Heartland

Tickets:
https://concerts.livenation.com/the-sis ... A2C14B4DD7

Roll call
@kafka

setlist with thanks to @Husek

Doctor Jeep/Detonation Boulevard
Don't Drive on Ice
Ribbons
Alice
Summer
Dominion/ Mother Russia
I Will Call You
We Are The Same Susanne
Giving Ground
Eyes of Caligula
More
But Genevieve
I Was Wrong
Here
Something fast
When I'm On Fire
On The Beach
Temple Of Love

Encore:
Lucretia, My Reflection
This Corrosion

I’ll be there … anyone who’s game to join me in trying to get a mosh going, let me know. Because standing around politely clapping ten feet from the stage is rubbish.

As it looks, Atlanta will also be affected by Hurricane Helene. Let's hope the Coca Cola Roxy is safe ... ...

https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurrican ... -4/1694728

Well, parts of Atlanta were flooded overnight, but the worst seems over. AND there's no sign so far that the concert won't take place ... ...

Take care on your way there, however, everybody going ... ...

Ben was playing the bass guitar during the soundcheck.

Non-null chance of Romeo Down tonight

NEVER LAND!

Same setlist from the other night, so Suzanne instead of Marian..

No surprises, no bass tracks

Thanks.

Someone on Facebook was saying this was the worst gig they'd ever seen?

H. Blackrose wrote: ↑28 Sep 2024, 21:36 Someone on Facebook was saying this was the worst gig they'd ever seen?

Same guy also said it was all dubbed, when confronted with the fact that how come is it dubbed if von keep getting wrong lyrics and queues ins show after show, he backed up and said it was the synths, bass and drums.

This mf wrote a 200 word essay complaining about the dok.. Sometimes I really hate our fanbase

H. Blackrose wrote: ↑28 Sep 2024, 21:36 Someone on Facebook was saying this was the worst gig they'd ever seen?

Well it's not a competition but ...

Lots of videos here, so we can see ... anyway, the crowd was not so unhappy with the gig ... ...

https://www.youtube.com/@Ramirez1301/videos

My definition of a good Sisters gig, honestly, is any one where Andrew comes in with a big booming voice on "we are rievers by conviction..."

I don't really need more than that, in order to consider it a good gig.

Husek wrote: ↑28 Sep 2024, 22:10

H. Blackrose wrote: ↑28 Sep 2024, 21:36 Someone on Facebook was saying this was the worst gig they'd ever seen?

Same guy also said it was all dubbed, when confronted with the fact that how come is it dubbed if von keep getting wrong lyrics and queues ins show after show, he backed up and said it was the synths, bass and drums.

This mf wrote a 200 word essay complaining about the dok.. Sometimes I really hate our fanbase

I was in the toilet at the Roundhouse last year and one bloke was moaning that Von was miming and it was a disgrace whilst someone else was moaning that you couldn't hear Von and his voice was s**t. Now one of those could be true, but they cannot both be true AT THE SAME GIG.

Seems they're currently experimenting with Kai's voice, which sounds really good in parts, as they can
produce a similar say timbre as Von can in the low ranges, but of course it's not the same. Decades of
cigs and what, with the latter being more important, no way to do that in a few weeks ... ... apart
from the fact that too much imitation is hardly desirable. However, I like Kai's voice and I think it's rather
astonishing, how well it blends in with The Sisters. Colourful, but not sideways or over the top ... ...

H. Blackrose wrote: ↑28 Sep 2024, 21:36 Someone on Facebook was saying this was the worst gig they'd ever seen?

Somebody always does. You'd think people go into it not even knowing what the band is like.

H. Blackrose wrote: ↑28 Sep 2024, 21:36 Someone on Facebook was saying this was the worst gig they'd ever seen?

Perhaps it was.

ribbons69 wrote: ↑29 Sep 2024, 05:41

Husek wrote: ↑28 Sep 2024, 22:10

H. Blackrose wrote: ↑28 Sep 2024, 21:36 Someone on Facebook was saying this was the worst gig they'd ever seen?

Same guy also said it was all dubbed, when confronted with the fact that how come is it dubbed if von keep getting wrong lyrics and queues ins show after show, he backed up and said it was the synths, bass and drums.

