F..... I know what happened to the time. I wasted my 80s on being a teen. If only i had it over. I would hold on to every moment like it was beyond gold.
Despite I was teen in 80's too, I saw a bunch of gigs then. Mission, Cure, Siouxie.... However, It's true that I started visiting concerts quite early. Much too soon we'd say today. The first gig that I saw was when I was 11, back in '81. It was Siouxie and the Banshees and some local punk bands as forerunners. But that were different times. Safer. Today it's no way that I'd leave my teen daughter going to a gig on her own.
after decades of beeing huge fan of sisters, and listening of mission in recent years, must say that mission and wayne hussey are far, far stronger in all aspects, but still love and admire old SOM and whole goth scene of 80s
@@krasteff it depends. I think Electric is the less good from the first 4 albums. But, even if Sonic Temple is a different sound album, it is highly acclaimed by Cult fans. As usual in these discussions I think all are right
@@krasteff Matter of opinion, but they rocked, and still do. Love was an epoch-defining Goth album, Electric was a face-melter of a rawk album, and Sonic Temple managed to create an enormously powerful synthesis. While I think their latter discography is hit-or-miss (the last album has quite a few bangers, though!), they'll always be one of my favorite bands. And, if you haven't checked them out live in '22, they've down-tuned a few of the songs, but Ian is sounding very good!
One adorable memory, my mother would wait outside Rock City Nottingham and wonder wtf! We all filed out from one these gigs in 87', she would throw us all around in the back driving a van, it was hallarious.
I am 48.I live in Victoria, Canada, My fave concert footage, well, EVER!!! MY FAVE BAND EVER, especially with Our Craig and Mr. Slink! Mick is so BLOODY MISSED.... Though I ADORE Mike!!! This footage, which I purchased as an alone Mission FANATIC in 87.... I poured over every aspect of this! Kudos, @Alex Mish for shipping me that Metallica's Jaymz and Kirk saw these concerts... GORGEOUS MASTERPIECE!!! People ask me: "What concert, if you could travel back, well...." THIS ONE. Or Levitation...
Listening Mission again after many years reminds me why I loved this band so much back then. Although I preferred SOM (yes, I admit, I'm a purist), Mission was also a great band.
It was either 87 or 88 and the opened for the Psychedelic Furs at Radio City in NYC. I had never heard of them prior to that night and I was blown away. So great.
It was 87. I followed most of that Tour round Europe. For some reason I think this was Germany somewhere. I don't think it is in US as I'm sure I recognise loads of Eskimos in the audience and I'm pretty sure I was at the recording of this (I remember us being told it would be filmed). I'm probably on someone's shoulders in there. None of us could afford to go to the US!
I watched this VHS to death back in the day. Didn't get to see them until the Children tour. I would have loved to have seen them on this tour. Great band.
I saw them live in Porto, Portugal, back in 1988 I think...! one of the best gig's that I saw... other fantastic gig was Radio Head in Porto, with Pablo Honey, first part of James concert... James was great but the boys before had it all and completelly won the audience
I'm a new fan, having just discovered them tonight & love every video so far😀 Much gratitude for these fantastic videos shared & looking forward to more like this✌️💙
LOS VI EN CIUDAD DE MEXICO EN LOS 90S Y QUEDE ENCANTADA, CON SU ESCENA, Y AHORA EN 2022 VERLOS DE NUEVO ME DI QUE SON FANATICA DE SUS EXPRESIONES MUSICALES LO MEJOR DE LO MEJOR INGLESES
Best band in the world ever bar none. Have tickets to see them for umpteenth time in April at Glasgow, but think it's been postponed again due to covid 😔 living in hope will be rescheduled soon. Was in Glasgow the first time I saw them way back when. Mission concerts always feel like a family reunion, they've given so many happy memories
How does THIS UK concert get 90,000 views, and 194 comments, but the Historic 1st EVER Mission 24/05 1986 Glasgow concert (on Tavis Bickles channel) only get 3,000 views and 11 comments? There's something wrong there. Hardcore, old & New Mission fans should check out the older gig,
Los vi en 1998 en auditorio de Zaragoza Wayne hussey and company iba con un foco por todo el escenario you arel like a hurricane misión top of the pops fourever❤
Damn people, they are coming close to NYC playing , saw these boys in NYC, it was called the Ritz in? 1989. Maybe 97? Mmm club had a balcony and I met John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin fame. My friend knew his “non stage name”. damn, John Paul Jones, Your never gonna forget a night with him. He was surprised, but my friend , a night to remember!
