Difference between revisions of "SSV"

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SSV promo cassette cover

About SSV

Availiable on many bootlegs, the SSV album "Go Figure" was produced in 1997 by Andrew Eldritch, as a way to get out of the WEA contract.
The full name of the band is SSV-NSMABAAOTWMODAACOTIATW. This is said to stand for: Screw Shareholder Value - Not So Much A Band As Another Opportunity To Waste Money On Drugs And Ammunition courtesy Of The Idiots At Time Warner.

Music: P. Bellendir
Lyrics: T. Schroeder
Producer: P. Bellendir
Vocals: A. Eldritch

Go Figure

"Go Figure" is the name of the SSV album, and the title under which it was to be released. The original artwork from the cassette suggests the track listing is:

A-Side
1. Nice
2. Knife, Paper, Stone And Guns
3. Two In The Nose
4. Bad Vultee
5. Gone
6. Drugsar

B-Side
7. High School
8. Feel No Pain
9. Go Figure
10. Shut The Fuck Up

Feel No Pain

The bootleg version "Feel No Pain" advertises itself as an "Unreleased Album From 1997" and can be found on CD and LP, with the track listing altered so that "Knife, Paper, Stone & Guns" and "Shut The Fuck Up" are changed around:

1. Nice
2. Shut The Fuck Up
3. Two In The Nose
4. Bad Vultee
5. Gone
6. Drugsar
7. High School
8. Feel No Pain
9. Go Figure
10. Knife, Paper, Stone And Guns

Conclusion

Out of all these songs, High School fares the best, as the drums in all other songs were cut out at the last minute.
Most Sisters fans would recommend that one does not buy this album, although since it features Eldritch, many do listen to it, and some even like it. As far as techno without drums goes, it's not a bad album, although the Sisters themselves recommend you download the album rather than paying for a copy from eBay or another source.
It's said that WEA have remixed two of theses tracks, though they have not surfaced yet.