Difference between revisions of "Members (past and present)"

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Current Members

Image	Name	Years Active	Instruments	Release Contributions & Other Notes
	Andrew Eldritch	1980 - present	lead vocals, keyboards, guitars	all releases and non-releases by The Sisters of Mercy    all releases by The Sisterhood and SSV
	Chris Catalyst	2005 - present	guitars, bass, backing vocals
	Ben Christo	2006 - present	guitars, bass, backing vocals
	Doktor Avalanche	1981 - present	drums, keyboards, bass	all releases and non-releases by The Sisters of Mercy    apart from The Damage Done (single)
	Si Denbigh	1997 - Spring 2012	programming	long-time nurse to The Doktor. After The Sisters'    XXX 30th Stage Anniversary Tour 2011/2012    Si Denbigh went to concentrate on The March Violets'    album project.
	Ravey Davey	1996 & Summer 2012	programming	Ravey Davey has been the first and so far    the last official nurse to The Doktor

Former Members

Note: this list does not yet include all short-lived members from 1980-1981, live band members from 1990 onwards, and album contributors

Image	Name	Years Active	Instruments	Release Contributions & Other Notes
	Gary Marx	1980 - 1985	guitars,    lead vocals on two early tracks	Album:    First And Last And Always    Singles & EPs:    The Damage Done, Body Electric, Alice, Anaconda,    The Reptile House EP, Temple of Love, Body And Soul,    Walk Away, Long Train Flexi, No Time To Cry
	Jon Langford	1981	bass	live only while The Sisters were searching a bass player
	Craig Adams	1981 - 1985	bass	Album:    First And Last And Always    Singles & EPs:    Body Electric, Alice, Anaconda, Temple of Love,    Body And Soul, Walk Away, Long Train Flexi,    No Time To Cry
	Dave Humphries	1981	guitars	live only
	Ben Gunn	1981 - 1983	guitars	Singles & EPs:    Body Electric, Alice, Anaconda, Temple of Love
	Tom Ashton	1983	guitars	Tom Ashton is originally a member of The March Violets    and stepped for some Sisters live gigs in 1983 when    Ben Gunn had left more or less all of a sudden.
	Wayne Hussey	1984 - 1985	guitars, backing vocals	Album:    First And Last And Always    Singles & EPs:    Body And Soul, Walk Away, No Time To Cry
	Patricia Morrison	1985 - 1989	bass, backing vocals	Albums:    The Sisterhood: Gift / The Sisters of Mercy: Floodland    Singles & EPs:    The Sisterhood: Giving Ground    The Sisters of Mercy: This Corrosion, Dominion, Lucretia
	Andreas Bruhn	1989 - 1993	guitars	Album:    Vision Thing    Singles & EPs:    More, Doctor Jeep, When You Don't See Me,    Temple Of Love (1992)
	Tony James	1989 - 1991	bass	Album:    Vision Thing    Singles & EPs:    More, Doctor Jeep, When You Don't See Me,    Temple Of Love (1992)
	Tim Bricheno	1990 - 1992	guitars	Album:    Vision Thing    Singles & EPs:    More, Doctor Jeep, When You Don't See Me,    Temple Of Love (1992)
	Maggie Reilly	1990	backing vocals	Album:    Vision Thing    Tracks:    Vision Thing, More, Detonation Boulevard,    Something Fast, Doctor Jeep
	John Perry	1990	slide guitar	Album: Vision Thing - Track: Detonation Boulevard
	Dan Donovan	1990	keyboards	live only during the Vision Thing Tour
	Suzanne Josesowicz	1991 - Summer 1993	keyboards, backing vocals	live only
	Jovanka von Wilsdorf	1992 - 1993	guitars, backing vocals	live only
	Hermine Karo    aka Hermine von Wiro	1993	backing vocals	live only during the Overbombing Tour in 1993
	Adam Pearson	1993 - 2005	lead guitar, backing vocals, bass	Singles & EPs:    Under The Gun    Unreleased Songs:
	Chris Sheehan	1996; 2000 -2003	guitars, backing vocals
	Mike Varjak	1997 - 1999	guitars
	Mike Hall	1998	programming	nurse to The Doktor for the Event Horizon Tour,    originally the keyboard technician of Erasure

Graph Timeline

This timeline shows the members of The Sisters of Mercy from 1980 to 2010. It is not complete, though. See also The Sisters of Mercy Family Tree