Floodland

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As a statement about the music industry, SSV is reminiscent of the famous 1994 stunt by the K Foundation, when they claimed to have burned a million pounds. Bertram, Gavin (3 February 2012). "Andrew Eldritch, February 3, 2012". Nzherald.co.nz . Retrieved 21 February 2012. In 1996, the band was revived for several gigs supporting the Sex Pistols, with Bruhn's place initially taken by Chris Sheehan. During subsequent tours, the guitarist spot would rotate between Sheehan and Mike Varjak. a b LIPEZ, ZACH. "The Mekons' Jon Langford on His Brief Sisters of Mercy Stint" . Retrieved 8 May 2020. a b c Andrews, Mark. "Shine Like Thunder: The First Golden Age of The Sisters of Mercy". The Quietus . Retrieved 8 May 2020.

With the benefit of 25 years hindsight, listening to Floodland now is to confirm the feelings that it elicited upon its release in November 1987 – this is an album of mass contradictions. The Sisters of Mercy were always a live band – albeit one with mechanised beats courtesy of drum machine Doktor Avalanche – and a damn fine one at that. Swathed in dry ice, this was a band that dug deep into a vast catalogue whilst gleefully playing obscure or wildly surprising cover versions. Abba’s ‘Gimme Gimme Gimme’ and Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’ were all given the Sisters’ gloomy yet thrilling overhauls and garnished with a Martini-dry sense of humour. Set lists would be poured over and analysed by their obsessive fan base and so, much like The Cramps, became one of the most bootlegged bands of the 80s. Note: The album was originally launched on 13 November 1987. For further releases see discogs/Floodland Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 12, stamped, "X 15 D" etched): R/S Alsdorf 242232-1-AX 15 D Bonner, Michael (September 2006). "Floodland". Uncut. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020 . Retrieved 13 December 2018. Scanlon, Ann (5 March 1988). "Cars, Camels and Cecil B. DeMille". Sounds. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012 . Retrieved 9 April 2018.We never recorded as the Sisterhood, we just went out and played some gigs. ... Andrew recorded as the Sisterhood, and since he released something prior to us he got to claim the name. ... To be terribly honest now, I think Andrew was right. I mean, two members of the band going off and trading on their old band? It's like two ex-members of the Mission going off and naming themselves as the Missionaries. It's a bit cheap. [13] a b "Lucretia My Reflection" / "Long Train" (promotional sheet). The Sisters of Mercy. Warner Elektra Atlantic. 1988. 247 889-7; LC 4281. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011 . Retrieved 10 October 2010. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)

Ohanesian, Liz (15 February 2016). "10 Classic Goth Albums for People Who Don't Know Shit About Goth Music". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020 . Retrieved 22 June 2020. Floodland was released in 1987 and marked only a slight difference in the band’s sound. To begin with, on this album The Sisters of Mercy consist of two members less. Wayne Hussey and Gary Marx left the band leaving all guitar duties on this album to Andrew Eldrich. To make a long story short, Floodland is basically an Eldrich solo album under The Sisters’ moniker whereas First and Last and Always featured contributions by all members but mostly Wayne Hussey and Gary Marx. What’s more, Floodland was recorded with heavy use of sequencers while First and Last and Always featured a more traditional approach. Nevertheless, the two albums share a lot of similarities instrumentally. I like some of the songs on the first album. I’m just not keen on the production or the style of playing or my singing – particularly my singing. a b Floodland (CD booklet). The Sisters of Mercy. Merciful Release. 1987. 242246-2. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)

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Because Sisters of Mercy have only made three albums—“three very good albums,” Eldritch interrupted a journalist to specify—there is a lot of weight on each one. I’d pinpoint Floodland as their greatest, but it doesn’t tell the whole story. In fact many feared the story had ended when the band disassembled years before its release. Guitarist Gary Marx left to form Ghost Dance; Wayne Hussey and bassist Craig Adams formed the Mission. Eldritch now stood alone (or alone with the drum machine, which he named Doktor Avalanche). In the UK press especially, the breakup was documented with a venom that painted their work firmly in the past tense. “We’d done what we wanted to achieve,” Hussey said. “In doing that we’d lost the original essence of it…. We’d lost the joke of it. Because that’s what it was originally meant to be. A joke.”

Interview (1): James Ray" (PDF). Glasperlenspiel 06. June 2003. p.6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 January 2018 . Retrieved 9 April 2018.In the 90s, you wrote for Germany’s Rolling Stone magazine, interviewing David Bowie and Leonard Cohen. Are they heroes of yours? a b "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Sisters of Mercy; 'Floodland ')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Grin and bear it, Eldritch and Adam Pearson clowning around in Leeds in 1997 (Image credit: Getty Images) a b Floodland (CD booklet). The Sisters of Mercy. Merciful Release; Rhino Records. 2006. 5101-17580-2. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 5, stamped, "XXX 9 D" etched ): R/S Alsdorf 242232-1-A XXX 9 D

Mico, Ted (14 November 1987). "After the Flood". Melody Maker. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018 . Retrieved 9 April 2018. Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 10, stamped, "XXX UK 2" etched ): R/S Alsdorf 242232-1-A XXX UK 2

The Sisters of Mercy were formed in Leeds, England, in 1980 by Gary Marx and Andrew Eldritch, to satisfy their desire to hear themselves on the radio. [6] In their first year, the band went through a number of different lineups. One early line-up consisted of vocalist Keith Fuller and keyboardist Claire Shearsby accompanying Eldritch on drums and Marx on guitar. After this lineup dissolved, only Marx and Eldritch remained involved and both also took on vocal duties. [7] During this time, Jon Langford played keyboard in the band but departed due to rarely turning up to practice. [8] It sounds like work, and I don’t like work. Work is stuff you do because people pay you to do it – stuff you wouldn’t do otherwise. I’m perfectly happy to make music. I’m not nearly as enamoured with the whole releasing process, having done it a few times. It was dismal. Yeah. Yeah, we might just use one loop from a song and build everything on top of that. Andrew was really creative. I guess the deal was that there had been a band, Sisters Of Mercy, and they broke up. Andrew said, "I'm gonna keep the name." And the rest of them said, "No, we're keeping it." Children of Nuggets : Original Artyfacts from the Second Psychedelic Era 1976-1995 CD 3-CD 4 V.A (1) Steve Pereira: Dark clothes. Dark eyeliner. Dark lips. Dark thoughts. And dark music. That's goth. A scene as much as a music genre. The music style ranged from synth-pop, though post-punk to heavy metal and industrial metal, but tended to be dark and brooding and atmospheric.