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Sisters of Mercy tickets can be bought or sold online at StubHub.com. Few bands emerging from England’s post-punk hothouse during the early ‘80s contributed more to goth-rock than the Sisters of Mercy. Behind Bauhaus and Sixousie and the Banshees, they were a principal force dictating the look and sound of goth. With the band back on tour, you can expect plenty Sisters of Mercy tickets to be selling fast. There’s something eternally bewitching about the vamping melodrama of goth-rock that will always draw the angst-ridden to its fold. Though the genre as it was originally created has long ago settled into its coffin, the images and clichés its sparked still haunt the pop-cultural landscape today—and the Sisters of Mercy played a large part in preserving its cachet. The band formed in Leeds in 1980, naming itself after an order of Catholic nuns (or possibly a Leonard Cohen song referring to them). It’s largely known for its vocalist, songwriter and frontman Andrew Eldritch. His deep, ghoulish voice lent every song a haunting quality, and would define the vocal aesthetic of goth rock for years to come The rest of the band was rounded out with guitarist Gary Max and a drum machine named Doktor Avalanche. Guitarist Ben Gunn and bassist Craig Adams would join once they started playing live shows, with Gunn being replaced by Wayne Hussey after the band released a series of EPs and singles. In 1985, they released their debut album, First and Last and Always, with songs like "Marian" and "Possession" becoming hits among the masacara-wearing crowd. Sadly, infighting between members caused the band to fracture, with Marx forming Ghost Dance and Adams and Hussey forming the Mission UK (after trying to use the name "The Sisterhood," which Eldritch quickly acquired as a the moniker of a side project to keep it away from them). Reforming with new members, Eldritch’s Sisters of Mercy released their biggest album, Floodland, in 1987. It proved to be their most popular and songs like "Dominion/Mother Russia" and the contemplative "1959" became staples of the genre. The band would release a final record, 1990’s Vision Thing, which was received poorly by both critics and fans. Eldritch has kept the band alive as a touring outfit ever since, but sadly, no new recorded material has been released. Written by Andrew Good and sponsored by StubHub. StubHub sells sports tickets, concert tickets, theater tickets and more to just about any event in the world. Don’t miss Sisters of Mercy tickets.
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