What a fantastic throwback to better days. We may have not had the technology, but boy, we had the music. I was on their first tour, and saw them in a dingy little place called St. Georges Hall in Exeter, in November, '86. (saw All About Eve there too). I drove there in my battered Mach II Cortina! Some time later, I managed to buy the bootleg tape of the gig at a record fair. Boy, I must have played that to death. Glad I made backups of it. Their set list included quite a few cover versions just to make up the numbers. Saw them again on the following tour at Exeter University, where me and my mate met them backstage, autographed our programmes. They were totally bombed out, but what a show. Lost count how many times I saw The Mission in the 80s and early 90s. Each show was better and better. Haven't seen them for years now, but great to see they're still putting on the shows. Thank you for uploading this and let's all reminisce about the good ol' days, turning off your minds, relaxing and floating down streams!
Touring again in Europe November 2017. Saw them in May several times, and in November 2016. They are STILL the best live band by miles, I've seen more than I can remember and they're untouchable live.
I must cjeck them out cant believe they are still as good live,, my dissability prevents me attending I used to dance for hours to Hussys words f=of wisdom
I have loved them since their first album was released and yet have still never seen them perform live. One of my life’s regrets. I live in the wrong country. 😭
1987, I was working in a factory , one of the blokes said that he was going to watch a band called The Mission, i had never heard of them. Bought a ticket and went, mind blowing !!!!!!!!
I went to several mission gigs in the eightys but this was one of the best the sound recording doesnt capture the atmoshere though, there was a special feeling that went beyond speed and gear, oh yesteryear leave me alone
I was 17 when this was filmed......just wish I’d seen them live with the 1980s original line up.......it was my old school friend who got me into their music.......man if I could have that time all over again I would but like a lot of young people I just took everything for granted back then......😪
Fantastic! Absolutely brilliant. This is hands down one of the best concerts I’ve ever seen and I’m only just now seeing it for the first time here. How I wish I could travel back in time and go to this show! I still love this band so much. A friend of mine grew up with Wayne. That is how I found out about The Mission and later Sisters of Mercy. You can always find out just how talented a band is by how they perform live and they absolutely nailed it. How extraordinary! Thank you for sharing. 🎶🌹🎶
Saw them live on the Crusade Tour at Sheffield Uni. Absolutely one of the best gigs I've ever been to. Rose of Avalanche as support were also fantastic.
Always a great band. I saw them in 1996 in Cologne/Germany and in 2023 at the Columbia Theatre in Berlin. Many thanks to Wayne Hussey for so many awesome songs.
Don't forget that this is pretty soon after Craig & Wayne had parted from Eldritch so a lot of Sisters fans present and continued to do so. I was also one of them.
Has anybody come across the promo video from Rio de janeiro in 87 when they meet up with ronnie biggs, i use to have it on vhs but haven't found it since
Frontaman gia dei sister.of mercy...gruppo post dark punk...fonda i the mission modificando il suono in gotico rock...visto nel 90 a roma ottimo gruppo con il guitar solist di buon livello ....
Brilliant then, brilliant now. As far as some of the people buried up Eldritch's behind in the comment section are concerned, his output of the past thirty years plus his live performances speak for themselves... sadly.
@@douglasbatley1907 He left Dead of Alive _before_ they started playing "gay disco". When Hussey was in the band, they were performing a kind of Doors-like goth psychedelia, which wasn't really that far removed from Burns' previous project, Nightmares in Wax.
@@Albrecht777 wrong again Mr Albrect. Check out Dead Or Alive on Probe Records .Also he didn't leave he was kicked out . I know this for sure ( I used to manage a band signed to Probe). Regardless of that , all I see in his music is constant Band Wagon jumping and very little by way of originality. Take the Flanger/chorus off his guitar what are left with? Some provincial " goth by numbers band.
