The Sisters of Mercy : iSOUND.COM™

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Members:
James Ray
Patricia Morrison
Ben Gunn
Andrew Eldritch

Formed: 1980

iSound Site: www.isound.com/sisters_of_mercy

Biography

Sounds Like

Artists:
Gene Loves Jezebel
Southern Death Cult
The Cure
Rozz Williams
Sex Gang Children
Love and Rockets
Peter Murphy
The Chameleons UK
Nick Cave
The Cult
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
New Order
The Psychedelic Furs
Genres:
Alternative Rock
Goth-Rock

Featured Album

	Merciful Release Released: 2007

Biography

One of England\'s leading \"goth\" bands of the 1980s, the Sisters of Mercy have a very distinct sound, even within their genre. “The group ably brushed away the cobwebs from the gloomy Gothic façade and exposed a rock infrastructure hidden below,” described a journalist from Rolling Stone. The Sisters mixed serpentine dance beats with a deeply gloomy resonance and sultry vocals to create a heavy, yet catchy sound which even today often emulated, but rarely matched.

The one constant in the band\'s career and its driving force has been the deep-voiced vocalist, Andrew Eldritch. Eldritch originally formed the band in 1980 with guitarist Gary Marx and recorded its first single with a drum machine they called “Doktor Avalanche.” Later, bassist Craig Adams and guitarist Ben Gunn were added to make live gigs possible, and the Sisters built a reputation through performances and several singles and EPs. Gunn left the band in 1983 and was quickly replaced by guitarist Wayne Hussey.

The Sisters of Mercy recorded their first full-length album, “First and Last and Always” in 1985. Less than two years later, internal dissent had split them apart; Marx left to form a band called “Ghost Dance” and Adams and Hussey departed shortly thereafter.

A legal dispute ensued over the rights to the name Sisters of Mercy when Adams and Hussey formed their own band along with Red Lorry Yellow Lorry drummer, Mick Brown, and Artery guitarist Simon Hinkler. The group attempted to use the name “Sisterhood,” but Eldritch released an EP under the name to prevent its usage, and the two finally settled on the Mission.

From this point on, Eldritch chiefly utilized a group of temporary sidemen and rebounded with The Sisters of Mercy’s two biggest-selling American LPs, “Floodland” and “Vision Thing.”

Bio written by: SyntheticxDreams

Artist Forum


Discussion Topic	Creator
Rynne! I like the way you think, my lady love.	LocustsAndStuff

Replys	Listener
Me, too. Listen, don't forget to tell me how it went. I would have gone, but you know I have to get up early tomorrow. X-S Blah. Betcha ten dollars he's going to get major stage fright.	TheRezJhonn
You are so mean. He did not, he was fucking amazing. And I can't believe you blew it off for a couple of kindergarteners. And the dad was home!!	LocustsAndStuff
He was "on call" and come on, they shell out like, twenty dollars an hour, and that girl is sooo cute. I need new clothes anyway. I can always see him some other night...	TheRezJhonn
I thought you said she was a spoiled little sociopath brat.	LocustsAndStuff
And if you need clothes you should come shopping with us on Wednesday. We can eat popcorn til you throw up and get kicked out of the movie theater, just like old times.	LocustsAndStuff
Except we won't be completely tranced on smack, you mean. I don't think so. Peter doesn't like me very much, I don't want to go if he's just going to be a complete asshole and make little jabs at me.	TheRezJhonn
He's just joking around, like you and me. And you never want to do anything anymore, please, please, pleeeease come? Bring one of your little suffering artist weirdos along. I guarantee you Peter will leave you alone to make fun of them. It'll be fun. Let's go. Pleeeeease?	LocustsAndStuff
I know when you say "suffering artist weirdos" you are not talking about Tyson and Jaime. I'd like to see that little asshole try. Hee hee, it's Wednesday and Fidel Castro still owns your face!	TheRezJhonn