Andrew Eldritch
Andrew Eldritch
Andrew Eldritchis the English frontman, singer, songwriter and only remaining original member of The Sisters of Mercy, a band that emerged from the British post-punk scene, transformed into a gothic rock band and, in later years, flirted with hard rock...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPunk Singer
Date of Birth15 May 1959
energy english-musician good rather spend takes time
I don't like doing gigs. We're pretty good at it, but it takes too much time and energy. Time and energy I'd rather spend on other things.
artists climate current receive straight tapes
Unfortunately, in the current litigious climate I'm one of the very many artists who receive tapes and chucks them straight in the bin.
thinking class musical
I have no musical talent at all. I was banned from music classes and told I would never be able to understand anything. I still don't think I can sing, but somehow I get away with it.
games vocabulary doubt
The citizen is becoming a pawn in a game where nobody knows the rules, where everybody consequently doubts that there are rules at all, and where the vocabulary has been diminished to such an extent that nobody is even sure what the game is all about.
england entertainers hard
The business of being a popular entertainer in England is just too hard.
writing rocks
Most writers can write, most rock 'n rollers cannot.
house records bars
I don't trawl record shops anymore. I usually hear music in bars or at friends' houses.
strange british enjoy
I don't enjoy British shows as a rule because British audiences are strange.
hard-times people band
I've never got on with the British press because they've always given me such a hard time. Once they build a band up they just want to do people down. They shouldn't concentrate on the colour of someone's shirt they should listen to the music.
harder hard
Hard to find and even harder to listen to
england social institutions
I still like being in North of England and I keep a place there. But there are a lot of things about the Continent that are to be preferred. The social institutions work better, women have a better position in society and the food is another thing.
different humour
Apparently, I have a totally different sense of humour.
nice thinking people
In the beginning, everybody that gets to work with me, thinks Im nice. But three weeks later, they hear a bell ringing. Then they realise I meant everything I said during that first week. Its not my fault people are not taking me serious from the first moment.
way different music-is
Music is there to enrich your life and make you aware of things in a slightly different way.