DiS Primers #7: The Sisters Of Mercy

I’ve seen them four times and they were good once, ok once and rubbish twice. Don’t like those odds tbh tbf…

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The Cure and The Cult, assuming you don’t want full floured up goth - both reliably excellent live :+1:

Cold Cave are currently touring I believe…

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The Fields of the Nephilim are still great live.

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Never seen those guys :thinking:

They’re well worth it.

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I want to go, especially as I missed them last time for the reasons MP alludes to. I’ve seen them twice. Once they were brilliant, once they were a generous below average. £45 once you add in booking fees is a lot though, especially when I remember that the brilliant gig was in 1991…

FWIW the new new songs (as opposed to the old new songs) sound pretty good. Reckon Eyes Of Caligula, Here and But Genevieve would all rank higher than at least half of Vision Thing if they were properly recorded. Happy to share my recordings - DM me if you’re interested

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If only they played more than three gigs every five years…

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Naut are loads of fun live

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I am still mad about how bad they were in Barcelona last year. Started 30 minutes early; terrible sound, really quiet but with loads of feedback, somehow. THAT SAID, I would still be tempted if they played again, just in case…

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You foolish fool. It’s the hope that’ll kill you :stuck_out_tongue:

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Unexpected write up from pitchfork

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I ended up lucking into a guest list place! Had a lot of fun. Andrew’s voice was as strong as I’ve heard it in the last thirty years (which is to say: not that strong, but audible at least) and it was a blast to finally properly hear the new songs that I’ve been caning mp3s of. As good as I’d expect the Sisters to be in 2023. Also had an impromptu mini meat with @Damian!

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It was really nice to see you too, I’m sure we’ll meet at plenty more gigs!

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TV suddenly wants to go tonight (Rock City); so much for ‘fool me once’ etc. Anybody happen to be wanting to offload a couple of tickets, I’ll gladly (?) buy them!