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nick the stripper
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 Post #1 Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 2:34 am Post subject: Torch & Ben Gunn |
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Is the song "Torch" about Ben Gunn leaving the Sisters of Mercy?
I always thought it was about Ben because when he left the Sisters he formed a band called Torch. |
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| Post #2 Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:05 am Post subject: Re: Torch & Ben Gunn |
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| nick the stripper wrote: | Is the song "Torch" about Ben Gunn leaving the Sisters of Mercy?
I always thought it was about Ben because when he left the Sisters he formed a band called Torch. |
i've said that before 
TC and wayne one side, Torch and ben the other 
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| Post #3 Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 9:29 am Post subject: |
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Well I hope it was all a very cathartic, purging experience for Von.
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| Post #4 Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Black Biscuit wrote: | | Well I hope it was all a very cathartic, purging experience for Von. |
BEN GUNN IS GOD
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| Post #5 Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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actually ben was a quiet chap. a scrawny, speccy indie kid guitarist who hated eldritch's RAWK posturing, leather trousers and led zepp pretentions, preferring unassuming, intellectual indie miserabledom and stuff like the fall, pere ubu, and gang of four.
and i reckon he would have hated hussey's rock pig attitude 
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| Post #6 Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, he must have been thinking "you replaced me with that??"
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| Post #7 Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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| markfiend wrote: | | Yeah, he must have been thinking "you replaced me with that??" |
i bet he wasnt the only one 
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| Post #8 Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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Next time you meet Mr Marx, Quiffy, ask him if Ben Gunn actually played on the SGWBM songs. I'd believe it, since they all seem a lot rawer and punkier than the post-WEA singles, which seem very polished.
Did "Torch" ever release anything?
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| Post #9 Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Dark wrote: | | Next time you meet Mr Marx, Quiffy, ask him if Ben Gunn actually played on the SGWBM songs. I'd believe it, since they all seem a lot rawer and punkier than the post-WEA singles, which seem very polished. |
AFAIK benn played on all the material that was recorded during his stint in the band...
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| Post #10 Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 9:09 am Post subject: |
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The rumours that Reptile House EP was recorded by just Von (and maybe Craig) notwithstanding?
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| Post #11 Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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That's something else to ask Overlord Marx about? 
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