Saints & Martyrs (Dance On Glass) - Wayne Hussey

Being in this coronavirus lockdown has given us all time to maybe do jobs around the house that we've neglected to do, for years in some cases. One of which for me has been to tidy my office and having the time to listen through endless boxes of old un-labeled cassettes. Some genuine golden nuggets have been unearthed which has given me the idea of compiling an archive of all my old demos and someday making them available to the collectors, the curious, the zealots. I have found my original demos for God’s Own Medicine, Children, Carved In Sand, Masque, Neverland, and more right up to the present day.
Recently I came across this though - an early version of what was to become 'Black Planet' on The Sisters Of Mercy First & Last & Always album. This is a tune that I'd written and recorded complete with a guide vocal and entitled 'Saints & Martyrs'. Andrew Eldritch then took the tune and re-wrote the lyrics and vocal melody and 'Black Planet' was born and became the opening track on the first TSOM album. It's interesting to me to hear the lyric that I'd written because a lot of those couplets ended up being used in later Mission songs. I've never been shy to recycle…:)

My wife, Cinthya, has also taken the opportunity that being in lockdown affords to be creative and has been using the time to paint, amongst other artistic pursuits. The film accompanying the song was put together by Cinthya utilising solely the first painting she did here at home when the lockdown commenced. All images in the film derive from the one painting. There are other examples of @cinthyahussey artwork over on her FB, Instagram, and her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdPB8SkrT7a0tNGPHkRDllQ

Wayne Hussey, 12 April, 2020

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