@@douglasbatley1907 Do you have a link to the Probe Records material? All of the early Dead or Alive stuff that I know before the "disco" period was as described above. I'm going by Wayne's account of what happened - that he left. That's clearly not objective, but I had no reason to doubt his claim. Incidentally, I don't think that The Mission are particularly original. However, I do think that they've always been a better live act than the Sisters and that Eldritch is overrated - although "Floodland" is a true masterpiece (of any genre). Also, you could try spelling my name correctly when responding, at least. Edit: In addition to all of that, if Wayne was indeed "kicked out" than he wouldn't have "still" been playing "gay disco" with Dead or Alive anyway, would he?
best guitars of the world
The mission especially in this live cocert fulfilled my idea of what a guitar should sound like and songwriting has to be
THE MISSION Unforgettable crusade
The Hummingbird Birmingham England 1987. Awesome night.........
After years of pursuing a career in alternative rock, Grunge and Gothic, I found myself at home with this performance. Love from Iran.
I am from the USA, is it safe to visit your wonderful Homeland?
I am happy with you!
@@christophernaple4260 Currently, I would not recommend it. The political situation is highly chaotic. Thanks for the interest, though! Peace.
chnge the fuckin goverment of PERSI
Love from France to Iran
F..... I know what happened to the time. I wasted my 80s on being a teen. If only i had it over. I would hold on to every moment like it was beyond gold.
Life is only becoming the future. So many signs...THEY DO LIVE
yes
Despite I was teen in 80's too, I saw a bunch of gigs then. Mission, Cure, Siouxie.... However, It's true that I started visiting concerts quite early. Much too soon we'd say today. The first gig that I saw was when I was 11, back in '81. It was Siouxie and the Banshees and some local punk bands as forerunners. But that were different times. Safer. Today it's no way that I'd leave my teen daughter going to a gig on her own.
after decades of beeing huge fan of sisters, and listening of mission in recent years, must say that mission and wayne hussey are far, far stronger in all aspects, but still love and admire old SOM and whole goth scene of 80s
In 1987 I saw them open for The Cult in Philadelphia. As a young boy that concert forever changed my life.
Wow! The Mission and The Cult in one night! I'm not surprised it changed your life! Nice one.
best era of both bands, you were lucky
@@putucoq3 The Cult's best era was 1983-85, at least according to many of their goth-era fans.
@@krasteff it depends. I think Electric is the less good from the first 4 albums. But, even if Sonic Temple is a different sound album, it is highly acclaimed by Cult fans. As usual in these discussions I think all are right
@@krasteff Matter of opinion, but they rocked, and still do. Love was an epoch-defining Goth album, Electric was a face-melter of a rawk album, and Sonic Temple managed to create an enormously powerful synthesis. While I think their latter discography is hit-or-miss (the last album has quite a few bangers, though!), they'll always be one of my favorite bands.
And, if you haven't checked them out live in '22, they've down-tuned a few of the songs, but Ian is sounding very good!
Brilliant live band
35 years ago tonight, I was there. The concert was 24th November 1986, the video was released in 1987.
🙋
Thank you. Best memory? Was that really Billy Duffy i saw on guitar early on? Did you see the Sisters earlier in life? Comparison then if so?
Nice! Where was this??
Gut, dass es Fields of the Nephilim noch gibt...
What I wouldn't give to see them
Here, from Brazil, since the '80 untill today, 2024 loving them!!!
Hussey was on a mission. Amazing.
One adorable memory, my mother would wait outside Rock City Nottingham and wonder wtf! We all filed out from one these gigs in 87', she would throw us all around in the back driving a van, it was hallarious.
Brings back a lot of memory’s
Bad ones , very bad ones.
My band is lucky enough to have the opportunity to open for them tonight! They've been very influential on me for a long time. So excited!
The crystal ocean on this,,wow,,such an underrated band
THE BEST SONGS...!
Reading The Lord of the Rings Trilogy with The Mission CD on loop. Early 90s. Priceless.
I am 48.I live in Victoria, Canada, My fave concert footage, well, EVER!!! MY FAVE BAND EVER, especially with Our Craig and Mr. Slink! Mick is so BLOODY MISSED.... Though I ADORE Mike!!! This footage, which I purchased as an alone Mission FANATIC in 87.... I poured over every aspect of this! Kudos, @Alex Mish for shipping me that Metallica's Jaymz and Kirk saw these concerts... GORGEOUS MASTERPIECE!!! People ask me: "What concert, if you could travel back, well...." THIS ONE. Or Levitation...
Vendredi 13 mars 1987 Paris La Locomotive... J'avais 17 ans... Depuis j'ai vu des milliers de concerts, mais ça reste mon plus grand souvenir !
