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4 unusual facts about The Sisters Of Mercy


Bitter Suites to Succubi

It features six new compositions (two of which are instrumentals), but is bolstered to album-length with three reworkings of songs from The Principle of Evil Made Flesh ("The Principle of Evil Made Flesh", "Summer Dying Fast" and "The Black Goddess Rises") and a cover of The Sisters of Mercy's "No Time to Cry".

Calling the Wild

Motörhead singer Lemmy contributed two songs that were independently produced in Los Angeles and so did former The Sisters of Mercy guitarist Andreas Bruhn in Germany.

Eldritch

Andrew Eldritch (born 1959), frontman, singer, songwriter and the only remaining original member of The Sisters of Mercy

Night By Night

Night By Night is a UK-based melodic rock band founded in 2008 by Ben Christo (guitarist of The Sisters Of Mercy) and Jonny Thornton.


A Slight Case of Overbombing

A Slight Case of Overbombing: Greatest Hits Vol.1 is collection of all A-sides of The Sisters of Mercy UK singles released since the band was signed to Time Warner.

Bus Station Loonies

Music journalist Mick Mercer's 1997 book The Hex Files: The Goth Bible, references The Bus Station Loonies for their 18-minute reggae rendition of The Sisters of Mercy composition, "Temple of Love".

Cabine C

A major influence on the Brazilian underground post-punk scenery, the band was characterized by its gloomy, ethereal Goth-esque instrumentation reminiscent of bands such as The Cure, Bauhaus, The Sisters of Mercy and Joy Division, and Edgar Allan Poe-influenced themes and lyrics.

Lucrezia Borgia

The 1988 song Lucretia My Reflection by the English goth rock band The Sisters of Mercy off their Floodland album was written by band vocalist Andrew Eldritch for band mate Patricia Morrison, in which he speaks "she always strikes me as a Lucretia Borgia-type person".

Morten Veland

Throughout his career he has respected and admired: Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Leonard Cohen, The Sisters of Mercy, Fields of the Nephilim, The Mission, Tiamat, Nick Cave, and Paradise Lost.

Screams for Tina

Reviews of their music have cited influences ranging from Bauhaus, The Sisters of Mercy and Joy Division, to the Psychedelic Furs among other, similar post-punk and gothic rock-related bands of the 1980s.

Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again

The Sisters of Mercy song "Dominion/Mother Russia" features the line "stuck inside of Memphis in a mobile home", as a play on words on this song's title.

The Mekano Set

The group cite an eclectic list of influences including Curve, Talk Talk, Kate Bush, Hawkwind, The Chameleons, David Sylvian, Leftfield, Massive Attack, Joy Division, Public Image Limited, The Sisters of Mercy, The Clash, Depeche Mode, New Order, Gilles Peterson's Worldwide radio show,Twin Peaks, Whitley Strieber and Situationism.


see also

Abuse scandal in the Sisters of Mercy

In 1996 Dear Daughter, a documentary looking at abuse allegations at St. Vincent's Industrial School, Goldenbridge, Ireland, which was run by the Sisters of Mercy, was screened on RTÉ Television.

Andrew Taylor

Andrew Eldritch (born 1959), born Andrew William Harvey Taylor, singer of The Sisters of Mercy

Catherine McAuley High School

The school was established by the Sisters of Mercy in 1969 and is named for their founder, the Catherine McAuley.

Catholic Health Partners

These Catholic organizations co-sponsor CHP: the Sisters of Mercy, South Central Community; the Sisters of Mercy, Mid-Atlantic Community; the Sisters of Humility of Mary; and Covenant Health Systems.

Gary Marx

In 2007 he released the Nineteen Ninety Five and Nowhere album, with material originally written by him in 1995 for The Sisters of Mercy, at the invitation of Andrew Eldritch.

Georgian Court University

In 1924, the Sisters of Mercy purchased Georgian Court, the estate of George Jay Gould I in Lakewood Township, New Jersey, moved the college there and renamed it Georgian Court College.

Joseph Nunan

He also built a convent in Perth for the Sisters of Mercy, and a store and house for Walter Padbury near his flour mill in Guildford.

Roman Catholic Church Group, Toodyay

On 3 December 1971 Lancelot Goody, Archbishop of Perth, wrote to the Sisters of Mercy in Toodyay advising of St Aloysius Convent School's imminent closure.

Series C Banknotes

The front of the note features Catherine McAuley who founded the Sisters of Mercy, the background features the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin which was founded by the Sisters of Mercy.

Walsingham Academy

It was founded in 1947 and is administered by the Sisters of Mercy of Merion, Pennsylvania.

Wayne Hussey

When the Sisters of Mercy disbanded, Hussey and bassist Craig Adams set up The Mission, recruiting Mick Brown on drums and Simon Hinkler on guitars.