This mf wrote a 200 word essay complaining about the dok.. Sometimes I really hate our fanbase

I was in the toilet at the Roundhouse last year and one bloke was moaning that Von was miming and it was a disgrace whilst someone else was moaning that you couldn't hear Von and his voice was s**t. Now one of those could be true, but they cannot both be true AT THE SAME GIG.

In fairness the Roundhouse gigs were ropey as fk on many basic levels of gig / performance, for all the well-known reasons. We all had a fkng great time on Saturday night as we watched Ben become (he may have been already but we hadn't noticed) The Hero of The Sisters Of Mercy. A more casual gig attendee would've likely thought 'what a fkng under-rehearsed racket'.

I was talking to a local outside the pub on the Friday night, post-gig (Roundhouse last year to be specific). She'd never seen the band before and only dimly remembered them from years ago, but had toddled along for something to do on an otherwise quiet night. I remember her being absolutely fascinated by what she'd just witnessed, wondering what was going to happen on the following night, but ultimately it not being too important as she wasn't much of a fan anyway.

That's interesting context to a bad gig, and I think it amply demonstrates that a lot of what you take out is dependent on what you put in.

mh wrote: ↑29 Sep 2024, 08:53

H. Blackrose wrote: ↑28 Sep 2024, 21:36 Someone on Facebook was saying this was the worst gig they'd ever seen?

Somebody always does. You'd think people go into it not even knowing what the band is like.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion.
It would just be nice if, on occasion, it was an informed one.

mh wrote: ↑29 Sep 2024, 08:53

H. Blackrose wrote: ↑28 Sep 2024, 21:36 Someone on Facebook was saying this was the worst gig they'd ever seen?

Somebody always does. You'd think people go into it not even knowing what the band is like.

Honestly I tear my hair out about the people who think they need a bass guitarist, 33 years after Tony James quit and they didn't feel the need to replace him

(I think they should get Tj back for a one-off guest spot, à la Terri Nunn or Duncan Kilburn, with the provision that he plays the Ssspace Guitar through the Doktor)

H. Blackrose wrote: ↑29 Sep 2024, 21:21

mh wrote: ↑29 Sep 2024, 08:53

H. Blackrose wrote: ↑28 Sep 2024, 21:36 Someone on Facebook was saying this was the worst gig they'd ever seen?

Somebody always does. You'd think people go into it not even knowing what the band is like.

Honestly I tear my hair out about the people who think they need a bass guitarist, 33 years after Tony James quit and they didn't feel the need to replace him

I tear my hair out at the people who moan that they didn't use a live drummer.

mh wrote: ↑29 Sep 2024, 21:30
I tear my hair out at the people who moan that they didn't use a live drummer.

In the charlotte gig from last week I was standing next to a Blaqk Audio fan who was just there for the opening act and knew nothing of the Sisters, and she decided to stay for a couple songs into the girls' set, but before they got on stage she asked if they had a live drummer and I had to break the news that their drummer was a program on a mac and she seemed very confused (which is odd because blaqk audio also doesn't have a live drummer)

H. Blackrose wrote: ↑29 Sep 2024, 21:21

mh wrote: ↑29 Sep 2024, 08:53

H. Blackrose wrote: ↑28 Sep 2024, 21:36 Someone on Facebook was saying this was the worst gig they'd ever seen?

Somebody always does. You'd think people go into it not even knowing what the band is like.

Honestly I tear my hair out about the people who think they need a bass guitarist, 33 years after Tony James quit and they didn't feel the need to replace him

(I think they should get Tj back for a one-off guest spot, à la Terri Nunn or Duncan Kilburn, with the provision that he plays the Ssspace Guitar through the Doktor)

Tear away H, tear away. They really need a bass guitarist