Morderstein and The Marching Men, Flock Leeds
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The Marching Men
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I arrived at the Library in time to get a first pint and then
make my way upstairs before the first band of the night came on stage. The
Marching Men are a Sisters of Mercy tribute band and although I am not a great
fan of tribute bands as a whole I am a great fan of The Sisters of Mercy.
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The Marching Men
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So how did it go, in a word great ! I loved them ! They
opened the set with Reptile House (one of my favourites) and continued, but
perhaps not in this order with ; Alice (one of my favourites) Body Electric
(one of my favourites) Frist And Last And Always Emma
(one of my favourites) Valentine (one of my favourites) and quite a few more. I
didn`t take notes, I was far too busy enjoying myself ! It all ended far too
quickly.
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The Marching Men
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Time for a trip to the bar while few records were played and
then on to Morderstein another tribute band, this time to Rammstein, who to be
honest I had to look-up on Wikipedia, they were after my time, so to speak ,
apologies to any Rammstein fans reading
this. According to Wikipedia Rammstein are, and sing in German, their music is
heavily Influenced by Kiss, (that is GOOD) and their set uses a lot of
pyrotechnics, also good ! So this could be interesting !.... Well no not
really, OK they sang it German I think, They were VERY loud I mean VERY VERY
LOUD I seen some of the world`s biggest heavy metal rock bands at some big
venues, but last night was LOUD ! too loud. As for the pyrotechnics we had a
few sparklers I done bigger/ better efforts when camping !! Oh and they went on
too long as well for me. Still there were lot of people there who seemed to be
enjoying it.
But Flock at the Library is a Goth club and I know it`s a
thin line sometimes between the Goth and heavy metal but that line was well
crossed!
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Morderstein Pic from Flock`s Facebook page Thanks
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Eventually they finished and the DJ took up the stand and the
night took another 180 degree turn. Paul
played records as if he`d been in my record cupboard at home ! mixed with some
new Goth just right. Sadly time now passed to quickly again and I had to head
for home, so 2 great parts to the night, one not so good part, but still better
than watching Casualty on TV.
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Sisters of Mercy about 1982-3 We were all younger back then
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I'm not much for tribute bands either, but I have a feeling that I would have enjoyed a group covering Sister's of Mercy. Around these parts the chances of finding such a band are far below zero.
ReplyDeleteBecause The Sisters used to hang around in the same clubs as me in the 80’s and I remember them as the local support act I find it sort of strange that there are now tribute bands, but that may be just my age ?
DeleteGlad the Sisters of Mercy tribute band played ALL your favourites! LOL
ReplyDeleteMy youngest used to listen to Rammstein - that's the only reason I know who they are! :D
The funniest thing ~apart from when the singer dropped his mic,~ was a York based band, playing in Leeds, singing in deadpan German voices “Living in America”
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