On 12th March 1980, renowned long term BBC radio journalist and DJ John Peel (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004) played Joy Division's Dead Souls for the first time after he discovered the track as a B-side on the 7" Licht und Blindheit.

This single, with Atmosphere on the A-side, was released in 1980 as a France only and limited edition of 1,578 copies. The 7" came with a 3 page colour gatefold booklet with a translation, text written by Jean-Pierre Turmel, a painting by Jean-Francois Jamoul and a photograph by Anton Corbijn.

Today it’s exactly 37 years ago that The Sister of Mercy released their first studio album First and Last and Always. It was released on 11 March 1985 through Merciful Release and WEA, with Elektra Records handling the US release.

The album was recorded during the second half of 1984 and multiple recording sessions took place in various recording studios. It was mixed and produced by David M.Allen who also produced for the likes of The Cure, Depeche mode, Wire and The Human League.

Less then a month later, on 1 April, lead guitarist and band co-founder Gary Marx played his last concert with The Sisters of Mercy before deciding to leave the band. Later Eldritch would suggest the song ‘Walk Away’ was directed at Marx.

Although Wayne Hussey and Gary Marx wrote and sang some of the initial lyrics for some of the demo tracks, Eldritch eventually wrote all the final lyrics as they would appear on the finished album. Both Wayne and Marx re-used some of those lyrics later for their own projects The Mission and Ghost Dance.

Two (demo) songs that didn’t make the album, Serpents Kiss and Wake, would later be re-recorded and released by The Mission.

To represent Dr. Avalanche, The Sisters Of Mercy’s nickname for their drum machine, an Oberheim DMX drum machine was acquired for the recording of this album.

The album went silver (with 60,000 sold) in the UK on 30 October 1987 and gold (with 100,000 sold) on 8 May 1989. Its highest position in the UK album charts was no. 14. In Germany, the group's second largest market after the UK, the album went gold (with 250,000 sold) in 2011. Its highest position in the German album charts was no. 40.

Nevertheless, the production of the album left the band initially in enormous debt. According to Andrew Eldritch, the album recouped the production costs only by 1988.

First Last And Alway - Track listing

2006 CD re-issue Bonus Tracks

The Sisters Of Mercy - Personnel

• Andrew Eldritch – vocals, sleeve design, mixing
• Craig Adams – bass guitar
• Wayne Hussey – guitar, vocals
• Gary Marx – guitar
• Doktor Avalanche (drum machine) – drums

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Today it’s exactly 37 years ago that The Klinik (at that time called Absolute Controled Clinical Maniacs) performed at Xenon (10.03.1985, Aarschot, Belgium). Two tracks, Sick In Your Mind and Vietnam which were recorded during this live show, appeared later that same year on the first The Klinik album Sabotage.
After this release The Klinik soon made a name for themselves with their cold and harsh EBM sound and their live shows, where they performed with their heads wrapped in gauze, wearing long black leather coats.
Even today, Sabotage is still considered as one of the most influential electro-industrial-EBM albums and became a must have collector item.

Sabotage (Tracklist)

Musician & Actor Eric Oberto has just unveiled his new video and single release for the song "Closer Than Ever Before". The song appears in the forthcoming Hollywood theatrical film Malibu Horror Story due out in late 2022.

Story:

"Closer Than Ever Before" paints the dark picture of a man running from himself and racing against his own mortality. While being stalked by “Death” himself, he encounters memories from his past and startling entities that chase him closer to that final closing door.

The music video for "Closer Than Ever Before" will mark the second collaboration between Eric Oberto and Erik Gustafson of the band Adoration Destroyed!

Both Eric and Erik co-directed the music video shoot. Eric Oberto also took on the role of Producer with the invaluable help of Video Shoot Production Manager, Micha Marie Stevens. Erik Gustafson Cinematography brilliantly handled all of the post-production and editing work. The end result of this collaboration is a badass music video that truly captures the essence of the song!

ericoberto.com

We at Peek-a-Boo magazine are so happy to say we were finally able to reboot our printed magazine again after being forced by the Covid pandemic to restrict our output to our website only. No festival, no concerts and no parties meant our sponsors had nothing to advertise and thus there were also no events to distribute and promote our magazine … But today, as more and more countries seem to go back to “normal”, the future for Peek-a-Boo looks bright again! So hear! Hear! Here is our first printed “post covid” magazine, #38!

You can check it out digitally HERE or try to get a hold on a hard-copy version in the near future, maybe even on an event near you like for instance:

12.03 ADULT. + PLACK BLAGUE + THE JUGGERNAUTS @ Magasin 4, Brussels [BE]
18.03 BIM XIX - DAY 1 - with Portion Control (Seed Sessions) + A Split-Second & More @ De Casino, St-Niklaas [BE]
18.03 DARK RECOVERIES @ L'enoteca, Gaurain-ramecroix [BE]
19.03 BIM XIX - DAY 2 - with Portion Control (Best of Set) + Absolute Body Control & More @ De Casino, St-Niklaas [BE]
02.04 PORTA NIGRA *10 YEARS* with Covenant, Blutengel, The Juggernauts, & more @ Stadsfeestzaal, Aarschot [BE]
03.04 PORTA NIGRA *10 YEARS* with Suicide Commando @ Stadsfeestzaal, Aarschot [BE]
09.04 EBM NIGHT @ De Dreef, 2290 Vorselaar [BE]

To name a few … Check our online calendar for more info!

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