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[[Ben Gunn]] was second guitarist with [[start|The Sisters Of Mercy]] from 1981-1983. He was replaced by [[Wayne Hussey]].
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[[Ben Gunn]] was the second guitarist with [[start|The Sisters Of Mercy]] from 1981-1983.<br/>
  
Ben Gunn joined the band after the band released [[The Damage Done]], after [[Craig Adams]] joined, and the band first started using [[Doktor Avalanche]].
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He joined the band later than [[Craig Adams]] and after the [[The Damage Done]] release, when The Sisters started employing [[Doktor Avalanche]]. Although some people believed that he was only in the band to support live appearances, he played on all the singles between [[Singles|Body Electric]] and[[Singles|Temple Of Love]].<br/>
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Eventually, as the band was to sign to [[WEA]], Benn Gunn quit in disgust, referring to personal differences between himself and Andrew Eldritch and claiming that The Sisters had started out as a joke on rock outfits, and now had become one themselves. He was replaced by [[Wayne Hussey]].<br/>
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He played on the singles from [[Body Electric]] until [[Temple Of Love]], despite some people believing he was there only for live purposes. Eventually, the band was to sign to WEA and Benn Gunn quit in disgust, claiming personal differences between himself and Eldritch (the same problem would later force [[Wayne Hussey]] and [[Craig Adams]] to leave in 1985), and claimed that the Sisters started as a joke on rock outfits, and now they'd become one.
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After [[The Sisters of Mercy]], he played in a band named Torch and then formed a band named ''Anabas'', who released two singles ''Anabas'', featuring the songs ''Barricades'' and ''Dreamdance'' and ''Tea House Camp''.<br/>
  
He later went on to play in a band named Torch and after formed Anabas, releasing two singles under this banner, and has barely been heard from publically since. Indeed, whilst he was in the band he often would not allow himself to be photographed by interviewers.<br/>
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If you please, you can listen to the ''Anabas'' 7" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4A9Cr16F_o here (Barricades)]<br/>
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and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ykDzinnh48 here (Dreamdance)] on YouTube. For a little more info on these see [http://phoenixhairpins.blogspot.com/2008/06/anabas-7-tea-house-camp-7.html this pretty blog ...]<br/>
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Since then, there has barely ever been heard of Ben Gunn, publically.<br/>
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And indeed, whilst he was in the band he often would forbid journalists <br/>or interviewers to take any photographs of him in person.<br/>
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Revision as of 18:55, 13 February 2012

Ben Gunn during The Sisters' gig at Loft, Berlin, 1983
* special thanks for the picture to Bruno Bossier


Ben Gunn was the second guitarist with The Sisters Of Mercy from 1981-1983.

He joined the band later than Craig Adams and after the The Damage Done release, when The Sisters started employing Doktor Avalanche. Although some people believed that he was only in the band to support live appearances, he played on all the singles between Body Electric andTemple Of Love.

Ben Gunn


Eventually, as the band was to sign to WEA, Benn Gunn quit in disgust, referring to personal differences between himself and Andrew Eldritch and claiming that The Sisters had started out as a joke on rock outfits, and now had become one themselves. He was replaced by Wayne Hussey.

After The Sisters of Mercy, he played in a band named Torch and then formed a band named Anabas, who released two singles Anabas, featuring the songs Barricades and Dreamdance and Tea House Camp.

If you please, you can listen to the Anabas 7" here (Barricades)
and here (Dreamdance) on YouTube. For a little more info on these see this pretty blog ...


Since then, there has barely ever been heard of Ben Gunn, publically.
And indeed, whilst he was in the band he often would forbid journalists
or interviewers to take any photographs of him in person.