Andrew Eldritch from The Sisters Of Mercy is still waiting for some ex-members to return his guitars. And he should know.
And stolen guitars...
Sitting here now, in this bar for hours
While these strange men rent strange flowers
I'll be picking up your petals in another few hours
In the metal and blood, in the scent and mascara
On a backcloth of lashes and stars
In a flood of your tears, in sackcloth
And ashes, and ashes, and secondhand passion
And stolen guitars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fKt8ZSZIxo
It may come but it will pass
Genius.
My 'best mate' robbed my Japanese Fender Squier Strat. Which was a bit cheeky as I'd already given him my first ever Gibson Les Paul copy.
Ah well.
Gonna be waiting a long time for that one to come back around.
Francis Rossi: "It's just a guitaaar!"
Btw, most of the Bass guitar you hear on that Floodland album isn't Patricia Morrison, it's a Yamaha RX-5 drum machine. All programmed in a Voyetra sequencer on Dos 3.3
I loved that guitar as well. It was a good guitar. My favourite guitar. And I want it back...
https://vimeo.com/73333698
Just give me back the guitar, Jimmy!
Still waitin'...