The Sisters of Mercy

The Sisters of Mercy
Formed: 1980 in Leeds, England
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Disbanded: 1990
Genre: Dance-Rock
Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, Goth Rock, College Rock
Group Members: Tim Bricheno, Andrew Eldritch, Wayne Hussey, Tony James, Andreas Bruh, Craig Adams, Doktor Avalanche, Gary Marx, Ben Gunn, Patricia Morrison, ...View All
Biography: One of England's leading "goth" bands of the 1980s, the Sisters of Mercy play a slow, gloomy, ponderous hybrid of metal and psychedelia, often incorporating dance beats; the one constant in the band's career has been deep-voiced singer Andrew Eldritch. (There is some disagreement as to whether the group ...Read full biography
Floodland
Released: 1987
Label: East West Records UK Ltd
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While the goth scene in England was picking up commercial steam in the mid-'80s, the Sisters of Mercy may have seemed quiet, but they roared back with 1987's Floodland. Opening with the driving two-part ...Read full review
First And Last And Always
Released: 1985
Label: East West Records UK Ltd
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With the band itself falling to bits shortly after the March 1985 debut of First and Last and Always, the album's place in the skewed history of the rise of goth rock would, on one hand, be permanently ...Read full review
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