[kj] Sisters of Mercy

[LONESTYLE at aol.com]

Pretty Funny! I was taking to this cat up in San Francisco last  Spring and 
he said he was security at this gig they played in SF a few years ago  and one 
of the personal is like go get Mr. Eldritch. So he goes to his dressing  room, 
knocks  and opens the door standing there shaking with  a  mirror with 50 
lines of speed just shaking all crazy and his eyes all  bugged out! He told him 
it is time to get on stage and he is like just a  minute and closed the door. 
Well minutes past and they had to get the manager or  something to drag his ass 
out. Lol!-Lonely Boy  
 
 
In a message dated 10/4/2004 9:56:25 AM Pacific Standard Time,  
gasw30 at hotmail.com writes:

I don't  know much about them but here's an review from the Birmingham Post 
last  year that calls them shite:

April 24, 2003,  Thursday


HEADLINE: FINAL VERDICT: ELDRITCH HORRORS;
SISTERS OF  MERCY WOLVERHAMPTON CIVIC HALL

BYLINE: DIANE PARKES

BODY:
IT  HAS been nearly 20 years since the release of First and Last and Always  
launched the craze for Goth music with the Leeds-based Sisters firmly at  its 
forefront. With almost religious fervour, the faithful are still ready  to 
turn up and wave their bangled arms in the air. And lead singer Andrew  
Eldritch should be grateful he has such a loyal following as any first  
timers at this shambolic mess would be unlikely to turn up  again.

The sound quality was so awful that my friend didn't even  realise they had 
played Alice, and First and Last and Always was only  recognisable by a few 
bars. The dry ice and smoke quickly became so thick  that had Eldritch been 
replaced by a hologram half way through the concert  we would not have 
realised. The gravel-voiced one threw out a handful of  titbits to the crowd 
including a rousing Temple of Love and a thrashing  Anaconda. But if Eldritch 
and co think the Sisters faithful will keep  turning out for so poor a show 
they could be sorely  disappointed.





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