❤️ Treasure the moments touched with joy, but remember the moments damaged and stained 🖤
Listening Mission again after many years reminds me why I loved this band so much back then. Although I preferred SOM (yes, I admit, I'm a purist), Mission was also a great band.
It was either 87 or 88 and the opened for the Psychedelic Furs at Radio City in NYC. I had never heard of them prior to that night and I was blown away. So great.
It was 87. I followed most of that Tour round Europe. For some reason I think this was Germany somewhere. I don't think it is in US as I'm sure I recognise loads of Eskimos in the audience and I'm pretty sure I was at the recording of this (I remember us being told it would be filmed). I'm probably on someone's shoulders in there. None of us could afford to go to the US!
Na minha opinião o The Mission é uma das melhores bandas dos anos 80.
Concordo ! 🇧🇷🇧🇷👊🏻😉.
I'm pleased for you . I'm overjoyed it is only an opinion not a fact.
Sim, concordo, assim como sisters of mercy, a origem de tudo isso, que continuou seguindo com pelo menos mais dois grandes álbuns.
This version of Wake is just... Wow. Fantastic.
I have this concert on VHS, so 👌👍
Me CD Sum and Substance
Mit depeche mode die geilste Band der Welt ❗🎸
I watched this VHS to death back in the day. Didn't get to see them until the Children tour. I would have loved to have seen them on this tour. Great band.
I saw them live in Porto, Portugal, back in 1988 I think...! one of the best gig's that I saw... other fantastic gig was Radio Head in Porto, with Pablo Honey, first part of James concert... James was great but the boys before had it all and completelly won the audience
I'm a new fan, having just discovered them tonight & love every video so far😀 Much gratitude for these fantastic videos shared & looking forward to more like this✌️💙
i found Ville Valo from HIM did the backing vocals for one of their songs *Met-Amor-Phosis* so i just found out about them recently too.
Alright my angels, who wants to be a movie star? 😎
LOS VI EN CIUDAD DE MEXICO EN LOS 90S Y QUEDE ENCANTADA, CON SU ESCENA, Y AHORA EN 2022 VERLOS DE NUEVO ME DI QUE SON FANATICA DE SUS EXPRESIONES MUSICALES LO MEJOR DE LO MEJOR INGLESES
Best band in the world ever bar none. Have tickets to see them for umpteenth time in April at Glasgow, but think it's been postponed again due to covid 😔 living in hope will be rescheduled soon. Was in Glasgow the first time I saw them way back when. Mission concerts always feel like a family reunion, they've given so many happy memories
How does THIS UK concert get 90,000 views, and 194 comments, but the Historic 1st EVER Mission 24/05 1986 Glasgow concert (on Tavis Bickles channel) only get 3,000 views and 11 comments? There's something wrong there. Hardcore, old & New Mission fans should check out the older gig,
The Mission es la mezcla perfecta de psicodelia y rock gótico.Banda de culto en la Valencia de los 80's- 90's.😎🇪🇸
Tuve la enorme suerte de verlos en Arena Auditorium, y fue bestial.
@@joaquinjimenezcampos8727 ¿Fue en la gira de Gods ow medicine o Children?Finales de los 80's y primeros 90's,para mí la mejor época.
@@marcelovidal7930 Los vi con Carved in Sand en 1990. Fue espectacular 👌
banda de culto en todo el mundo
Los vi en 1998 en auditorio de Zaragoza Wayne hussey and company iba con un foco por todo el escenario you arel like a hurricane misión top of the pops fourever❤
Damn people, they are coming close to NYC playing , saw these boys in NYC, it was called the Ritz in? 1989. Maybe 97? Mmm club had a balcony and I met John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin fame. My friend knew his “non stage name”. damn, John Paul Jones, Your never gonna forget a night with him. He was surprised, but my friend , a night to remember!
I've got this concert on VHS from back in the day.
From a time when Glastonbury was very much obscure.
What a fantastic throwback to better days.
We may have not had the technology, but boy, we had the music.
I was on their first tour, and saw them in a dingy little place called St. Georges Hall in Exeter, in November, '86. (saw All About Eve there too). I drove there in my battered Mach II Cortina!
Some time later, I managed to buy the bootleg tape of the gig at a record fair. Boy, I must have played that to death. Glad I made backups of it.
Their set list included quite a few cover versions just to make up the numbers. Saw them again on the following tour at Exeter University, where me and my mate met them backstage, autographed our programmes. They were totally bombed out, but what a show.
