Sisters Of Mercy: This Corrosion DEMO (mega rare!)

[kautle]

this is a sisters of mercy demo! thanks for posting. i read that it was recorded at a different time than the other demos, probably with a different drum machine. that's definitely him singing, and i'm positive that there is a lot of midi synth on floodland, (and pretty much all 80s music post 1984) so i don't know why you are hating the sounds of midi when it pretty much defines this era of music. this is crude but wasnt meant to be sold so enjoy it for what it is! peace

[photonlust]

Official Anthem of New United Libya

[MrSayingWords]

Definitely Eldritch singing, but everything else sounds much better quality than all my Sisters demos from this era!

[Hedstrom73]

This is a song made by The Sisterhood...

[Monkeyhead75]

@Hedstrom73 Was it really Sisterhood...seriously never knew that

[xINVISIGOTHx]

wow  interesting

[amocallscoma1]

Its a fake!!! A Fucking General Midifile!!!!!

[mattenemu]

This is how it should been released on an album , with other obscure studio demos and home demos as they are the songs that the real deal is within them

[vince25xx]

very strange 

[georgiadesm]

this is not real !!!!!

[Doesumama]

I smell bull shit!

[gingertwats]

@Doesumama FFS check out the Heartland forum instead of posting shit on here. This is 100% the real deal.

[jarlathsometimes]

Brilliant!!Nice one,thanks for sharing!

[DocMethedrine]

The funny thing is that the guitar sounds heavily inspired by the theme for the german television show "Loewenzahn"

[Javv6669]

My friend got this on vinyl

D:

[Furtronica]

Sounds like Doktor Avalanche to me. I used to have a tape of Sisters demos and they all sounded pretty much as skeletal and unfinished as this.

[Nevawake]

sounds better than the fuken real thing man!!! trip on brother. fuken play it lud in ya car van. im lovin it!!! im gonna get me a fucken amiga 4000 cunts

[saltatio]

Fake or not. This is fukkin' awesome!

[tecnogof]

I've got lots of bootleg albums featuring works in the making!! This is not their style of working, its fake!!!

[duprie37]

I can definitely see how this is the real thing. Very interesting to hear this track in its proto-stages.

[dudekebm]

I can see how this might be an authentic demo. Most of Floodland's sound I hate to say was not due to Andrew Eldritch but Jim Steinman's production.

[Livyathan2007]

@dudekebm To my knowledge only 2 tracks from Floodland were produced by Steinman; This Corrosion & Dominion Mother Russia

[chrisnoaro1]

@Livyathan2007 Exactly right, like Steinman would have done all the drum programming and bass synth on stuff like Colours and Flood I !! can't imagine it!

[z0gbt]

168 repeats within two days.

[Gothica059]

dude this is fucking AWESOME!!!!

[redfan1971]

Must say it sounds like a Casio a la 1980's or a ringtone. But love this song.

[Noobst3R99]

Wtf is this? :p

[Davethebus]

sounds like something i would pull out of my arse after my thailand vacation

[samplesmasher]

sounds like a "background-tape" that was used for concerts (like Depeche Mode mostly did in the 80s) hope not to get stoned for this comment...

[jocelynandjosh]

I have this album. It's awesome. Not fake.

[fazerlazeruk]

always loved the sisters of mercy.. i can still work out its them. classic sound! LOVE IT! thx for sharing it. Well Cool!

[djmacdonald73]

pretentious fucks. but i love them anyway.

[vellotrol]

EXQUISITE!!!!!

thanks for sharing it.

[buscamenos]

grrrrrrrrrrr eate!

[ShenXia]

Wonderful stuff. Now what I wouldn't give to hear the original Damage Done. XDD

[tthwrthwrhthwrth]

absolutely classic,love this music

[paliguan]

GREAT !!!!!!!!

[jrevjr]

freaking awesome!

[theANSWERman13]

The intro sounds different from what i remember. Unless it's an intro that I've never heard.

[scumgod13]

To me RARE can meab ugqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq

[zang2nd]

Thanks for sharing!

[PRESTOTHECAT]

Rare is sometimes just used as an attention getter.

I think its interesting for a brief while in the context of construction and knowing the other tracks are missing so it has to sound better.

I like this because it can free the mind to think of other tracks the the original ones that could have accompanied it.

Couldve been a hammer dulcimer, a dumbek, and a celeste. Trippy.

[ZoanthropicParanoia7]

it'd be good if it didnt go on for so long. i prefer the demo version with slightly more vocals.

actually, is it just me or is this version mixed into it at certain times?

[creamstripe]

I dont know but I agree it doesnt need to go on that long. Its like the song doesnt have a strong enough dynamic to hold my attention or want to after that long.

