The Sisters Of Mercy
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The Smiths supported The Sisters Of Mercy on May 6, 1983 (at University Of London Union) and June 29, 1983 (at Brixton Ace).
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Rock band formed in Leeds, UK, in 1980, by singer Andrew Eldritch and guitarist Gary Marx. Eldritch is the only surviving member of the original line-up. The band was notoriously different on each of their three studio albums, from media dubbed 'goth' to 'keyboards' to 'American rock'. The band is known for being part of the '80s goth music scene, however they deny any association with goth, and consider themselves first and foremost a rock band. Their influences include Leonard Cohen, The Stooges, Suicide and Motörhead.
Today, the band still perform live shows around the world, usually in Europe, and perform new songs, re-worked classics, and covers.
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- https://www.discogs.com/artist/83146-The-Sisters-Of-Mercy
- https://www.the-sisters-of-mercy.com/
- https://www.merciful-release.com/
- https://www.the-reptile-house.com/
- https://www.myheartland.co.uk/
- https://www.vamp.org/gothic/text/sisters-discog.html
- https://www.sistersbootlegs.de/index.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sisters_of_Mercy
- https://sisterswiki.org/Main_Page
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The Sisters of Mercy are an English rock band formed in Leeds in 1980. After achieving early underground fame there, the band had their commercial breakthrough in the mid-1980s and sustained it until the early 1990s, when they stopped releasing new records in protest against their record company, WEA. Currently, the band are a touring outfit only. The group has released three original studio albums: First and Last and Always (1985), Floodland (1987), and Vision Thing (1990). Each album was recorded by a different line-up; singer-songwriter Andrew Eldritch and the drum machine called Doktor Avalanche are the only points of continuity throughout. Eldritch and Avalanche were also involved in the Sisterhood, a side project connected with Eldritch's dispute with former members. The Sisters of Mercy ceased recording activity in the early 1990s, when they went on strike against East West Records, who they accused of incompetence and withholding royalties, and had pressured the group to release at least two more studio albums; instead, the label released the album Go Figure under the moniker SSV in 1997. Although the Sisters of Mercy were eventually released from their contract with East West, they have never been signed to another label nor released any new material. They have continued to perform new songs live. Former members of the group established the bands Ghost Dance and the Mission.