The Mission (band)

The Mission
The Mission performing in 2023
The Mission performing in 2023
Background information
OriginLeeds, England
Genres
Years active
  • 1986–1996
  • 1999–2008
  • 2011–present
Labels
Spinoff ofThe Sisters of Mercy
Members
Past members
Websitethemissionukband.com

The Mission (known as the Mission UK in the United States) are an English gothic rock band formed in 1986. Initially known as the Sisterhood, the band was started by frontman Wayne Hussey and bassist Craig Adams (both from the Sisters of Mercy), soon adding drummer Mick Brown (Red Lorry Yellow Lorry) and guitarist Simon Hinkler (Artery and Pulp). Aside from Hussey, the lineup has changed several times during the years and the band has been on hiatus twice.[1][2]

The band's catalogue consists of ten studio albums: God's Own Medicine (1986), Children (1988), Carved in Sand (1990), Masque (1992), Neverland (1995), Blue (1996), Aura (2001), God Is a Bullet (2007), The Brightest Light (2013), and Another Fall from Grace (2016), with several live albums, compilations, and other miscellaneous releases.[3]

  1. ^ "Mark Gemini Thwaite". www.markthwaite.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Albums". MWIS. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  3. ^ Martin Roach with Neil Perry, The Mission: Names Are for Tombstones, Baby (Independent Press, London, 1993), pp 270–276