Sisters Of Mercy Lyrics
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From the Album
1. Vision Thing
2. Ribbons
3. Detonation Boulevard
4. Something Fast
5. When You Dont See Me
6. Doctor Jeep
7. More
8. I Was Wrong
From the Album
1. Dominion
2. Flood I
3. Lucretia My Reflection
4. 1959
5. This Corrosion
6. Flood II
7. Driven Like The Snow
8. Never Land
From the Album 1. Black Planet 2. Walk Away 3. No Time to Cry 4. A Rock And A Hard Place 5. Marian (Version) 6. First And Last And Always 7. Possession 8. Nine While Nine 9. Amphetamine Logic 10. Some Kind Of Stranger
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From the Album
From the Album 1. Black Planet 2. Walk Away 3. No Time to Cry 4. A Rock And A Hard Place 5. Marian (Version) 6. First And Last And Always 7. Possession 8. Nine While Nine 9. Amphetamine Logic 10. Some Kind Of Stranger
Other Songs 1969 Adrenochrome Afterhours Alice Anaconda Blood Money Body and Soul Body Electric Burn Bury Me Deep Christian Says Colours Cry Little Sister Dance On Glass Dominion Mother Russia Dominion Mother Russia Driver Emma Emma (Hot Chocolate Cover) Finland Red Egypt White Fix Floorshow Garden Of Delight Ghostrider Gimme Gimme Gimme Gimme Shelter Giving Ground Good Things Heartland Jolene Kiss The Carpet Kiss The Carpet (Reprise) Knockin On Heavens Door Lights Logic Louie Louie Marian Mother Russia On The Wire Poison Door Possesion Romeo Down Summer Temple Of Love Temple Of Love (1992) Temple Of Love (Extended Version) The Damage Done The Temple of Love This Corosion Torch Train Under the Gun Valentine War On Drugs Watch We Are The Same Susanne You Could Be The One
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, although the band are a touring outfit only, they continue to perform new and unreleased music live.
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.
Members:
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.
Andrew Eldritch - vocals, keyboards, guitars, drum programming (1980-1985, 1987-present), drums (1980)
Ben Christo - guitars, backing vocals, bass (2006-present)
Kai - guitars, backing vocals (2023-present)
Chris Catalyst - guitars, backing vocals (2005-2019), Doktor Avalanche operator (2023-present)
Former members
Gary Marx - guitars, (1980-1985) vocals (1980)
Keith Fuller - vocals (1980)
Claire Shearsby - keyboards (1980)
Jon Langford - keyboards (1980)
Dave Humphrey - guitars (1981)
Tom Ashton - guitars (1981)
Craig Adams - bass (1981-1985)
Ben Gunn - guitars (1981-1983)
Wayne Hussey - guitars, backing vocals (1983-1985)
Patricia Morrison - bass, backing vocals (1987-1989)
Andreas Bruhn - guitars (1989-1993)
Tony James - bass (1989-1991)
Tim Bricheno - guitars (1990-1992)
Adam Pearson - guitars, backing vocals, bass (1993-2006)
Chris Sheehan - guitars, backing vocals (1996, 2000-2005)
Mike Varjak - guitars (1997-2000)
Dylan Smith - guitars, backing vocals (2019-2023)
Name Origin:
The band name was influenced by Robert Altman's film McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), which featured the Leonard Cohen song "Sisters of Mercy" from his album Songs of Leonard Cohen, "because [calling ourselves] the Captains of Industry wouldn't have been as funny".
From: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Genre(s): Gothic rock, post-punk, new wave
Active From: 1980-1985, 1987-present
Associated Acts: The Sisterhood, the Mission, the Mission UK, Ghost Dance