Swedish ZTV Interview with Andrew Eldritch (1993) - Part I

Transfered and shared at www.myheartland.co.uk by "VonOben" - many thanks!!
You can find the second part of this interview here:
• Swedish ZTV Interview ...

[@DannyDiess]

Andrew is a great artist. Met him a few years back . he was really nice actually and chatted with me for a bit. his music is timeless.

[@tostare]

That's really good to know as he comes over as an arrogant dickhead in every interview I've ever seen or read.

[@BvanBeeck]

Na, I dont thinks so in the slightest..just a shy chap he is..thats it methinks..

[@tostare]

@@BvanBeeck I get that he could be very shy, and that can come across as arrogant. But I was thinking more of when he constantly downplays the contributions of anyone else, to the band. It's like how he said that producer Jim Steinman was "barely involved" with Floodlands, then grudgingly admitted that he produced This Corrosion and Dominion - the two massive hits off the album. Similar comments about Wayne Hussey etc.

[@davesaunders59]

The guy created some of the most outstanding and individual music of his generation. He is no doubt as frustrated with record company staff as the rest of us with the world been run by accountants. A frustrated artist is how he comes across to me. I have grown up listening to him and the music as a previous comment highlighted is timeless.

[@nellyk1356]

His brain is such a sexy machine. I can't get enough of listening to him.

[@LovevonMelenEkman]

He seems a damn lot smarter than I imagined he would.

[@jenrose4177]

He's really not

[@turquoisecapricorn]

Andrew Eldritch! A Light for this world! I could listen a whole day to him! Long live The Sisters Of Mercy!!!

[@JulioAvalos3000]

I just want a new Sisters Of Mercy album!

[@kommandok]

The man's a real rockstar! One of a kind. Live on!

[@HeatherAshley8677]

Ozzy can barely string two words together or hold his head up and this guy is still rockin.

[@technologic21]

The music is post-apocalyptic. The decay, the big machine, modern civilization, the absurd. This band reminds me it's time to party.

[@worldstallestdrummer]

really good. i love that part about we reach less people but the ones we do reach we reach deeper...

[@grimlund]

Thats like the coolest glasses ever

[@polonu6239]

you reach me deep enough andrew.

[@fullmetalguy8357]

Interesting interview. I understand why he'd prefer the greatest hits compilation to be a better representation of the band, but I don't think Some Girls Wonder By Mistake should be so easily dismissed. Their very early EPs and singles contain some of their best songs and that compilation is a fantastic way of getting those songs without having to spend tons of cash on out-of-print and very rare records. I very much enjoy his final statement though. Reaching fewer people, but reaching them more intimately must be such a rewarding feeling for the artist. It shows people take the time to appreciate your work in spite of its lack of mass appeal.

[@theslanning]

That is a PERFECT description! Genius.

[@JustinOsbo]

People never appreciate good talent and fine artwork in music

[@bearablepain592]

He sounds exactly like Gary Oldman. Exactly.

[@AmarnRethirn]

Many, many thanks for posting this, great to get an impression of AE . I loved Sisters of Mercy as a teenager, and still do - having got "Vision Thing" from my kids for my 37th birthday (my old cassette was unplayable). Anyway, they loved it, and I still do. I guess we're one of the few that he reached deeply.

[@Kraut108]

God damnit he's so fucking bad ass.

[@Bowiepainter]

I love that he’d reach a few people deeper over reaching more people. That’s my kind of guy.

[@FrightfulAccountant]

I like EVERYTHING from the sisters of mercy :P

[@LunaSeaSane]

Quite atractive. And a nice fella.

[@bildkistl]

Actually, a very good interview!

[@tutsecret499]

I love his voice and accent, but his interviews shows he is rough, too strong person.

[@diezuckerbackerin5112]

He's not too strong. He got frustrated and he is protecting his boundaries and values pretty strong. That's a difference.

[@Skiamakhos]

Highly intelligent guy, great creative artist, but just such a pity he has to piss all over his fanbase. Love his music, got no time for the man.

[@MysteriousAsteria]

Sadly this. And the way he sees his audience is also reflected on stage. You always have the feeling he doesn't want to perform; he's just there hiding behind a thick veil of dry ice so he doesn't see us and do his thing half-heartily and get it over with. Then leave the stage, cash in and go to the next live, playing the same old stuff. Doesn't help either that his voice has suffered a lot and isn't what it used to be. Seriously, SoM the last years were extremely disappointing live. With the way it is and how much of a diva Andrew is, maybe it's good we don't get another album.

[@alienstrange]

Hes o goth that he has to try hard to not appear goth on stage so that people stop associating him as a goth

[@thatahmaya]

"I am not a pessimist, I am a realistic" great! meaning our world its a shit.

[@davidannett3322]

That was quite insightful. I've never seen many interviews with him before. It's interesting how much I resonate with him as an artist, struggles with perfectionism and such. It's also interesting to hear his words about his relationship whit the goth culture, or really how he has none whatsoever. I never thought about it how we can all apply our wants about look and all to their version, which in his head, has nothing to do with what we're thinking. he was all about extending the rock and roll look; and we're all like yea that's the goth look we want! Slight case of crossing frequencies I guess. All in all he has to at some point understand his look and sound landed square in the middle of a giant puddle of dark awesomeness at the time and really helped solidify the goth leather look. At least it did for me hehe

[@yvonnethorpillard1589]

J'ADORE ...

