Smash Hits
Posted: 14 Mar 2015, 21:54
30 years ago today that the Sisters get their very first mention.
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Posted: 14 Mar 2015, 22:18
a massive mention
Posted: 14 Mar 2015, 22:22
And don't forget to read on kids for the Jesus and Mary Chain article.
Posted: 14 Mar 2015, 23:50
Album review! https://www.flickr.com/photos/51106326@ ... 124801623/
The Sisters of Mercy: First and Last and Always
The Sisters of Mercy have filthy, long, unkempt hair, always scowl in photographs, and generally look as if they're the sort of people who'd make a rather unpleasant din. Thankfully they don't. Resembling something like a more rugged Bauhaus and Siouxsie and the Banshees with a deep-voiced male singer, they surge through ten repetitive tunes, some good (the new single, "No Time to Cry"), some very ordinary (the endless "Marian"). Quite a promising start.
Posted: 15 Mar 2015, 00:06
The title is given as First and Last and Everything. Obviously Barry White fans.mh wrote:Album review! https://www.flickr.com/photos/51106326@ ... 124801623/
The Sisters of Mercy: First and Last and Always
The Sisters of Mercy have filthy, long, unkempt hair, always scowl in photographs, and generally look as if they're the sort of people who'd make a rather unpleasant din. Thankfully they don't. Resembling something like a more rugged Bauhaus and Siouxsie and the Banshees with a deep-voiced male singer, they surge through ten repetitive tunes, some good (the new single, "No Time to Cry"), some very ordinary (the endless "Marian"). Quite a promising start.
Posted: 15 Mar 2015, 00:13
So it is.Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:The title is given as First and Last and Everything. Obviously Barry White fans.mh wrote:Album review! https://www.flickr.com/photos/51106326@ ... 124801623/
The Sisters of Mercy: First and Last and Always
The Sisters of Mercy have filthy, long, unkempt hair, always scowl in photographs, and generally look as if they're the sort of people who'd make a rather unpleasant din. Thankfully they don't. Resembling something like a more rugged Bauhaus and Siouxsie and the Banshees with a deep-voiced male singer, they surge through ten repetitive tunes, some good (the new single, "No Time to Cry"), some very ordinary (the endless "Marian"). Quite a promising start.
I thought the review started so well too; I have very fond memories of those old Smash Hits reviews and articles where sometimes the journalist writes as though he were holding a dead rat by the tail. Always felt that it seemed to have more integrity than the weeklies.
Posted: 15 Mar 2015, 00:21
Hee hee, you obviously didn't read on.eastmidswhizzkid wrote:a massive mention
Posted: 15 Mar 2015, 00:22
Whereas you didmh wrote:Album review! https://www.flickr.com/photos/51106326@ ... 124801623/
The Sisters of Mercy: First and Last and Always
The Sisters of Mercy have filthy, long, unkempt hair, always scowl in photographs, and generally look as if they're the sort of people who'd make a rather unpleasant din. Thankfully they don't. Resembling something like a more rugged Bauhaus and Siouxsie and the Banshees with a deep-voiced male singer, they surge through ten repetitive tunes, some good (the new single, "No Time to Cry"), some very ordinary (the endless "Marian"). Quite a promising start.
Posted: 15 Mar 2015, 00:47
Oh and if you head further into the magazine, Amoeba & Amoeba from Tadcaster, are looking for penpals. They hate Duran Duran but love Bauhaus, The Sisters of Mercy and The Smiths.
Weren't we all so trusting back then, we'd give our addresses out and everything!
Wonder if they're still there? Or here
Weren't we all so trusting back then, we'd give our addresses out and everything!
Wonder if they're still there? Or here
Re: Smash Hits
Posted: 15 Mar 2015, 12:03
Apart from the interview in July 1984 of course...Debaser wrote:30 years ago today that the Sisters get their very first mention.
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Posted: 15 Mar 2015, 15:00
Fifteen records released on MR ? Surely there were only eight releases by then (eleven if you include the 12" versions). Is there a factually accurate Smash Hits article ?
Re: Smash Hits
Posted: 15 Mar 2015, 20:13
road_kill wrote:Apart from the interview in July 1984 of course...Debaser wrote:30 years ago today that the Sisters get their very first mention.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/51106326@ ... 134592553/
My excuse for missing that (I read them every fortnight, well look at the pictures) is that I was poorly in July.Thanks for the correction RK
Posted: 15 Mar 2015, 21:08
Are these old issues of Smash Hits like government classified documents and released under some thirty year rule ? Perhaps that pic of Martin Kemp topless was deemed a risk to public order.
Posted: 16 Mar 2015, 12:13
Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:Are these old issues of Smash Hits like government classified documents and released under some thirty year rule ? Perhaps that pic of Martin Kemp topless was deemed a risk to public order.