I think partly we are bearing witness to the 80s being a time of lengthy extendo masturbation and trying to get away with it at any cost because it made money to do that.

Remember when people talked all the time then about oh I just got the remix of such and such or the this version or that version.

I am tired. time to sleep.

[ZoanthropicParanoia7]

yeah lol, i just got the extended remix of Lucretia, My Reflection lmao xD

i think this version was probably a preliminary version Eldritch made to formulate other ideas for it over the top.

well, the final album version (not an extended remix) was over 10 minutes long, and is much more interesting due to the layering of vocals and instruments over one another.

i still like these demo versions, its interesting to see how the song progressed.

[creamstripe]

I know what you mean. I would love to hear it without that chick.

The instruments are great. As talented as she is, Wow to hear it without her after all the track layering with music would be wonderful.

Same feeling as Temple of Love. I like the old original version.

[PRESTOTHECAT]

I can apprectiate the song is a much more refreshed and objective way now after having been sick and tired of my overplayed 12" of this and hoping to never hear it again.

[DocMethedrine]

True drum machine based song writing :-D

[ALXXMaXX]

I'm not saying whether this is real or not, but it's pretty cool anyway.

The guy does sound like he's on something, though.

[JUNKY666v]

wtf is this men some remix

[jeffuryca]

Devo joins the Sisters. LOL

[thedrunkmonk69the2nd]

this is fuckin' bangin' - thks!

[neilbpiper]

This is 100% genuine passed up by Carl Harrison (James Ray & the Performance) who was in the studio when this was recorded.

[Berulon]

no sisters .. no Eldritch no early 80 ...

only fake !

[AnalWave]

Logically, who wouldn't want to not only record a song but, record a song sounding exactly like another band? Now, even more profound, why wouldn't you want to record a song that not only sounds like another band but, claim that it is a 'rare' track of that band you sound exactly like? I mean, it clearly makes sense because that is how we all spend our time. Making shit that sounds like someone' else's shit and then claiming it is some old, rare shit of their's. C: It all makes sense.

[Grahamx2227]

I actually quite like this, it has an interesting sound to it.

[mouthfullofshit]

ONLY A TOTAL AND COMPLETE FOOL would think that this is ANYONE other than the SISTERS performing on this track. THANKS TO GINGERTWATS for the post, enjoyed listening and reading everyone's stupid arguments about fuckin' MIDI and the like. HARRRRR!!!!! LMFAO!!!

[DamienNightmarish]

Ultra rare. Very cool! Thx

[Shredlesy]

This is real - I've heard it before, in the early 90's.

[emeraldsignal]

Thanks for posting this!!!

[ZSydNatalia]

Im a Sisters fan from wayyy back this is real this is Eldritch alright i love it thanks

[TTTJJJ1971]

This is 100% fake. Listen to the drums This is not Andrew Eldrich and it´s not Doctor Avelanche, enough said about that.

[anthea7]

Nope, that's Von Hisself, alright. But the funk/synthpop fusion arrangement is kind of...distracting :p

[Kartofflesalad]

I think the uploader of the video made this in a midi tracking program, not Eldritch himself.

[yetonGhul]

oh its definetly midi synths...of course midi is for sequencing stuff. I wouldnt be suprised that it is genuine.

its a demo, its a rough drafts , not meant for non-industry people to hear.

[azynkron]

yes.. midi is for sequencing? What's your point? It's the same no matter if you route the instructions to an onboard software synth, VST instruments or external drum machines and synths. It's just instructions.

[yetonGhul]

well not everyone knows what midi is and what it is for.

its like trying to explain to your grand-mother what cubase is for.

[HobbyistX]

Bullshit.  This isn't the Sisters of Mercy. It's somebody trying to learn cakewalk.

[BatShakerJami]

Sounds more like a midi.

[buratosk]

Cool. It's nice to see how some famous songs came to life.

[MarkoKruc]

Singer was obviously high o nsomething...

[meiriona]

this WAS 1987, remember.

[fnbewts]

And it WAS Andrew Eldritch..

[VanjaBathroy]

Hahaha, so true.

[waltlindsay]

Weeeird. Glad they went with the other version. The choir makes the album what it is!

[natsdad]

Deffo really the Sisters, rough and demo-ey, certainly doesn't remind me much of FALAA, a bit like Watch, HOTH and the early adrenachrome on SGWBM, mostly coz its rough tho. Very interesting though, thanks for posting it.

[LadyFineArtist]

thanks...never heard this version.

[PeterBParker]

from :07-:13 this song sounds like the beginging of the Duke's theme from escape from new york when hes first introduced in his car

[fuchikoma4570]

Man i know some shit, but what u just said literally cut the grass under my feet.

