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please, you leeds based lovers of good music - spit out the lineup-rumors!

in fact i would say adam is still doing it - it took him many years to develop his sound, which is great these days. there would be big sound problem if anyone else were to take over adams part. gary, mike,chris and chris all serve the same guitar parts. wayne would fit. btw, what is craig doing in february/march?

25 years and give me more

judging by the comments on his website's guestbook, chris catalyst seems to be onboard.

adam being back due to his current mc5 non-commitments seems t make sense too.

not heard anything from mr marx to suggest he may be onboard, but then there's no reason he'd tell me if he has already been asked to keep it secret

my gut feeling is that i doubt it... damn shame though!

and fwiw, i think craig's emmigrating to america oddly enough...

If Gary was playing, I'd go.

Craig just completed the Alarm album and has probably promotion coming up for that. Wayne is busy doing a new Mish album and getting universal to do a Best Of.

Talking of The Alarm, I heard that Mike Peters has cancer?

If so, I hope he's OK.

Mike Peters has cancer clicky and Craig will be busy touring at the same time as The Sisters.

but

Hussey wrote:There’s a couple of interesting little things happening early in the new year which we will tell all you about when we have all the details

rumour started.

Pat wrote:

Hussey wrote:There’s a couple of interesting little things happening early in the new year which we will tell all you about when we have all the details

rumour started.

Even though it (probably) isn't true, doesn't thinking of it make your heart quicken?

Pat - that refers to the Universal re-releases - I think.

I hope Adam is still in.
He is the main guitarist for 12 or 13 years now.
And he has co-written most of the new stuff which makes up half of the setlist.
So if anyone deserves to be on stage for the Sisters 25th anniversary it's... the legendary Mr. Whammy.

as i have said elsewhere i couldn't imagine anything better than a return to the fold of the other original sister; but not because of any dislike of adam pearson, who i think is probably as good a guitarist and has co-written songs that i think will stand as alltime classic sisters songs.
i doubt very much that gary marx would rejoin the band permanently but you never know; especially as he wrote an entire album for eldritch to use for the sisters (another wasted oppurtunity by von).
what is more likely is cameo appearances by past-members at the 25th anniversary gig.

you think they'd be interested enough to fly all the way to vegas for a one-off gig? and you think von would invite them?

eldritch celebrates anniversaries, but he's not one for looking back...

more likely would be a guest appearence or two at a "secret" warm-up gigs around leeds, should one happen... (note: thats not a hint. i know nothing more than anyone else does ) at the very least, i guess a few of the old faces would turn out for at any such event, even if it was just to say hi to herr e. - there were enough of them at the last joseph's well gig after all

here's hoping

Quiff Boy wrote:more likely would be a guest appearence or two at a "secret" warm-up gigs around leeds, should one happen... (note: thats not a hint. i know nothing more than anyone else does ) at the very least, i guess a few of the old faces would turn out for at any such event, even if it was just to say hi to herr e. - there were enough of them at the last joseph's well gig after all |

While I would not be surprised to have a warm up gig prior to the Vegas one, especially if there is a line-up change for the tour, would that be a good time for a guest appearance? A warm up gig is to work out the kinks and dust of some rust. If it is more of a "thank you" to fans, then maybe.

Otherwise, I think a guest [maybe for a couple of songs] is more likely (albeit still remote) if the paths of the band and a former member crossed during a tour. For example, seeing Andreas for a cameo in Hamburg. (This is jujust hope on my part; it is not based on anything which I have heard.)

Martin

"...would that be a good time for a guest appearance? A warm up gig is to work out the kinks and dust of some rust. If it is more of a "thank you" to fans, then maybe."

ahh, yes. good point...

Peter KJ wrote:I hope Adam is still in.
He is the main guitarist for 12 or 13 years now.
And he has co-written most of the new stuff which makes up half of the setlist.
So if anyone deserves to be on stage for the Sisters 25th anniversary it's... the legendary Mr. Whammy.

I completly agree whit you peter

streamline wrote:

Pat wrote:

Hussey wrote:There’s a couple of interesting little things happening early in the new year which we will tell all you about when we have all the details

rumour started.

Even though it (probably) isn't true, doesn't thinking of it make your heart quicken?

