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Andrew Eldritch (born Andrew William Harvey Taylor, 15 May 1959) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is the lead vocalist and only remaining original member of the Sisters of Mercy , a band that emerged from the British post-punk scene, transformed into a gothic rock band, and, in later years, flirted with hard rock .
The Sisters of Mercy are an English rock band formed in Leeds in 1980. [6] After achieving early underground fame, the band experienced a commercial breakthrough in the mid-1980s, sustaining their success until the early 1990s, when they halted the release of new records in protest against their record company, WEA.
In only five days Eldritch recorded a song called "Giving Ground," which he co-wrote with Merciful Release manager Boyd Steemson and co-produced with Lucas Fox. Fox and Eldritch had met in the spring of 1985, when Fox was the stand-in drummer for Australian support band the Scientists on the Sisters of Mercy's UK tour. Eldritch recorded all ...
And for all the eldritch beauty of their art, their most successful creation is the myth they have built around themselves." [115] This deep and perplexing mythology, he suggested, results in all their subsequent activities (as a partnership or otherwise) being absorbed into their mystique: A myth like the KLF's is peculiarly omnivorous.
The Doctor and the Medics lead singer – Clive Jackson, born 7 July 1961 in Knotty Ash, Liverpool [6] – a former London-based DJ, formed the group in 1981 with guitarist Steve McGuire, drummer Vom, also known as Steve Ritchie, bassist Richard Searle and female dancers and singers the Anadin Brothers. [1]
Herman Ernest III (August 12, 1951 – March 6, 2011), best known as Roscoe, was an American session drummer and, for 30 years, the drummer for Dr. John. [1] He was most active in the New Orleans Funk scene and referred to his playing style as "diesel funk".
Graham: English drummer; performs punk rock; former member of anarcho-punk band The Mob (1979–1983) Eric Green (19 January 1993–present): American guitarist and vocalist for California-based emo/post-hardcore band Problem Dog. Previously a member of anarcho-punk/folk punk band Danny Discord and the Misanthropists (2012–2015). [2]
Terence Chimes (born 5 July 1956, Stepney, London, England) [1] is an English musician, best known as the original drummer of punk rock group The Clash.He played with them from July 1976 to November 1976, January 1977 to April 1977, and again from May 1982 to February 1983 both preceding and succeeding his replacement Topper Headon.