Lost count how many times I saw The Mission in the 80s and early 90s. Each show was better and better.
Haven't seen them for years now, but great to see they're still putting on the shows.
Thank you for uploading this and let's all reminisce about the good ol' days, turning off your minds, relaxing and floating down streams!
Touring again in Europe November 2017. Saw them in May several times, and in November 2016. They are STILL the best live band by miles, I've seen more than I can remember and they're untouchable live.
I must cjeck them out cant believe they are still as good live,, my dissability prevents me attending I used to dance for hours to Hussys words f=of wisdom
I saw them when they only had Serpent's kiss....and I knew they would be great...and still they are
🙋⚡✨
I have loved them since their first album was released and yet have still never seen them perform live. One of my life’s regrets. I live in the wrong country. 😭
BEAUTIFUL...!!!
Our Crusade continues..2024.Thank You Mission. Pedro, Portugal
So happy to have been able to watch this lineup in concert... Mission shows always ended up being the craziest of nights!
soooooo geil !!!!
1987, I was working in a factory , one of the blokes said that he was going to watch a band called The Mission, i had never heard of them. Bought a ticket and went, mind blowing !!!!!!!!
sublime
I went to several mission gigs in the eightys but this was one of the best the sound recording doesnt capture the atmoshere though, there was a special feeling that went beyond speed and gear, oh yesteryear leave me alone
TheRealBaxterslider For sure! A mystic, spiritual type experience.
I was 17 when this was filmed......just wish I’d seen them live with the 1980s original line up.......it was my old school friend who got me into their music.......man if I could have that time all over again I would but like a lot of young people I just took everything for granted back then......😪
I saw them live with The CULT! Excellent show!! 🙋⚡✨
Saw that tour in Paris
"WAKE" SOUNDS AMAZING LIVE.
Fantastic! Absolutely brilliant. This is hands down one of the best concerts I’ve ever seen and I’m only just now seeing it for the first time here. How I wish I could travel back in time and go to this show! I still love this band so much. A friend of mine grew up with Wayne. That is how I found out about The Mission and later Sisters of Mercy. You can always find out just how talented a band is by how they perform live and they absolutely nailed it. How extraordinary! Thank you for sharing.
🎶🌹🎶
Amazing 👏 set ! Thanks for your sharing 😊
love this one thanks , The Mission😁😁😁
Forever more
Belgrade,1990 ,Hala Pinki,Zemun, najbolji koncert na kom sam bio, volim vas istim zarom i 2024
So looking forward to see them play live next year for my first time.
Amazing performance. The Crystal Ocean! I'm wonder how these songs would sound played live after 30 years....
They're still playing you know.
@@christophe5741 Sure, and I even plan to see them live, but the show in Poland was 3 times moved from 2020 to 2023.
In a word - shite.
Keep the faith😇
This is isn't Northern soul. Find your own slogan . Goth boy.
Thx for the upload!
Saw them live on the Crusade tour…brilliant!
Saw them live on the Crusade Tour at Sheffield Uni. Absolutely one of the best gigs I've ever been to. Rose of Avalanche as support were also fantastic.
Its pretty obvious who the talent was in the sisters of Mercy...
Yeah, not here.
@@ledpup totally. never dug these guys. yawner.
Hussey come lately . I don't think so.
Dr avalanche. Gary Marx . Andrew 😂😂😂
@@douglasbatley1907😂😂😂-
Puede Verlos en Lima - Perú, el 2012 - 2014 y el 2022 en su gira de despedida... Amo la música de esta Banda!
2002
I’m crying like a child
Sometimes I cry for my lost youth, especially my old childhood friends that I listened to this music with......such a long time ago😔
Its natural to grieve who you were.
Good times
Always a great band. I saw them in 1996 in Cologne/Germany and in 2023 at the Columbia Theatre in Berlin. Many thanks to Wayne Hussey for so many awesome songs.
Saw them and the cult in halifax 2 weeks ago. Great bands
I regret not seeing the Mission I am a fellow missionary
Slinks guitar on Serpents Kiss is beyond great!
and Wayne's :)
It's really amazing, the passion that the crowd shows them here! 🙋⚡✨☁️
Don't forget that this is pretty soon after Craig & Wayne had parted from Eldritch so a lot of Sisters fans present and continued to do so. I was also one of them.
