The Mission From The UK..Wished I'd Seen Them Play Live!

I love the "Wasteland" song where he throws petals into the air and I've seen (online) crowds do the same thing. It's great. The energy of this band is awesome, even with the slower songs. I've bopped around to this band at home (Mum's) in my time and I found the music uplifting so I can well understand why you love them so much. I'm much the same with Magnum and Marillion (the Fish version) lol. How old is Wayne now? He's looking good I must say.

As my Mam would say, he is no spring chicken, he would be in his fifties and he can still pull off having his hair dyed red. The first time we seen them in the Temple Bar music centre, I was blown away. You know how sometimes when you have a band that you grew up with and then you see them live and you are bitterly disappointed (that happened with the Sisters of Mercy ) but The Mission were brilliant and the The Temple bar was a nice intimate setting which they seem to thrive in. They have so many great songs and the lyrics are amazing. I have all the albums and a few of the DVDS and I think there is only one album that is weak out of eleven studio albums. Then there is all the live albums which are great too. Never really heard much Magnum to be honest but Marillion with Fish were great, never got the chance to see them live though I might just go and find my preacher hat and apply a bit of lippy and relive the good old days

Oh wow, thanks for the insight on Wayne. In his 50s eh? It's great that he's still around isn't it as the guy can obviously still sing. I know Fish will be about 51 now and he was in Carlisle recently and I missed him. It didn't help when this guy showed me a pic of him in the very pub I was sat in, telling me that he came in after his gig at the "Brickhouse." Gutted! HOWEVER! I've heard Marillion sing "Grendel" in the early 80s and not many can proclaim that. I've also seen them perform "Misplaced Childhood" all the way through about 4 times, including my home Town of Blackpool. All gigs were mesmerising and the "new" Marillion with Steve Hogarth are still very good (seen them too) but I just love Fish, he's my hero. As for Magnum, I have not seen them live for a long time but I do know they still tour the country whenever they can. It's amazing how they can churn out the albums as the two main guys are now in their 60s! Bob Catley (the singer) is another one of my heroes and he's said as long as people want to see them, he shall carry on for as long as possible. What a pro! I didn't realise that The Mission were an off-shoot of Sisters of Mercy. It's a shame that the latter were "disappointing" live, as you point out as they can churn out some thumping tunes as well! Amazingly, Twisted Sister are still around as well. Looks like the original line-up too. I remember seeing them on "The Tube" but I've only seen them at a rock festival, never on tour so to speak. Dee Snider ROCKS! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT1LXhgXPWs&feature=related

Please bear in mind that the two Missions are unrelated lol. This is why - in America, our band The Mission are known as The Mission UK. As for the film, it's bloody ancient. Haha! If you haven't seen it yet you really must as it's one of my faves. I'm feeling really stupid now...it hasn't got Daniel Day-Lewis in at all, it's got Robert De Niro in it and I haven't seen it..the Daniel Day-Lewis film is called "Last of the Mohicans!" Oh My God, where's my Dunce Cap!! Oh, here it is..make it 3.