Sisters of Mercy - Classic or Dud

I remember when you had to buy They Shall Not Pass, the CNT compilation, to get hold of it (which wasn't that much of a hardship since it had other good stuff on it including Pink Headed Bug)

Not heard their version of Pink Headed Bug! I guess that Jon Langford brought it into the band

re jon : well i never.

i mean, i knew of the connections, but not to this level :

https://clrvynt.com/jon-langford-interview/

if only i had got to leeds a couple of years earlier.
i got there in oct'86, and the three johns were still a force to be reckoned with (SO SO good live), but the whole SoM thing had faded away.

Ha, great interview - thanks for the link! Also I think I got the wrong end of the stick about Pink Headed Bug, apols

Yeah CNT was a Langford heavy label so this is 3 Johns version but the Langford/Sisters link is underrated

I love that in that interview Langford leans on Eldritch showing him b&w Doctor Who.

mark e, i nearly moved to leeds in october '86 but followed love and went to glasgow instead. i wonder if i had if our paths would have crossed, perhaps at a 3 johns gig?

i did get to leeds a couple of years earlier though to visit my sister who was living there and saw SoM at leeds uni.

mark e, i nearly moved to leeds in october '86 but followed love and went to glasgow instead. i wonder if i had if our paths would have crossed, perhaps at a 3 johns gig?

first time i saw them was at their 'free johnnies with the three johnnies' gig that they put on for the AIDS charity in the basement of a leeds university bar.
they were of course brilliant, and such sonic insanity made me become a fan for life.
and then my memory is fazed as i may have seen them elsewhere prior to their final 3 gigs at the 'pub with no name' aka the duchess of york.
but booze and excess etc.

i.e. i think i went to see them at a venue on the outskirts of leeds, a ballroom type of venue.
but i cant recall the name, or the reason why i was there.
but i am pretty sure i was there.
whereas their supposed three final gigs at the duchess i most certainly was.
they were so so so good live.

I want to say this was Hyde Park somewhere?

actually, i think it was the Astoria (Harehills, and a very ballroom type of place), it could have been the gig that was recorded for Death Of Everything
in fact, i do remember going, cos i went with friends.

Dylan sacked on stage on Saturday. Lots of speculation that the end is imminent, and they may not even see out the currently booked shows.

source??

read about the two Roundhouse gigs here - https://www.myheartland.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=37

(specifically, starting on page 6 of the 22nd September show)

thanks!

Dylan's not been seen since Saturday. Sunday & today (forum members are live posting during the Amsterdam show): Ben (guitar & vocals), Chris (nurse/keyboard/drum machine), Andrew (croaking)

Bauhaus::Sisters of Mercy
Frank Sinatra::Nancy Sinatra

Uh, I think you’re going to need to expand a little on that analogy.

I thought it was pretty well self-contained.

So like, Bauhaus are the Sisters' dad, but the Sisters are more underrated and do great duets? Is Terri Nunn Lee Hazlewood?

Damn, now i really want to hear Frank Sinatra singing Bela Lugosi

The Sisters had a fruitful collaboration with Jim Steinman, so maybe the analogy works?

I want to be a part of it, undead undead

Hahaha!

I can imagine Andrew Eldritch singing "Some Velvet Morning" but only the Lee Hazlewood parts