wow! https://thequietus.com/articles/33300-slowdive-rachel-goswell-interview-favourite-music?page=13

'I did love The Sisters of Mercy prior to The Mission forming but this is the record for me. I can still listen to it now. And it does transport me back to being that age. They were on Top Of The Pops doing ‘Severina’ and Julianne Regan was doing the backing vocals, obviously. Prior to that I had written a letter to their fan club: ‘Oh, I really love you!’ and all that sort of stuff and I’d put my phone number on there – you never know, they might phone up! And so I remember watching them do ‘Severina’ and the phone rang. My Mum or Dad answered and said, ‘Rachel, somebody called Wayne is on the phone for you.’ And I'm like, ‘What do you mean, Wayne?’ And it was Wayne Hussey!

In recent years, I've got to know Wayne pretty well. And when his first book of memoirs came out, I think I probably tweeted a picture of myself reading it and tagged him, and he contacted me. We started chatting and it turns out that he loves the first Soft Cavalry record. It was his favourite record of that year. His parents live in Bristol and me and my husband Steve went to meet him there. We went and had a pub lunch with him and we got on like a house on fire. And we stayed in touch ever since, which has been really nice for me actually. I think my initial first meeting with him, I was nervous because obviously, for teenage Rachel, he was a bit of an idol, you know?'

#WayneHussey #TheMission

I read a review today for a new book written by #WayneHussey from #TheMission It quoted that "the relationship between the Mission and our audience is one that most outsiders failed, and still fail to see."
It was great fun, for 3 years I had a ball. Gigs everywhere. We were well looked after by the band, there were occasional parties which I think is where this was taken and late night phonecalls to tip us off about warm up "secret" shows before big events #ThrowbackThursday

In 1992, I interviewed Wayne Hussey about The Mission's new album "Masque," and how Simon Hinkler's departure had affected the group's direction.

Here's a link to the article from American Music Press: https://bit.ly/wayne_hussey_mission

#TheMission #WayneHussey #goth #rock #pop #interview

The Sisters Of Mercy - First & Last & Always (1985)

I think this is perfect. Two stone cold classics in Marian and Some Kind Of Stranger.

My favourite Sisters LP.

#thesistersofmercy #eldritch #waynehussey #craigadams #garymarx #dravalanche

Platte der Woche: The Mission - The First Chapter (UK Release)
Schöner Gebrauchtfund bei Kooky Records BI. #WayneHussey und #CraigAdams machen da weiter, wo die Sisters aufgehört haben. Hallig-nachdenklich, passt perfekt in die grauen 80er und zum Medium. Hätte ich viel früher hören können.
#plattederwoche #recordoftheweek #vinyl #nowspinning #onmyturntable #33rpm #33upm #themission #thefirstchapter #year1987 #gothicrock #np #nowplaying #recordsofmastodon