If by that you mean "stomach heave", then yes. Now I'm no insane Hussey hater - "God's own medicine" is a fine album - but for Hussey to hook up with the Sisters again at this point would make this a dull nostalgia tour, rather than the beginning of the second 25 years of the Sisters.

So it's gonna be "Sister Chris Catalyst" and Mr. Whammy (most probably) on guitars.

with a guest appearance from a Boss DR55 or an Oberheim DMX?



or maybe he's got a Linux-based Doktor Avalanche now (Gentoo Voodoo drums)

or he's been watching March of the Penguins too much

streamline wrote:

Pat wrote:

Hussey wrote:There’s a couple of interesting little things happening early in the new year which we will tell all you about when we have all the details

rumour started.

Even though it (probably) isn't true, doesn't thinking of it make your heart quicken?

I would love that to be the case.But what would be in it for Hussey?I doubt he's going to put himself out just for another opportunity to stand in Eldritch's shadow!
As for Adam Pearson..I'm sure he's a lovely chap,but to me,his tenure with the band is synonymous with the bands decline into relative obscurity,and his guitar work doesn't thrill me.No distinctive style of his own.I've been under the impression he's in the band due to being Andrew's friend rather than anything else.If anyone should be up there with Eldritch to celebrate 25 years of The Sisters,it should be one of the guitarists who defined the sound of the band during it's height,like Andreas Bruhn,or,yes,That Guitarist.

DeWinter wrote:

streamline wrote:

Pat wrote: rumour started.

Even though it (probably) isn't true, doesn't thinking of it make your heart quicken?

I would love that to be the case.But what would be in it for Hussey?I doubt he's going to put himself out just for another opportunity to stand in Eldritch's shadow!
As for Adam Pearson..I'm sure he's a lovely chap,but to me,his tenure with the band is synonymous with the bands decline into relative obscurity,and his guitar work doesn't thrill me.No distinctive style of his own.I've been under the impression he's in the band due to being Andrew's friend rather than anything else.If anyone should be up there with Eldritch to celebrate 25 years of The Sisters,it should be one of the guitarists who defined the sound of the band during it's height,like Andreas Bruhn,or,yes,That Guitarist.

I agree with what you say, but if you take the line that it should be
someone who defined the band during its height (or hey day) I would
suggest Gary Marx or Craig Adams on Bass. The later would make
more sense to me, since that position has been done by machine since,
er, Tony the pineapple head left the band.

lazarus corporation wrote:or maybe he's got a Linux-based Doktor Avalanche now (Gentoo Voodoo drums)

Given his assertion that the midi interrupt handling on modern operating systems is crap, I doubt he'll find a kernel old enough to surpass DOS and new enough to run Hydrogen, etc, unless he uses the realtime patchset.

Or maybe I'm reading too much into this?

Motz wrote:

lazarus corporation wrote:or maybe he's got a Linux-based Doktor Avalanche now (Gentoo Voodoo drums)

Given his assertion that the midi interrupt handling on modern operating systems is crap, I doubt he'll find a kernel old enough to surpass DOS and new enough to run Hydrogen, etc, unless he uses the realtime patchset.

Or maybe I'm reading too much into this?

no, you should just (both) get out more.

I'm off to school now, does that count?

Disregarding, of course, the fact that I have a free period first thing and will probably be browsing Heartland

Ocean Moves wrote: I agree with what you say, but if you take the line that it should be
someone who defined the band during its height (or hey day) I would
suggest Gary Marx or Craig Adams on Bass. The later would make
more sense to me, since that position has been done by machine since,
er, Tony the pineapple head left the band.

I think Tony's doing yet another pointless reunion of the worst band in the universe,Sigue Sigue Sputnik(Sick Sick Sh*tbag),so chances of seeing him would be slim..not as slim as that face of Sisters past,Patricia Morrison!
Arguably she was the face of the "Floodland" era,how about her?Although Eldritch should take the precaution of allowing her near no sharp objects and his person respectively..

been asking around and there's no suggestion that mr marx will be re-joining, or anyone else for that matter.

according to my "source" (who is mates with most of the "old guard" from leeds and the surrounding districts), von hasn't approached any of them to come back on board, whether it be for a one-off gig or a full tour.

(note: i haven't asked gary himself though)

bugger

Quiff Boy wrote:been asking around and there's no suggestion that mr marx will be re-joining, or anyone else for that matter.

Rumour ended