote:I'm sure I read in some dodgy music mag in the early 90's that AE considered WH one of the best the band had.

"The M*****n" being interviewed in Melody Maker in late 1990. From what I can remember the band got an invite to meet backstage at one of the Wembley Arena gig's, Simon Hinckler and Craig Adams (still very peeved about the split) declined, Mr Huss and Mick Brown happily went. I understand the 3 of them got quite drunk and chemicals were involved (Mr Huss had taken an E and Mick was tripping). It was remarked they kissed and made up, and said Mr Huss was the best guitarist he'd had in the band. Mr Huss stated to the reporter he was most unhappy as he'd heard claims of slagging him in the german press a few days later

Why would Hinckler be peeved about the split?

And another question :

Did Hussey ever have a relationship with Astbury? It's a rumour I heard years ago.

"You and me, we are blood brothers..."

So the story goes, anyway.

Gollum's Cock wrote:Why would Hinckler be peeved about the split?

Adams

And another question :

Did Hussey ever have a relationship with Astbury? It's a rumour I heard years ago.

The rumour has been on here too!

and I eat dea.... oh grow up and move oan, thi lot of ye!

Motz wrote:"You and me, we are blood brothers..."

So the story goes, anyway.

"Asprin - your love..."

I've heard that one, too.

What a horrific scene to place in my head first thing in the morning