Wednesday, 17 November 2021

Book Review: Paint My Name In Black And Gold – The Rise of The Sisters of Mercy by Mark Andrews

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  After a forty year drought, the past eighteen months had already seen the publication of two excellent books on the mid-80’s heyday of The...
Monday, 26 July 2021

RSD vinyl release – The Sisters of Mercy – BBC Radio Sessions 1982-1984 (Warner/BBC)

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Die-hard fans of The Sisters of Mercy have had slim pickings in the 36 years which have elapsed since the split which followed the band’s fi...
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Friday, 18 June 2021

Thirty-Six Years Ago Today - , Wake, The Royal Albert Hall, London - June 18th 1985

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  Today marks the thirty-sixth anniversary of arguably the most famous gothic music event of all time – it would seem churlish to describe i...
Sunday, 30 May 2021

Forty Years Ago Today - Announcement Of Tie-Up Between The Sisters of Mercy and CNT Productions

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 Exactly forty years ago today, on 30th May 1981,  well-respected UK trade magazine Music Week (named Music and Video Week at that time, to...
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Tuesday, 16 February 2021

Forty Years Ago Today - the first The Sisters of Mercy gig, York, 16th February 1981

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 Forty years ago today, 16th February 1981, The Sisters of Mercy famously played their first ever gig, supporting The Thompson Twins at a CN...
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Friday, 10 July 2020

The Damage Done - XL !

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This year famously sees the fortieth anniversary of the release of the debut single by The Sisters of Mercy, The Damage Done/Watch/Home Of...
Friday, 19 June 2020

Eldritch's crowning glory? - The Reptile House EP

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No record sums up the unique and lasting appeal of The Sisters of Mercy more than The Reptile House EP. In his book on the genre, The D...
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