U actually remember the tune when The Duke was in his car...fuk me man, that deserve an Award.

[NausicaSaudran]

well that's not very rare indeed.. you should check out my stuff i do have rare demos! :)

[industrialonego]

thats not that rare man

[garyouze2ORAG]

All vampires...not so much as BOC where all but 1 song is about vimpires...Oh yeah, you Ventrue scum bring it on

[Zakyath]

Definitively sisters. Great, of course. Though, far from the quality of the Floodland verision. "Duh"

[Amawnda69]

huh!? don't understand englich so good >.< hahahah I saw this with jyrki and maryslim live in malmö...

[verrybadman]

Hate it when people stress out about how rare things are...its like poumpose white rappers running around telling everyone how contreversial they are...useless...its a good song...happy to hear it..do i care if its rare? no...that matter dosnt affect the song what so ever

[neutrino57]

Nobody's DEMOS should sound this good--has to be genuine only Andrew could do a rough draft this good. Touche!

[violettelune]

so raw, un-worked awesome

[JazJustice]

I'm a lifelong Sisters fan. This is undoubtedly Andy. Rise and Reverberate.

[atBBHC]

And another thing... I had no idea that back in the first half of the 80s, the drumming machines could not remember the beats if you flipped the power-switch. It was stored in RAM so you had to reprogram the beats every day (or something like that). | the-sisters-of-mercy dot com/tech/doktors.htm

[soepil]

That's not totally correct, the drum machines back then indeed had memory, but it was a tedious procedure programming all the hardware (no Cubase, you had to know how to program different machines). And after hours spend on that, you had to get them to sync, which wasn't always easy. In live performance, you had to reload the machines at some point during the show, because the memory was very limited. It was difficult back then, but also adventurous :-)

[atBBHC]

It's a demo, not a finished product. The purpose is to demonstrate an idea in progress. That in it self is a creative process. It is from a generation of music-making before computer software. What do you do as a one-man band? I suppose you work with looping and sampling, you add another sound/element after so many beats so it takes a while before you get to the actual start of the song. The risky thing with that is that after a while your timing errors multiply. Thanks for sharing the demo.

[Dam3k]

u couldn't be more right :D

[Amawnda69]

Hmmm... better with Jyrki and maryslim :D:D:D <333333

[verrybadman]

did you know that jyrki 69 libsyncs most of hes shows and uses voice affecting computers? rubbish

[LordAiradorn]

Wow it is Eldrich, very raw, so I take it he did this in his home or personal studio, because it is lacking the careful hands of a good engineer. :) Thank you for sharing this, to hear were the idea starts and then hear the finished product is a great thing.

[CrustyBiker]

Glad I clicked on your profile after seeing your biker gear vid and found this, Thats Eldritch alright! I think he fell asleep for the first 3 and a half mins tho, while Dr Avalanche plays on and on!

[DerEmma]

Haha, fantastic! Yes, it's Andrew, definately. Lots of his old demos are around and a lot of the sound this cheap. Hey, those were the 80's and this has no production at all...and no Pat Morrison.

[fenixwylde]

Kinda has the same style as the old Temple of love song (the pre 92)

[FiveMonths]

It's real for sure, that's andrew

[abominations]

Cool, ´he sounds drunk, but don't think it's fake it sounds so genuine...

[f0rmyp4in]

This is Eldritch. And if you do not recognize his voice.. go climb a rope :>

[Aguiarense]

i belive this is Sisters. remember this is a demo. it can be ...

[robertishungry]

Noway this is The Sisters of Mercy or Eldritch. Nice try!

[Merkilo]

how can you not hear that this is Eldritch's voice

[ase499]

Thanks for sharing. I love hearing things like this that have been uncovered.

[MickPsyphon]

It's hard NOT to think that this is just something a SOM fan slapped together on his Amiga 4000. The vocals are genuine Eldritch... possibly from a live performance.

Genuine, or not... Thanks for sharing this.

[gingertwats]

It's 100% real, see myheartland for confirmation - search for This Corrosion Demo.

[Nevawake]

@MickPsyphon im going out right now u fucker and buying me a brand new Amiga 4000!!! fuk yeah!!!! go Amiga u cunts!!! whoooo AMIGA4000 is back!!!

[hasenmail]

who can sing on a 4-track in his livingroom without being drunk anyway..? but a nice one!

almost electro-disco, like we always knew it would be.

[CultOfByron]

This sounds like David Bowie on crack, roflmao! Thanks for sharing... that bassline is just on some other planet...

[frankieshane]

my planet!

[doktorskeletor]

wow... where'd you find this? Eldritch sounds almost drunk in the vocals. It does sound more like The Body Electric than This Corrosion. Anyway, cool and thanks for letting me hear this.