Heartland

This popped up in my alerts today
Gear Rundown: The Sisters of Mercy

reads like a wonky LLM "summary" of the official site to me

... and not even ... ...

alanm wrote: ↑17 Nov 2023, 10:06 reads like a wonky LLM "summary" of the official site to me

Came to say the same thing. Never ceases to amaze me how much 'content' is produced around the Sisters that is just paraphrasing content the Sisters have already created. The strangest part is the Floodland/Patricia Morrison stuff, in which it's claimed she's "most well-known as a member of The Damned" when I'd wager comparatively few people know that as it was a fairly unpopular time for that band. It's weird that they'd uncover that factoid, but not the one about how she never actually played a note for the Sisters.

...oh, unless their sole source was her Wikipedia page.

Yeah, moreover, as a gearhead myself, I have to say, a lot of what's there is downright wrong or it's not what-makes-the-sisters-the-sisters if you know what I mean.

Like, the RX5 played a major role in the sisters' sounds in the 80s, and a lot of current voices are still samples from it (albeit with a LOT of post-processing fx/EQ), but none of the features they highlighted for this drum machine is fundamental for the dok sound.

The guitar section is quite shallow too, listing Ben as a Firebird/SG player is fair, but I'm afraid his 2008 white Strat got more stage time than his SG, and before the introduction of the Firebirds circa 2018, it was his main axe.
If you are gonna do a breakdown of guitar gear, why not tackle the pickups, picks, strings, amplifiers, and pedals?

Here's a TSOM thread on a gear forum to even it out.

Not much new, but some funny VT / Puk stories.