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This month in 1981...Futurama 3 Hits Stafford!

(New Bingley Hall, Stafford- Saturday 5 September 1981)

"...Then there was The Sisters Of Mercy - it was one of their first major gigs. They performed Sister Ray, which lasted a long time."

The Sisters' Gary Marx later recalled, "My memories are of playing the gig very early in the day and Andy [Eldritch] walking on-stage and yelling , 'Bring out your dead!' to the few steadfast Bauhaus and Theatre Of Hate fans scattered around the still-largely empty hall."

It's a short mention...

Surely I'm not the only one who finds Von shouting "Bring out your dead!" at a bunch of assembled goths in the middle of the day to be hysterically funny.

sultan2075 wrote:Surely I'm not the only one who finds Von shouting "Bring out your dead!" at a bunch of assembled goths in the middle of the day to be hysterically funny.

Not hysterically, but it raised a smile

Captured for posterity on the bootleg recording.

I think it was after the first song though rather than when he walked on, but we'll forgive Gazza for having a somewhat hazy memory after all these years.

I always thought it was Gary who yelled that

radiojamaica wrote:I always thought it was Gary who yelled that

It always struck me as a very un-Eldritch like thing to say as well, but that part of the article comes directly from one of Gary/Mark's postings on the Ghost Dance website.

According to the Mojo article the event was filmed, though whether the cameras were rolling for one of the first bands on in a "largely empty hall" I guess is debatable. Doesn't appear to be any chance of it being released though, which is a shame as I'd love to see it.

Are there even any photos of the show out there? The one gig only line up of Eldritch/Marx/Adams & Dave Humphries - pity its not documented

Mothra wrote:According to the Mojo article the event was filmed, though whether the cameras were rolling for one of the first bands on in a "largely empty hall" I guess is debatable. Doesn't appear to be any chance of it being released though, which is a shame as I'd love to see it.

According to Peter Hook, most gigs that took place in the Hacienda were also filmed by members of staff. There must be a loads of old tapes lying around somewhere and probably one or two of them have the Sisters on it. For instance the 83 gig the Gun Club played there has been released on dvd and that night The Sisters were support act so good chance they were also filmed...

Another short mention for The Sisters crops up here: http://www.leedsmusicforum.co.uk/viewto ... 4&start=40 (along with a snappy riposte from Chris Catalyst).

It had never clicked with me before that my other musical obsession (Felt) also played on the bill (different day). Not much point in regretting not being at a gig that happened before I'd even started school I guess

Sorry to revitalise an oldish thread, but scanning the Leeds forum jobby linked from here I noticed John Keenan added:

"Yes, Futurama 3 was filmed, some great footage of Simple Minds, Gang of 4, Bauhaus and early Sisters.
Unfortunately the company I hired was very dodgy and there were lots of problems.
It was recorded on Sony U-Matic (state-of-the art at the time).
I have the tapes, but it would be too expensive to format it all."

Holy s**t. Anyone think he could be persuaded? I imagine AE's aware this stuff exists.

Why bands don't try and rip us off quite a bit MORE eludes me.

http://www.manchestervideo.co.uk/

I'd pay for the cab to get the tapes there..

RobF wrote:Why bands don't try and rip us off quite a bit MORE eludes me.

http://www.planetrock.com/Article.asp?i ... spid=35830

Your name horrifies me.

RobF wrote:Sorry to revitalise an oldish thread, but scanning the Leeds forum jobby linked from here I noticed John Keenan added:

"Yes, Futurama 3 was filmed, some great footage of Simple Minds, Gang of 4, Bauhaus and early Sisters.
Unfortunately the company I hired was very dodgy and there were lots of problems.
It was recorded on Sony U-Matic (state-of-the art at the time).
I have the tapes, but it would be too expensive to format it all."

Holy s**t. Anyone think he could be persuaded? I imagine AE's aware this stuff exists.

Why bands don't try and rip us off quite a bit MORE eludes me.

I also read an interview with Keenan a few years back and he said was the only guy he knew in Leeds who owned a video camera, and had filmed most of the Futurama's and other gigs with it. But it got stolen along with all the tapes

sultan2075 wrote:Your name horrifies me.

Seemples, squeek!

Some Erse wrote:They are notorious for being the opening band at The Jesus and Mary Chain's infamous "riot gig" at the North London Polytechnic on 15 March 1985, where they threw a wine bottle into the crowd and were, according to The Jasmine Minks, the next band set to play, then beaten-up on-stage by members of the audience who later rioted when the controversial main act performed.

It's such a horrifying name. Not that that's bad, mind you. The fact that it's a band makes it both better and worse, in all the right ways.

RobF wrote:
Why bands don't try and rip us off quite a bit MORE eludes me.

I can only guess you're not a bowie collector... There's more versions of Ziggy Stardust than there are Sisters lp's!