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
strange british enjoy
I don't enjoy British shows as a rule because British audiences are strange.
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.
home years feels
I've been in Hamburg for about ten years and I just feel at home.
way different music-is
Music is there to enrich your life and make you aware of things in a slightly different way.
people life-is-hard hard-life
I'm not sure it pays to do anything remotely public in Britain. It's such a spiteful society. People seem to enjoy making your life hard for the sake of it.
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.
different humour
Apparently, I have a totally different sense of humour.
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.
harder hard
Hard to find and even harder to listen to
fun people want
I don't want people to come and see our gig because of the magnificent things I'm doing with my hips, but it's their evening, you know. They have to have fun. I'm a little bit naive.
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.
jobs airports long
But for every hour and a half on stage, you have a five hour long bus ride, waiting for five hours at the airport, five hours of interviews... I know, it's part of the job, but that doesn't imply I have to like it.
writing rocks
Most writers can write, most rock 'n rollers cannot.
people taught looks
People have taught me not to look for intelligence in rockmusic.