Andrew Eldritch’s post-punk twist on a classic design for an early-’90s Sisters of Mercy anti-nazi t-shirt and other band memorabilia.
Eltritch, aka Von, has always been clear on where he stands regarding white supremacists and has had no problem publicly showing his feelings to them when spotted attending Sisters’ gigs:
“The most infamous incident of this nature at a Sisters gig took place on the Dutch leg of the 1984 spring tour at the De Kapel club in Maastricht on the 6th of June (D-Day !), the night after the legendary Nijmegen gig. Possibly as a result of over-indulgence the night before, the gig was not one of the band’s best, featuring more bum notes than usual and some over-lengthy pauses between songs.
The incident of note takes place towards the end of the gig, at the end of Ghost Rider/Louie Louie when Von announces at the end of the main set:
"Unfortunately, we don’t really feel like coming back and singing some more, whilst this man’s got that t-shirt on [a Skrewdriver/Union Jack one]. So until he takes it off, we’re going.“
There then follows some audible ‘Sieg Heil’-ing from the individual in question, roundly booed and whistled by the crowd. Von is then heard saying:
"We really don’t want to hear any more about “white power”, thank you. We just want you to take your shirt off”.
There then follows a huge cheer from the crowd, followed by more booing as the stand-off continues. Whilst this episode takes a few minutes on the Youtube version, on the original master it is an incredible 23 minutes between the end of the main set and the start of the encore, which says much about Von’s principled stand and the crowd’s patience. When the situation is eventually resolved, Von returns to the stage saying, “Sorry about that”, before Craig launches the riff for quite probably the best ever rendition of “Fix”, the lyrics seeming more appropriately ironic than ever as Von passionately spits them out…”
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