The Sisters Of Mercy
UK
Formed: 1980
Genres: Pop/Rock
Styles: Alternative/Indie Rock, Goth Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, College Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
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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 took its name from an order of Catholic nuns or from the Leonard Cohen song of the same name.) Eldritch originally formed the band in 1980 with guitarist Gary Marx and recorded its first single with a drum machine dubbed Doktor Avalanche. Guitar...
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