About the fu**in smoke

[Martin]

The reviews of the show differs radically between people who were on the front rows and the others, the major difference between them being, I guess, if they could see or not through the artificial smoke.

[Motz]

"Too much smoke" = "This is my first Sisters gig"

All there is to it

[SINsister]

HA!!!
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[Barracuda]

They've always had too much smoke, they wouldn't be the sisters without too much. They got half way through FALAA at the Royal Albert Hall all those years ago before we even realised Mr Marx wasn't on stage.

The venue they're playing in Barcelona has no smoking signs all over the place. Think that applies to the sisters?

[Motz]

I'd wager that there isn't a "No Steaming" sign

[Ozpat]

I love that f*cking smoke!
It's the Sisters!
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[Planet Dave]

I don't really understand the question.

How on earth can you possibly have 'too much smoke'?

If you can see jack all, then ace, pour out some more and see less.

As the brave / stupid HLers who venture into my garage after Leeds will discover, I'd imagine.

'Oops, watch yerself on that rake'.

[iwaswrong]

Atlanta, yes. DC, no.

You literally could not see the stage from the balcony in Atlanta. Might as well have done the show in the dark.

[Multifaceted]

I mentioned this earlier... but after the Philadelphia concert, one girl (who was near me in the front row during the show) made the comment "Andrew's cute, but tell him there's too much smoke--I can barely see him", to which my automatic reaction was "...but that's the point!" And I think Robochrist's only addition to that was an emphatic "exactly".

I've only been to two concerts, all this year, and of course I expect there to be smoke! Isn't that what The Sisters are renowned for? I was actually a bit disappointed with the first "birthday/anniversary" show, partly because there wasn't as much smoke as I expected. Er... I don't need to see Eldritch's armpit hair, thank you very much. Although I noticed he was growing a mohican much earlier than any of the other people I've heard from.
In my opinion it's so much better to see the band weaving in and out of the smoke, and the lightshow looks so much cooler filtered through the haze.

I used to hear that Eldritch "clung" to the microphone stand in addition to using smoke partly because of something like shyness...? In any case, I think he prowls around the stage much more now, but the smoke's still there. If it's not the "shyness" factor, I think it has something to do with teasing/annoying fans, which the band seems to knowingly do quite often (or all the time, depending on how you look at it).

Can you ever have *too* much smoke at a Sisters show?

[dtsom]

[czuczu]

Refuse to vote until there's a 'Never Enough Smoke' option.
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[weebleswobble]

Last time they played Leeds I was sure that the gig was being fed via satellite from Andy's basement.

Yes the Sisters are synonymous with dry ice but I was lucky to catch a fleeting glimpse of the band (well the doppelgangers anyway).

It would be nice to connect with those on stage unless of course it’s a security measure designed to thwart coin throwers, audience contact etc
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[Planet Dave]

At the Saturday Blank Canvas gig in 2003 the smoke was the star. Second song in (C&B), I was on someone's shoulders about 2 to 3 rows back, couildn't see bugger all. Could more than feel the usual awesome wall of noise.

[Muppet]

There's only enough smoke, when it starts seeping out through the doors to the entrance of the venue.

Good grief, here's a band that have been going for 25 years, and people are still going to their gigs and being surprised at the amount of dry ice?

Human Evolution, eh.... it's not as fast as Darwin made out, is it??
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[DGP00666]

I'm beginning to be seriously pissed off by all these comments about the introduction of a drummer and the "annoying" smoke. If you want changes in these matters, I recommend you to support your local folk band.
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[Muppet]

Sorry, Doctor Who? Is he on the NHS?
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[weebleswobble]

[ailime]

i'll also go along the "pro-smoke" ppl ; it's their signature style and it's damn fine with the lights i mean i would have payed my ticket just for the smoke and lights if the sisters would have not existed - of course they're a major bonus in addition to the smoke

and i as i had written it on my space's blog ; when the Warlocks were on stage ; i couldn't see the singer's face - nor any of the guitarists and i wonder how the hell the two drummers would see anything in the smoke that was some serious smoke machine abuse ; but when it came for the sisters, i the amount was fair and even "less" than as i heard from previous comments

long live to the smoke king machine
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[geochrim]

Ditto czuczu.

No one else does what they do. That's part of why I go back to see them.
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