I do think they're a great band and a beautiful evolution...
I was there! Followed most of the tour. I'm probably on the shoulders of some unfortunate, throwing paper at some point
" Followed most of the tour" with all the other sheep.
@@douglasbatley1907 Just like a christofascist sunday church choir.
so fucking good
master piece
best live dvd from the mission
I remember back then.. i wish we could ride this forever.. now its nwo. Covid brought me here,
THE BEST
Belíssima Banda, clássico
Has anybody come across the promo video from Rio de janeiro in 87 when they meet up with ronnie biggs, i use to have it on vhs but haven't found it since
Pistols were there 10 years before. Typical Hussey band wagon jumping .10 years later as per.
Amens
39:09 I love how straight forward and blunt he is when he says "THIS IS ABOUT SEX" like no song name or anything, just straight SEX
Could have been any of their songs, to be fair...
Big Smiles;) thanks....
¡Super Band!!!!!!!!!!!
30 years ago....wtf happened.Best live band by miles at that time and the fans were pretty good too =;-))
Damn straight! By 1987 only Guns N Roses in America was a better live show than these guys. Holy God this is good stuff!
They're back :)
I can confirm, nothing has happened - they are STILL the best live band by miles, and us fans are still alright too ;-)
Eskiiiimo!
Used to have a smoke or two listening to this video back in the Day -
The Mission
The Sound
Echo and the Bunnyman são insuperáveis 🙏🙏🙏
Frontaman gia dei sister.of mercy...gruppo post dark punk...fonda i the mission modificando il suono in gotico rock...visto nel 90 a roma ottimo gruppo con il guitar solist di buon livello ....
Over this land, ...
crystal ocean exists, it is one of jupiter or saturn moons!
thinks it is enceulade !
But it is not so much far that you think
Moons of Jupiter. There are 79 known moons of Jupiter....
masterpiece
SENSACIONAL ♥️
The Mission UK here in the States.
Banda top dos anos 80
Na minha opinião a melhor banda dos anos 80! Concordo com o amigo top.
Gorgeous* thanks....
L E G E N D S
I bought this on vhs
🙋
ΣΤΗΝ ΛΕΦΚΗ ( ΙΩΑΝΝΑ ΤΗΣ ΛΟΡΕΝΝΗΣ) ΜΕ ΑΓΑΠΗ Ο ( ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ) 23/09/1991 10:18❤
Sounds great ......the sound still leaves
Now believe me at pensionable age i just found a band i had forgot from long ago. 'THE MISSION. or is it Simple Minds ?. DVD'S in the post 🤣
Apocalyptic magic.
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@@kristyndodge9238 great to have your reaction.
@@arnedupont5731 z 🙋
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Brilliant then, brilliant now. As far as some of the people buried up Eldritch's behind in the comment section are concerned, his output of the past thirty years plus his live performances speak for themselves... sadly.
Aqui no Brasil o The Mission e The cult são para mim as melhores bandas ainda em evidência.
It seems all these goth bandwagon jumpers set the bar very low. If it wasn't for Eldritch, Hussey would still be playing gay disco with Dead Or Alive.
@@douglasbatley1907 He left Dead of Alive _before_ they started playing "gay disco". When Hussey was in the band, they were performing a kind of Doors-like goth psychedelia, which wasn't really that far removed from Burns' previous project, Nightmares in Wax.
@@Albrecht777 wrong again Mr Albrect. Check out Dead Or Alive on Probe Records .Also he didn't leave he was kicked out . I know this for sure ( I used to manage a band signed to Probe). Regardless of that , all I see in his music is constant Band Wagon jumping and very little by way of originality. Take the Flanger/chorus off his guitar what are left with? Some provincial " goth by numbers band.
@@douglasbatley1907 Do you have a link to the Probe Records material? All of the early Dead or Alive stuff that I know before the "disco" period was as described above. I'm going by Wayne's account of what happened - that he left. That's clearly not objective, but I had no reason to doubt his claim. Incidentally, I don't think that The Mission are particularly original. However, I do think that they've always been a better live act than the Sisters and that Eldritch is overrated - although "Floodland" is a true masterpiece (of any genre). Also, you could try spelling my name correctly when responding, at least. Edit: In addition to all of that, if Wayne was indeed "kicked out" than he wouldn't have "still" been playing "gay disco" with Dead or Alive anyway, would he?
So real