Wayne Hussey - Songs Of Candlelight And Razor Blades (2014) [2CD] {Eyes Wide Shut Recordings}
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Rock / Alternative Rock
This album is
absolutely stunning. Hussey's song writing has matured over the years so
that now I find I prefer this and the last Mission album more than the
original stuff I grew up with and loved. (Maybe I get old to and
mature). If you are looking for something dark, romantic and chilled
then this is perfect. I've long felt Wayne is one of the greatest but
most overlooked songwriters of his (or any) generation. His best lyrical
work stands up with the greats and this album has plenty of examples.
Forget your preconceptions about what you think you might know about him
and give this a listen. Truly a great album and it's get better every
time you listen to it. Hopefully more will come from Mr Hussey as a solo
performer.
Bristol born & bred, and passionate Liverpool FC supporter, Wayne
Hussey, lauded by some as maverick legend and others as charlatan, has
been making music since the day he was first inspired to pick up a
guitar by watching Marc Bolan & T.Rex on Top of the Pops.
A long and excessive, and sometimes just downright scandalous road, has
led Wayne to where he is today. One thing is certain about Wayne, he's
certainly a divisive character. Playing with various “punk” bands in
Liverpool (UK) at the tail end of the 70′s, and after enjoying the
dubious pleasures of touring for the very first time with Pauline Murray
& the Invisible Girls, he eventually met the flamboyant Pete Burns
who asked him to join the then fledgling ‘Dead or Alive’. Two years
spent in the service of the Scouse ‘Boy George’, schooled Wayne in such
subjects as hairstyle, fashion, & gender bending.
It was the early 80′s after all, a period of time where style really was more prevalent than substance.
After many failed hairstyles and with a suitcase full of stolen dresses
and a couple of ‘hit’ singles, Wayne decided to leave Liverpool and Dead
or Alive. He headed across the Pennines to Leeds (UK) to answer the
call from Andrew Eldritch & The Sisters of Mercy. The Sisters needed
a guitarist who could wear sunglasses in the dark and would spray paint
provocative slogans on his guitar – Wayne was more than able and
willing.
After another two years spent touring the world and developing some very
bad habits, and contributing his song writing talents along with his
very distinctive guitar sound to the seminal TSOM ‘First & Last
& Always” album, Hussey, in a fit of inspired pique, left the
Sisters with bassist Craig Adams to form The Mission. The Mission went
on to considerable global success in the late 80′s and early 90′s,
enjoying album sales in excess of four million worldwide with notable
works such as ‘God’s Own Medicine’ and ‘Carved In Sand’ amongst others
and enjoying an unbroken run of 14 UK Top 40 singles!
They forged a reputation that still stands today as one of the best
‘live’ bands in the world, thanks in no small part to the charisma &
energy that Hussey exudes & exerts on stage.
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