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Sisters of Mercy

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Razor Shock: Sisters of Mercy

Report and Interview by Don Watson, New Musical Express, 1983

HOW ODD this all looks, reflected in the opaque black lenses of Wayne Hussey's absolutely Ian Hunter shades. ...

The Sisters Of Mercy: The Devils Floorshow

Interview by Adam Sweeting, Melody Maker, 15 January 1983

Adam Sweeting unravels the stream of consciousness gushing forth from the SISTERS OF MERCY. ...

Sisters Under The Scales: The Reptile House EP

Review by Mat Snow, New Musical Express, 16 July 1983

DEEP IN the woods a funeral is swinging ... ...

Sisters Of Mercy, Redskins, Crap, Crap, Crap, Crap: York Racecourse

Live Review by Susan Williams, New Musical Express, 29 September 1984

HEY HEY WE'RE THE CRAPEES!!! ...

Sisters Of Mercy: Lyceum, London

Live Review by Mick Brown, The Guardian, 2 November 1984

THERE WAS a time when the Sisters of Mercy would have provided not so much a performance in themselves as an excuse for the audience ...

Sisters Of Mercy: The Man Who Told The World

Interview by Neil Perry, Sounds, 19 September 1987

Two years in the twilight world, ANDREW ELDRITCH hits back with the 1987 SISTERS OF MERCY. In this interview with NEIL PERRY he discusses his acrimonious split ...

Sisters of Mercy: Floodland

Review by David Sinclair, Q, January 1988

WHILE ANDREW ELDRITCH has been away, all sorts of musical mice have been out to play. In the wake of the first and last Sisters ...

Exit The '80s — Goth: Bats Out Of Hell

Overview by Cathi Unsworth, Sounds, 23 September 1989

It's been the decade of the goth — but, somewhere along the line, the innovation of the Birthday Party, the Banshees and the Sisters gave ...

The Sisters of Mercy: Wembley Arena, London

Live Review by Cathi Unsworth, Sounds, 24 November 1990

Masterful release ...

The Sisters of Mercy: Leeds University

Live Review by Cathi Unsworth, Sounds, 23 February 1991

Mission accomplished ...

Sisters Of Mercy: Be Advised – They're No Angels

Report and Interview by Jim Sullivan, The Boston Globe, 29 March 1991

BACK IN THE early '80s Tony James, former bassist of Generation X, was plotting his next assault on the pop world: a controversial sex-drugs-and-outrage spectacle ...

Sisters of Mercy: Some Girls Wander By Mistake

Review by Robert Sandall, Q, June 1992

"I LIKE to think it was the songs that made this band," Andrew Eldritch writes in the sleevenotes, "I know it wasn't." And as this ...

Depeche Mode, The Sisters Of Mercy: Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London

Live Review by Dele Fadele, New Musical Express, 7 August 1993

GOOD VIOLATIONS ...

Depeche Mode/Sisters of Mercy: National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace, London

Live Review by Chris Roberts, Melody Maker, 7 August 1993

"THAT'S IT THEN," bellows the portly juggler, with some relief, on the train back to civilisation. "Done The Mode. Tick that one off." ...

Goth: Back to the Batcave

Overview by Jenny Valentish, Australian Guitar, October 2005

"WE HATED BEING called goth," muses the impeccably suave Flesh For Lulu frontman Nick Marsh. "If they called you a goth then you couldn't be ...

Back in Black: The Goth Revival

Report and Interview by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 29 September 2006

THE FAVERSHAM, a pub close to Leeds University, is a brightly decorated bar, popular with lawyers and office workers. But a couple of decades ago ...

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