[@MrOctober44]

Such a shame they stopped releasing new music .

[@heathergundry7059]

Bombastic. Thats a new word

[@thepanel2935]

RESPECT

[@fransholmberg7934]

Holy shit. ZTV was a long time ago

[@adetat]

I can't see why he's perceived as arrogant. Honestly, I am not being infatuated.

[@ViolentHour]

I'd really like a pair of those sunglasses that Eldritch is wearing in the video. Would anyone happen to know what they're called and where I could get a pair?

[@Queennatalie1999]

You can get heart shaped sunglasses anywhere

[@davidshechtman4746]

I remember...stoned AF...lights, fix, burn ...valentine....on yeah take me back there when I die

[@aristocat91]

Per Sinding-Larsen för tusan!

[@dermott37]

he dosent change!

[@LovevonMelenEkman]

you're right.

[@shockedthemonkey]

"I don't like the reputation of being a cult act" Sadly by refusing to release any product, being bloody minded with his record company and neglecting to speak to journalist Andrew has achieved just that!

[@Andulsi]

Are there still old goths from the eighties scene. It's gone hasn't it? They're all grown up with jobs and families, surely

[@Skiamakhos]

We grew up, had families, kept the faith, stayed goth. Some of us branched out a bit, brought in influences from Industrial & EBM, but we're still around. Check out Martin Oldgoth's podcast, or Cemetery Confessions, or The Kilted Goth or Skullgirdle on KZbin

[@starlord1637]

Woot grown but still love sisters of Mercy Infact passing it on to the next gen! WOOT 👍👍

[@Enterthedeath]

Vision things was brutal. Flood lands was fucking great.

[@DocSommer]

@rubberpigg01 written & performed live: quite regulary, released: haha^^

[@spirokoufo4415]

I. “The Germans are like women, you can scarcely ever fathom their depths - they haven’t any, and that’s the end of it.” Friedrich Nietzsche II .BUY the MUSIC... III. SUPPORT THE ARTIST(S) & the SCENE...

[@DocSommer]

LOL

[@ondinegreen]

@koreanway08 True, but probably unimportant.

[@loombaron]

@HawK047 what do you mean?

[@Fan666Maiden]

Does anyone know what the song in the beginning is?

[@joerngudat]

More

[@heathergundry7059]

Yeah but darling we are living in a world where it is becoming extremely dangerous to ask questions.

[@riverplate0101]

People that say we don't talk about politics are those that accept.......true ican't believe we are accepting whats going on now.

[@centurionofprix]

@Fan666Maiden "More"

[@woodawoos2378]

Poor little fella....being an old goth isnt so bad...the old goths round my way are incredibly happy - the goth revival of the noughties seems to have brought them an unending stream of young goth girls...The young goth girls feel like they are getting to sleep with Nosferatu and the old goths are getting to sleep with someone...

[@ImaMonaKnight]

Love You Gorgeous💎💘

[@JayLeePoe]

_how to make an interesting interview also rock_

[@bloomintokyoseoul]

...If anyone has evidence of Eldritch wearing yellow (not the gold coat he wore on TOTP...under which he wore only black) and/or white on stage (until '93) please share.

[@DocSommer]

Yellow was popular in more recent years

[@bloomintokyoseoul]

@@DocSommer Ok so it was more like he was forecasting rather than documenting what he had actually been doing up until then.

[@WarpxD]

Starting to loose hair

[@electrarelic]

He's saying mother" Russia rain down down down". With a large Z in the top right corner. Some kind of prophecy ? I actually loved those more popular songs like corrosion and dominium also his style was spot on then for the mood of the music. Whether he likes the style or not it fitted it well and it worked. But funny enough back in the day I never considered them goth. More a stand alone sound something similar to The Cult. I was a scooterist back then so could listen to any music I liked, I loved the cult I loved sisters of mercy I loved U2 simple minds Northern soul etc Anything I liked I liked . Didn't care much about the image. It's the music that was important.

[@APersonOI]

Yep, I agree. Like what you like. Dress how you like. I regarded myself as a bit of a goth but loved and sometimes dressed like a poor man's Morrisey 😊

[@user-tv7op2bl4y]

black hole sun glitch half a god flyship sol

[@anthonyv1719]

Looks better with beard and greasy hair.

[@ziggypop79]

Or any hair

[@jenrose4177]

Funny when goths deny being goth

[@toniscandella4746]

Irs ok Andy we know you aren't goff, still,touring the same old 4 albums you're firmly butlins

[@rubberpigg01]

Firstly, he is comparing himself to Michael Stipe not Ozzy. Also, the fact that he is comparing himself to Stipe is bazaar and absurd. Secondly, Ozzy has released six new albums since 1990. How many has Andy released? ZERO!!!

[@Krystallen]

Andrew was THE artist of Black Rock. Him and Ofra Haza. He completely lost his skill after she died in early 90ies. Oh kids....dont listen to this interview. Sometimes listening to your artist is like talking to the rabbit you are going to have for dinner...

[@chap7377]

Hält's Maul! You dont know einen deutschen Szahlarbeiter😂

[@varflane]

This is a great advert for the awesome sisters, shame Mr eldritch is such a nasty individual.

[@MagentaStraberry]

he's silly

[@juliankenning]

That is precisely what he is not.