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[[File:sisters.jpg|frame| [[Sarcasm Mode|Clearly not goth rock.]]]]
[[The Sisters of Mercy]] are a rock band formed in Leeds, England in 1980, when guitarist Gary Marx and then-drummer Andrew Eldritch "just wanted to hear themselves on the radio." Widely regarded as [[Goth Rock]] by their fans, but Eldritch denounced this label himself, preferring to call The Sisters an "Industrial Groove Machine."
The band's lineup is ever-changing, with the exception of Andrew Eldritch (vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Doktor Avalanche (a drum machine). Past members include, but are not limited to: Ben Gunn (who ran away to play in a band called Torch in 1983), Gary Marx (who ran away to form Ghost Dance in 1985), Wayne Hussey and Craig Adams (who ran away to form The Mission), Patricia Morrison (who ran away after Andrew didn't pay her for playing on ''Floodland''), Tony James (ex-Generation X and Sigue Sigue Sputnik, who ran away after ''Vision Thing'').
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They were on a hiatus between 1993-1996, and they've been back together ever since. People don't seem to know this, however, because Andrew Eldritch refuses to release any of the new material he's written and recorded since then - enough new songs to fill a couple of albums. They still tour frequently though, for what it's worth.
* ''First and Last and Always'' (1985)
* ''Floodland'' (1987)
* ''Vision Thing'' (1990)
You could also count ''Gift'', which was released under the pseudonym "The Sisterhood" in 1985 by Eldritch, Morrison, Avalanche, Lucas Fox, James Ray and [[Suicide (band)|Alan Vega]] in the midst of the legal dispute between Eldritch on the one side and Hussey and Adams on the other. The album secured Eldritch's legal right to continue as "The Sisters of Mercy" while Hussey and Adams were forced to rename their band to "The Mission" ("The Mission UK" in the US, as there had been another band with that name). Somewhat more importantly, they also have ''Some Girls Wander By Mistake'', a compilation of (most) of the singles and
None of these albums sound anything like each other, except for Eldritch's Darth Vader-ish vocal style. ''Some Girls'' was about icy, mechanical drum machine beats coupled with deep bass and high-end, minimal guitar riffs ("Alice" is notable because...well, because it's awesome, but also because the riff is almost always mistaken for [[ACDC]]'s "Thunderstruck" from 8 years later. The riffs are both one-string wonders using the same string). Note that Eldritch plays the drums quite horrendously on "The Damage Done", although most the other stuff on the the album use a drum machine. ''First and Last and Always'' tried for a warmer sound with more sophisticated guitar-pop and less challenging lyrics. It's also the most stereotypically gothic of the releases. ''Floodland'', produced when the band was reduced to Andrew Eldritch, a drum machine, the New York Choral Society and whoever else was around (Patricia Morrison on bass and a session guitarist for "This Corrosion"), is heavily synthesized, lushly (and bombastically) produced, and can be summed up as "industrial gothspel". It's also the one that depends most on Eldritch being a singer and a lyricist.
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Oddly enough, the most depressing song they've ever done was a Hot Chocolate cover.
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* [[Author Tract]]: "Vision Thing" being a song about American politics. What do you expect from a song named after a famous [[George
* [[Berserk Button]]: Andrew Eldritch has been known to lose his shit when anybody refers to the Sisters as [[Goth]], even though the ''entire goth community'' regards them as one of the most iconic goth bands ever.
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: "Marian" has an entire stanza in German.
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* [[Crazy Cat Lady|Crazy Cat Man]]: Eldritch. Well, not quite.
* [[Cool Shades]]: Eldritch always has some.
* [[Cover Version]]: "1969" by [[The Stooges]], "Gimme Shelter" by [[The Rolling Stones]] (on ''Some Girls Wander By Mistake''), "Sister Ray" by The [[Velvet Underground]], "Ghost Rider" by [[Suicide (band)]], the old staple "Louie Louie" and "The Sisters of Mercy" by [[Leonard Cohen]] (a live staple), "Emma" by Hot Chocolate (a bonus track on the 2006 copy of ''Floodland'').
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Andrew.
* [[Deliberately Monochrome]]: Every picture of the band. Really.
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