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nick the stripper Slight Overbomber
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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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paint it black Black, black, black & even blacker
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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  _________________ Goths are people too.. |
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Black Biscuit Gonzoid Amphetamine Filth

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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. _________________ .... there is no semblance of rock 'n roll around here! |
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Black Shuck Utterly Bastard Groovy Amphetamine Filth

Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Posts: 848 Location: Sitting in a sleazy snack bar, sucking sickly sausage rolls
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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 _________________ Gazza for England manager |
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Quiff Boy Herr Administrator

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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  _________________ the cake is a lie
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markfiend goriller of form 3b

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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??"  _________________ it is my firm belief that it is a mistake to hold firm beliefs |
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Quiff Boy Herr Administrator

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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  _________________ the cake is a lie
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Dark Underneath the Rock
Joined: 27 Oct 2004 Posts: 6606 Location: On the edge of the mind.
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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? _________________ Danse Macabre |
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Quiff Boy Herr Administrator

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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... _________________ the cake is a lie
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markfiend goriller of form 3b

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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? _________________ it is my firm belief that it is a mistake to hold firm beliefs |
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Dark Underneath the Rock
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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?  _________________ Danse Macabre |
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